Britain would be "extremely irrelevant" if she took retaliatory. ac~ tion against Japan for arresting Bri-Aish subjects in. Japan alleged to be engaged in sabotage, the Navy spokesman, Captain Yuzuru Okuma, told the press "here toda; Describing the arrest of British subjects in Japan as. "just house! cleaning." the spokesman said the campaign was entirely an Internal ug to the ease of the late Mr, Melville J. Cox. Routers' chief correspondent in Japan, who was Ielted when he fell from the third story of a building where he was: being questioned by the gendarmerie Two More Britons Said Released London, Aug. 5. Further British subjects who were arrested in Japan have now been released.
A telegram received by the Japanese Embassy here last, night gave their names as Messrs. E, W. James, Sandford, "Outrage for Outrage"
Advocate in Tokyo The arrest of prominent Japanese Tokyo, Aug. 4.
businessmen in London has eonsiderably' silfened Japanese public opinion ayainst Britain, according to Tapanese press' reports.
JesAmon the in the "foch Shimbun," paper wih large cireuation, "is taking "the strongest attitude, unsing the Japanese Government (0 lake. adequate' effec: tive ensues" for' the. rupture of liplomatie. relations with Britain by recalling. the: Japanese Ambassador! in, London, "The newspaper advises the Government to. clarity its alitide towards Brita by taking prompt action necessary for stich a rupture.
Jcommereial ays there isn The "Chugai Shogyo," widely-rea
need to trace the motive for which Britain has ordered the arrest. of three prominent Japanese in London, as the British action is obviously retaliation against the round-up of a Tokyo, July 21.
Mr. Morin, Chief Associated Press Correspondent in Tokyo, was tonight examined by the Tokyo Gendarmerie with regard to certain messages he had filed concerning the suicide of Mr. Melville 'J."Cox, Reuters' Chict Corres pondent, and others which cast doubt en the integrity of the Japanese authorities.
Mr. Morin, however, was ve~ Jeased after admitting that he had filed unfounded rumours without confirming the facts. The Associated Press Correspondent further apologized and promised, in writing, that he would take care in the future not to file unconfirmed rumours, it was reported—Domei. ook retaliatory measures by arrest: ing the Acting Manager of the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha and the Menager of the Mitsubishi. Trading Company. the circumstances, the "Nichi Nichi" "declares, Japan had better meet outrage with outrage if Britain fails "to reconsider her outrage,"
Th such a case, it adds, "Britain must assume responsibility for Jaggravation of the relations between, Japan and Britain."—Reuter.
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