Tsuruga, Mar. 12.
ignoring Moscow's threats of retaliatory action, the Hakodate Procurators' Office yesterday indicted the master of the Soviet s. Kuznetstroy, on charges of steering his ship into the Tsugruga fortified zone.
The 2,926-ton vessel entered the forbidden waters off southern Hok-kido on February 19. Detained by Hakodate gendarmes, the captain said he entered the zone because of a severe snow storm.
The procurators took action despite an official notification served on the Gaimusho by M. Miachel Slavutsky, Soviet Ambassador, that reprisals are being considered.
Japanese Representations Strong representations against the continued detention of 56 Japanese nationals and nine fishing vessels by the Soviet authorities in the Maritime Province were filled with the Moscow Government on March 5.
Included among the arrested Japanese were Miss Yoshiko Okada, a reen star, and Mr. Ryokichi Sugi-more, noted play producer, who were reported to be on their way to Moscow under guard after their sensational dash across the snowbound Soviet-Japanese border in Saghalien in January.
Thirty-four fishermen now under detention were said in the Note filed by Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese Ambassador in Moscow, to have been arrested after they sought shelter in Soviet territorial waters in stormy weather.
Mr. Shigemitsu made the representations 24 hours after receiving the Soviet Government's demand for the immediate release of the Kuznetstroy and the fishing schooner Vympel.
Failure to comply with this demand would be retaliated by the continued detention of the Japanese nationals and their vessels.
The Vympel was detained by the Japanese authorities in Yasubetsu, South Saghalien, on a charge of having violated the Military Secrets Preservation Law.—Domei.
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