Tokyo, July 17. The Japanese member of the International—Olympic—Committee, Count Soyeshima, has resigned and—80 it is stated here although there is al confirmation yet—the whole Japanese organisation committee has taken the same course.
In a telegram to the members of the International Olympic Committee, the Japanese committee declared that it had to abandon the organisation of the summer and winter Olympiade for 1940 at the order of the Japanese government, The Japanese committee thanked the International Olympic Committee for the support received and closed by saying that "Japanese sportsmen remain ever faithful to the Olympic spirit".
In a telegram to the chairman of the International Olympic Committee, Count Baillet-Latour, the committee expresses the hope that it would be possible to hold the Olympic Games for 1944 in Japan.—Trans-Ocean.
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