Asked if any foreigner were to rethe Japanese forces "would his extraterritorial rights be respected, the spokesman pointed out that in any ease of a person threatening the safety of the Japanese forces in occupied territory it was only natural that his extraterritorial rights would limited, As a matter of principal extraterritorial rights would be tespected but in any ease where action taken was of a character to endanger the safety of the Japanese forces in occupied territory such rights would be subject to limitation, would not be a question of application to Law but of direct action necessary to maintain the safety of the Japanese Forces. It would be an act of law but a summary act, Asked if after investigations had been concluded would a detained person be handed over to his own authorities, the spokesman sid "Such action would be the ordinary procedure a the most desirable, hut there are eer-{ain circumstances in which individual cases must be considered their merits, and in such elreumstances Tam not prepared to liza on the matter and give you a action was not summarily executed extraterritorial rights would be respected. There was no. differ~ ence as to the time limit between a summary action and a legal action. The question of extraterritoriality was 4 question which involved China and nol Japan and should be considered in an entirely different Hight. Extra~ lorritoriality" would be taken into mnsideration and duly respected by pan.
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