The Archive · 1940

Many Violations

It was revealed that despite the warning, there were still many who did not abide by the regulations governing "authorized" rates of exchange. "To curb such illegality, the authorities made wholesale arrests of all suspects who had refused to accept Chinese currencies at the authorized rates, and after cross-examination, it was found that many of them had reaped unjustified profits by spreading certain rumours.

Gaimusho Spokesman Denies Japanese Press Reports Moscow, Feb, 5.

The Soviet Government has ex-

Tokyo, Feb, 5. The Asama Maru case involving Britain and Japan has not been settled, the Japanese Foreign Office spokesman disclosed here today

denied Japanese press reports that The spokesman, Mr. Y. Sumy the Asama Maru incident had been pressed regret to Estonia for the incident on February 2 when Soviet warships shelled an Estonian plane flying over Tallinn harbour. The plane flew over the warships several times, and was mistaken for a foreign plane, the Note states. Reuter. settled. The Notes exchanged between Britain and Japan on the case will be published tomorrow, Mr Suma said.

"Then you can see wheth the case has been settled' or not the spokesman said.—United Press,

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