Tokyo, Aug. 1 Mr. George Relman Morin, chief of the Tokyo bureau of the Associated Press, returned to his office in good spirits early this morning after having been questioned by Japanese gendarmes for six hours concerning recent despatches the correspondent sent out of Japan.
"Mr. Morin was released at 1240 am. today, but said he was unable to comment on the investigation.
Two plain-clothes gendarmes called at Mr, Morin's office early last night, and'asked him to accompany them to headquarters. The gendarmerie questioned Mr. Morin in connection with news cables he sent to America regarding the death of Mr. Melville J. Cox, Renters' chief correspondent in Japan. The Japanese charged Mr. Morin's cables were contrary to the truth.
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