Cannot Ignore Such "Illegal Acts,"" says Tokyo Tokyo, Aug. 9.
The Japanese Government Is pay-Ing serious attention to reports of alleged maltreatment of Nipponese residents in Vladivostok, a spokesman of the Foreign Office said yesterday.
"We cannot ignore such illegal acts," he added, "since they tend to make the continued residence of Ja-
Panese in Soviet territory very dim-cult"
The press to-day reported that travellers arriving in Tsuruga from Vladivostok spoke of "undue pressure" being placed by the Soviet authorities "upon the employees of Japanese establishments, " including the Osalea Shosen Kaisha, the Tatsuma Bussan Kaisha, the Hongan Temple and various Nipponese fisheries.
The travellers alleged that a num. ber of Japanese have been arrested by the Soviet authorities "without any specific charges."—Domel, Cuouvsvesrs along the Canton-Hankow line at Yichang and Ping-shih have caused considerable Jdamage to the railway, one of the main bridges at Tayuan having bee!
shed away. reports the "Min Pao."
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