Tokyo, Oct. 1.
'More than 7,000 persons' have been arrested on charges of violating Japan's "clean election] laws, ae cording to reports reaching here fiom the provinces.
Those taken into. custody include several priests accused of having prayed for the success of particular candidates. Mr, S. Itakura, hee of the Silk Cocoon Producers Association, is accused of having given money to the priests and their temples for prayers in behalf of Mr.
Sasaki, a candidate for' the sembly in Iwate grefecture—United
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