Objection Taken to Arrest of Japanese Nationals Tokyo, Dee. 17, A vigorous protest was lodged with the Soviet Embassy in Tokyo by the Foreign Office to-day regarding the alleged arrest of seven Japanese nationals by the Soviet authorities 'The protest points out the une certain condition, "unimaginable in a civilized country' and impossible in a country where people's. righto are guaranteed by the constitution," in Which the Japanese nationals In question have been placed by the Soviet authorities, and demands their_immediate release by the Soviet Government, 'The seven Japanese who are alleged. fo have been arrested include Mr. Taiji Takahashi,. Manager of tha 'Shosengumi, a" Japanese shipping. concern in' Vladivostok, He. was handed a Jetter by en unknown woman while walking in Vladivostok on January 4, and was arrested by: several agents of the Commissariat for Home Adare.
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