Ambassador Replies to Formal Protest Against Decision to Seize All German Goods Tokyo, Nov. 30. €€TAPAN will adhere to her established policy, as she notified Great Britain on November 24, and will not agree to the seizure of German exports on the high seas by Great Britain," said Admiral Nomura, Foreign Minister, in an interview this morning with Sir Robert Craigie, the British Ambassador, according to a Japanese report.
Admiral Nomura stated that this attitude was being taken because it was feared that Japan's vital interests would be affected by the British act.
The interview between Sir Robert Craigie and. Admiral Nomura is said to have taken place at 11.30 this morning, when the British Ambassador delivered a formal reply to the Japanese protest of November 24, and expressed the intention of the British Government to give full consideration to take careful measures against possible damage to neutrals in the enforcement of the Government's decision to seize German exports.
This report could not be confirmed at the British Embassy.—Reuter.
Asked by a foreign correspondent at this mornings press conference what action the Japanese navy would take against possible seizure of German exports found on Japanese slurs by the British navy, the Admiralty spokesman, Resr-Admiral Kanazawa, declined to divulge the navy's attitude.
The spokesman said he knew through reading a newspaper report that the British blockade against German exports would be started on December 4. Stating that the mct'er was now under diplomatic negotiation between Japan and Britain, he said he could not disclose the navy's attitude, though it wes natural that Japan should insist on her rights and interests as a neutral Power.
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