It Is true that In the local Chinese Jpress scarcely even a hint has ap-[peared of the tremendous Italian defeats in Africa, presumably on the ground that they are but groundless Tumours, But in that case, all that this pretended indignation about rumour-mongering means is that the Japanese authorities want to keep {trom the Chinese public In the oc-Jeupied areas any kind of news unfavourable to the Axis Powers, no. matter whether true or not, to an leven stricter degree than is done in ther Italy or Germany, Tu any case this virtuous indigna~ tion of the Japanese authorities gane rumoursmoneering would to be entirely one-sided, For the. locat Chinese papers, which are Junder strict Japanese control, are permitted quite freely to put out the most libellous and entirely unfound-fed reports about foreign firms here. 'As for instance, that there has been run on the American bank here ind that the Chinese public is hastily transferring its deposits from that bank to the Yokohama Specie jand Federal Reserve banks, with. the result that the business of' the bank: has dropped "1,000 feet low'." Or Jagain, that the British and American tobacco companies are so hard hit Japanese competition that they are trying to dispose of their business, This kind of stuff appears in Japanese eyes to be quite legitimate, no matter whether it happens to be groundless rumour or not, th order no doubt (0 Ken thi wafer lo of aam" cing re 1822" 2s" Renmin, She awe tne" fneresing' warning agi handles tthoutmangering hat Eco out realy foe muna Wee Blah eBorma dept aod Fling, sebuaey 2, wi fut SiRF Sots reo' roan m, in, amt lad Shia aha Miho, itt Is. tundersiood, cing new order by, tha Axis Powers and pointed out that In the face, thet impending fanding of "German {eocpa the Brita "fates! a certain hid Power: ts dlaseminating. groundless rumours "in "an vera Siienate: popular opinion in' north China from' Japan, whowe alleged southward fdvanée polley' is" another source "of Coe de tele CERE i easter eat one cee Japanese Arrested In Manila Manila, Mar. 7.
Government agents late yesterday raided a home here and arrested a Japanese alleged to be in possession of an unllcenced radio and 184 code Simultaneously, a despatch in the "Manila Teibune* from Dumaguete, Negros Province, said attempted to arrest two fishermen, but one shot his way out and escaped.
Tanada was the Japanese arrested in the raid here. Government agents discovered the un-Weonced radio, including both receiving and transmitting sets, and copies of 184 messages apparently in Japanese code, it was learned.
The "Tribune" despatch said authorities, including Sr. Jose Romero, Negros Assemblyman, several town mayors and police, pursued two uunidentiqed Japanese who were legally ishing off the Negros coast. They captured one but the other {hot and stounded one of the mayors and fled Ina motorboat—United Press.
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G, Tonada, 2 Japanese," was released on bail today after having been formally charged with owning und operating an unlicensed radio.
"Mi, Tanada' told the court his set only was for receiving and not. for transmitting. He admitted, however, he intercepted Japanese news agency reports for a local Japanese news-Paper—United Press.
IitereSts from the rar ction maintain "mate fof these rumours needs na It is probably quite unconsciously or, at-any rate, with quite other intehtlons that, "wherever the word rumour appeared in the above message, it was carefully put in inverted commas. But the authorities muy well do so, because, if, taking their list of examples, the failure of the Teallans in Albania or the unlikelihood of the Germans being able to invade
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