Jepan is the latest country "to Jexperience a spy scar According to the "Kokumin Shimbun," several hundred inhabitants of Amamioshima, a large island 200 /miles southeast of Kuyshu, incited by rumours of an alleged case of international espionage by Catholic fathers, to-day attacked and destroyed several churches on the island and started a boycott against Catholics.
The papers adds that foreign [Catholic priests and missionaries are evacuating to safety, So far, confirmation of the news unobtainable.
There are fifteen Catholic churches it, Amamioshima as well as a number Canadian Catholics.—Reuter.
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