Tokyo, Feb, 21, Five army officers, including one general, and killed on Sui army plane carrying from Manchoukuo crashed in the neighbourhood of Kyoto, the War OMice announced at $30 o'clock this after Tokyo, Mar. 3.
While Captain Nicholas Zoller, who as master of the 8000-ton s, Ryugat commands a large portion of the Hungarian merchant marine lay ju hospital with a bad cold, the Procurator's OMee of the Tokyo District Court today began examining the charges fled against the skipper the police.
Brought here from Miike, Kyushi, under police escort, on Fe Capt. Zoller hind been sta Marunoucht Hotel while undergoing, examination, until his cold forced him to enter a hospital, He was not Jailed at any. tin Police allege that Capt. Zoller anchored his ship, the Nyugat, be-Tonging to the Neptune Navigation Company of Budapest, off Hachijo Island, outside Tokyo Bay after Leaving Yokohama in. mid-February. The Hachijo Island area is closed to merchant. navigat Capt, Zoller said he anchored his ship Ieoward of the Island to escape a strong wind that was blowing at the time. "He pointed out that since His was his frst trip to the Orient he was not familiar with various vegulations, Questioned regarding the taking of photographs by a member of his ship's crow. while the vessel was anchored off Hachijo Island, the Hungain skipper told the police' that the man was only trying to got picture of a rainbow that had formed the horizon beyond the island, 'He was nevertheless charged' with violating the Military Secrets Act and Japanese shipping regulations, Nine Power Treaty Not Violated Tokyo, Max. 1 Japan's attitude towards the United States in case America, disregarded the Japanese Empire's Intentions in the establishment of a new order in East Asia was explained to members of the House of Representatives yes~ terday by Mr. Hachiro Arita, Japanese Foreign, Minister 'Questions on this subject were asked by Mr. Shinzo Imai, a member of the Jikyokudo Doshikal' Party, and on the reopening of the Yangtze' and on the denunciation of the Nine Power Treaty.
Japan was prepared to meet the situation if the United States opposed Jpanese operations for the realization of a new order in East Asia, he said, The situation had not reached such a stage at the present time, he added.
The Japanese Government had no intentions, he said, of using the reopening of the Yangtze as a bargaln= ting point for the conclusion of a new trade treaty with the United States, The Government, he explained, had been trying 10. settle pending issues tone by one as the situation in China allowed, Although the American Government charged Japan with violating, Nine Power treaty, Japan did not feeognize such view as vulid, Mr. Arita. said, Should America try to make Japan concede that point by force then there would be a conflict between the two tations, he stated—Domel, 'Those killed were _Lieut.-Gen, HWisao Hozoji, Major-Gen, Misa Okada, Flight' Lieut.-Col.. Toshihars Tsuji, Flight Sub-Ontcer Tso Nemoto, Flight Sub-Onieer Yoshio Doi and Army Engineer Isao Kurosawa, the They were flying from Munchou kuo to Tokyo on an official mission when their plane crashed at Osumi village in Kyoto Prefecture, south of Kyoto, at 148 o'clock on Sunday ish] afternoon, it was announced, Posthumous honours were granted to three of the crash victims yes terday.
Licut.-Gen. Hozojl_was promoted to junior grade of the fourth court fo senior grade' of the fifth court from the junior rade of the same rank, and Lieut-Col, Tsuji to senior rade of the sixth court rank ade of the same Argenti
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