15,000 Arrested for "Communism"
Tokyo, May 30, The ban on publication of news concerning a wholesale round-up of 1,500 Communists, of whom 400 were arrested on May 21, 1936, was lifted today.
The 400 included 26 Buddhist priests and 33 students of the Imperial University at Tokyo.
Most of 1,100, who were arrested in the months following May, 1936, belonged to the Japan Communist Party, the New Buddhist Youth Federation, and the National Council of the Labour Union.
As a result of a very long preli-minery examination, which was conducted in secret, 235 of the 1,500 persons involved are undergoing trial in camera on a charge of having taken part in Communist activities.
These include the well-known writer, Mr. Kan Eguchi, and the barrister, Mr. Jo Koiwai, together with 53 members of the National Council of Trade Unions, nineteen members of the new Theatrical Association, 33 Imperial University settlement workers and fifteen members of the Tokyo 'Transport Workers' Union.
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