BICKERTON CASE
CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION QUESTION IN THE COMMONS (United PreHS Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, 20th February. In the House of Commons, answering a question'by Mr J. C. Wilmot (Lab.) regarding compensation for the New Zealander, Mr A. Bickerton, Sir John Simon, Foreign Secretary, said the reply to representations contained satisfactory assurances regarding future treatment of British subjects arrested in Japan. Sir John Simon did not consider that claim for compensation could usefully be made. Mr Wilmot: “Can nothing more be done in view of the fact that Mr Bickerton was arrested for no other crime than harbouring dangerous thoughts, and subjected to indignity and some ill-treatment?” Sir John Simon: “Mr Bickerton was arrested on a charge of a breach of the Japanese law. Whether right or wrong I have not the least idea. Nobody can complain bec<ause he was arrested in view of the difference of opinion.” Regarding ill-treatment it would be most difficult to cavry a. claim for compensation further.”
Mr Bickerton, a school teacher in Japan, was arrested about ten months ago on a charge of alleged communistic activities,. He subsequently escaped, it was stated with the connivance of the police, and reached England.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 February 1935, Page 7
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