JAPANESE "SPIES."

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12748, 20 April 1909, Page 7

JAPANESE "SPIES."

"Paltry rumour" was the term chosen by the Consul-general for Japan to describe the statement published a week or two ago concerning a party of Japanese in Queensland, whose movements seemed to the Minister for Defence (Senator Eearce) to be "not without significance." The Consul-General (Mr K. Uyeno) is reported as having, said that he found it hard to believe that the Minister could have lent the weight of his position to the statement which had been published. Senator Pearce, referring to the matter, remarked: — "I did not say that the men were spies. I merely repeated certain facts which had been related to me. I will, however, add this. Since the matter has been mentioned in the press I have been furnished with evidence from the department, showing that the military authorities were also in possession of information concerning the movements of this party, although they could not get any confirmation of the statement that the Japanese were acquiring information calculated to be useful for military purposes." J

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