Tokio, Jan, 17.
A local despatch received by the "Kokumin" reports an outbreak of cerebra-spinal meningitis among the soldiers of the third division. A soldier, belonging to the first corps of the second company of this division was taken to the gar-risen hospital on the 19th, suffering from fever. Later his case was diagnosed as cerebra-spinal mening itis, and all the men of his corps were ordered to undergo a medical examination. As a result, all were discovered to be suffering more or less from the same plague, with 21 severe cases. They are now being treated in the garrison hospital.—Reuter.
Another Spy Scare in Japan Tokio, Jan. 26.
The Foreign Affairs section of the Metropolitan Police held an urgent general conference yesterday to consider -plans for effectively watching Americans residing and travelling in Japan. According to a statement from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Police Bureau, there is evidence that some professing tourists and others who are business men are actually engaged investigating the industrial and military conditions in Japan, in ce-operation with Americans long resident in the country.
The attention of the authorities was attracted through the number of American agents arriving in Korea and China, whence they are communicating with each other by wireless. Such messages are easily detected by the Japanese and Chinese secret services, but the operations of the suspected agents in Japan are less obvious.—Reuter.
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