ANGLO-JAPANESE TENSION FOLLOWING ARRESTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 179, 1 August 1940, Page 6

ANGLO-JAPANESE TENSION FOLLOWING ARRESTS

TWO BRITISHERS RELEASED AMBASSADOR AWAITS DECISION IN LONDON RETALIATION LIKELY IF JAPAN REFUSES DEMANDS (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) Kei- ived July 31. 11.55 p.m. TOKIO, July 31. The British Embassy revealed that Mr. R. T. Holder, president of the British Association in Kobe, has been released. Mr. F. A. Jonas, a Kobe attorney, has been questioned but not imprisoned. It is added that the Korean arrests are probably isolated missionaries. The British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, is at present without instructions and is presumably awaiting a London decision. The Daily Mail's diplomatic correspondent says that Britain has demanded the release of the arrested Britishers. The correspondent adds that retaliation is likely if Japan does not comply. The Foreign Office spokesman, Ai r. Suma. referring to those arrested, said: “I don't know the exact number, but I have rea son to believe that they are increasing.” He thought they were all British. He explained that the Justice Ministry’s participation in Monday's announcement indicated that the Britons might be tried in civilian Courts.