Tokyo, June 7. The detention of It-Colonel C.K. spear, the British Military Attache China, and It, Cooper, "British Language' Officer, by the Japanese authorities at Kalgan, came up for discussion. at this aflernoon's press Commenting on their detention, the spokesman of the War Office said that the local Japanese Gendarmerie were continuing inquiry "to determine to. what extent the British officers have sought out strategic secrets of the Japanese forces" and whether they passed on their inform ation to the Chinese forces.
The spokesman said that even the British Ambassador, Sir Archibald wanted to make a trip by land into area occupied by the Japanese forces.
"It is unbelievable," he concluded, "that "members of" Sir "Archibald Kerr's staff should loiter "in areas where Japanese and Chinese troops fare confronting each other without kkiving previous notice, or without passports issued by the Japanese The Facts
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