The Archive · 1938

Briton Handed Over

Canton, June 3.

It was just learned here today that a 23-year-old South African girl, Miss Kathleen Weston, and a German.

Herr Karl Rein, were arrested by the authorities on May 27 on charges of espionage, and confined in a Chinese prison.

Miss Weston was released on May 2 and given into the custody of Me British Consul Herr Rein, however. is still being China May Close Tokyo Embassy Hankow, June 3.

The Chinese Foreign Office will make an important announcement on Sino-Japanese relations on June 10, according to reliable reports today. It is expected to announce the formal closing of the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, which is still open despite the return of the Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Hsu Shih-ying, to China some months ago.—Reuter.

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