Tokyo, Feb. 2.
Mr. James Young, International News Service correspondent, who has been held here for the past two weeks, is charged with violation of the army criminal code for disseminating in Japen and abroad slanderous articles end rumours reliable reports reaching here today from the interior of China revealed.
Characterizing those "who attack their brothers-in-arms, at a time of national crisis, under the slogan of anti-Communism, Which has already been proved ruinous for the country," as the "nation's worst enemies," the telegram asked Chungking to take steps against such "unscrupuloustiess."—Domei. regarding the Japanese forces, Mr. Y. Suma, spokesman for the Foreign Office revealed today.
Mr. Suma announced that Mr.
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