The Archive · 1940

Britain Watching Tokyo Arrests

THE NORTH-CHINA AUGUST — Nazis Believed Behind — Japanese Anti-British Actions of Extremists

London, Aug. 1, All developments are being closely watched by the British Government as it shapes its future policy, de-Clares the Diplomatic correspondent [of "The Times" today in commenting on the arrest of British subjects in Japan for alleged espionage.

No doubt is felt in London, the correspondent says, that the arrests have a political motive. The ar-j Tested men have all been prominent [in the past in trying to heal the relations between Britain and Japan.

Their wishts and hopes clearly irritated anti-British and extremist Nazi Raider Reported In. American Port New York, Aug. 1

The German freighter Weser (9,179 tons), of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, anchored at Puntarenas, Costa Rica, since the outbreak of the war, is preparing to depart as an armed raider, according to a dispatch to the "New York Times" from San Jose, capital of Costa Rica.

The dispatch says, according to the newspaper "Prensa Libre" funds which the Costa Rican Government allowed for subsistence of the crews of German ships have been used to prepare the Weser for her voyage, in violation of Costa Rican neutrality.—Reuter. scheme to send children to safer 9f People quxious for more information. Children ale pru theo On in London was

sent to Canada and the United States, while a is believed to be on its way to Australia, groups, who all too readily listened fo the whisperings of the many organized German National Social *Two More Britons ists now growing in influence in Japan, The arrests, the correspondent

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