The Archive · 1940

Mandated Islands

Account Sent to Geneva And Washington Tokyo, Mar. 4.

A report on the Japanese administration of mandated islands in the Pacific during 1938 was mailed to the. United States Government on' January 22, a spokesman for the Japanese Foreign Office announced ioday.

Press messages from Washington stated that the United States Government had instructed the American Embassy at Tokyo to inquire whether Johan intended to give out information on the status of the Pacific mandated islands. Some—officials, claimed, the message stated, that Japan was obligated to furnish the inforthation in accordance with the Treaty of Cotninitments.

When foreig correspondents ques-tinted the spokesman about the press dispatch the spokesman revealed that the 1938 report was mailed on January 22 and should have reached Washington by this time.

He added that a similar report had been sent to the League of Nations at Geneva. Its arrival had probably been delayed, he stated, because of the disruption of mail service as a result of the European war.—Domei, U.S. Student Asks For Gloves of Human Skit

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