Tientsin, July 3.
H.M. Consulate-General confirmed the detention of Mr. Griffiths, an engineer working aboard Messrs. Butterfield & Swire s. Yochow. Mr. Griffiths was arrested in the First Special Area side of the Woodrow Wilson Street barrier last night because he was alleged to have insulted the Japanese army, a Japanese army spokesman said today. N The spokesman announced that Mr. Griffiths had been arrested and It is becoming more obvious every day that this propaganda campaign is to serve preparing the Japanese position in the forthcoming negotiations with Britain.
Japanese newspapers speak of a "Munich of the Far East," adding that England failed during the lest two years to realize the situation in the Far East and had insisted on carrying on an anti-Japanese policy.
London must now prove that Britain is willing to adapt herself to the changed situation in the Far East, press comments declare.
The Japanese papers unanimously stress Japan's irrevocable decision to develop East Asia according to the wish of the Japanese people against all possible resistance.—Trans-Ocean.
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