Fletcher, Parliamentary secretary to Mr. Albert Victor Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech here bitterly attacked the presence in London of Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese Ambassador.
Lieutenant-Commander Fletcher said that Mr. Shigemitsu and his staff were able to report British secrets to Germany.
"I see no reason why we should wear kid gloves or even three ounce gloves in this matter," he said, "and tolerate what presumably are hostile observers in our midst when we are fighting an enemy with bare fists and knuckle dusters—United Press.
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