UNDER CLOSE ARREST
THE MIKADO’S BROTHER (Rec. 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, Mar. 11. The Japanese Emperor’s brother, Prince Chichibu, has been under close arrest for 15 months. He was arrested the day after Pearl Harbour, on a charge of being “sympathetic to enemy Powers.” The Istanbul correspondent of the Daily Mail reports that this was revealed by a traveller from Tokio. The Mikado repeatedly protested against Prince Chichibu’s arrest, but procured only slight modification of the conditions of 'his brother’s confinement. It was two months before the Mikado even knew that his brother had been arrested, because of the almost complete isolation in which militarists keep him. It was officially announced that Prince Chichibu was suffering from tuberculosis, which nobody believed. The public have certainly not seen him since Pearl Harbour. He was reputed to be a prominent member of the Peace Party in December, 1941.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25173, 13 March 1943, Page 5
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