Tokyo, Aug. 11.
Rotary clubs in various towns and cities in Japan are being swept out of existence by the rising tide sweeping the country for the formation of a new national structure.
Reports from Osaka received here revealed that the Rotary Club of Osaka has decided to secede from the International Rotary Club in order to form a new organization.
Meanwhile, reports from Keijo, Korea, disclosed that the anti-British League of Korea has demanded that the Rotary dibs at Keijo, Heijo, Taikyu and Fusan disband immedintely.—Demei.
Tokyo, Aug. 10.
The recent arrests of foreigners in Japan on charges of espionage are based strictly on evidence in hand, the Minister of Justice Mr. Akira Kazami, declared in a press interview.
The Ministry of Justice undertook to have the arrests carried out on its sole responsibility, Mr. Kazami added. To say the arrests were in any way inspired by expediency of foreign policy "is to libel the integrity of the judiciary," he stated.
"As the investigations progress," Mr. Kazami concluded, "whatever suspicious are entertained regarding our motives, will be dispelled,"—Havas,
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