The Archive · 1940

Nippon Yusen

Hakone Maru, and in" Fu which e now rou England, will not cha age their cour but proceed on to Liverpool here wa Maru is docked.

Of the 840 Japanese stranded in England, 40 are expected to board he Suwa ely, the remaining for the three These N.Y.K. vessels, it was revealed, will continue their voyages to Liverpool as a result of a decision recently reached among the Foreign Office, the Communications Ministry and the Nippon Yusen Kaisha.

The Hakone Maru sailed from Durban, South Africa, on July 20. The Hakozaki Maru left Durban on August 14 and the Fushimi Maru sailed. from Singapore om August 18.

That the Japanese Government is making every effort possible to evacuate those Japanese subjects still remaining in England was stressed during today's press conference by Mr. Yakichiro Suma, spokesman of the Foreign Office.

Mr. Suma disclosed that the Foreign office yesterday cabled the Japanese Embassy in Berlin instructing it to approach the German Government with the request of a guarantee for the safety of Japanese rescue vessels which are proceeding to England to evacuate Japanese London, Aug. 20. a possible change in the attitude of the towa ds Japan, A ur Cock: mber of th of Commons, toda voiced strong support of ihe Churchill

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