The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30

, quarters said that yesterday ert Craigie informed Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka of the British attitude and said that news of the arrests would inevitably be re- garded as haviong political implica- tions quite apart from any technical charges against those arrested"
 Spurred by newspaper demands that Britain reopen the Burma sup ply route to China or arrest prom inent Japanese residents of London, 1 the cabinet met to consider an offi- cial report from Craigie on the ar rests in Japan.
 It was learned authoritatively that Craigie gave Matsucka formal assurance that the British com munity in Japan has no political or ganization.
 Only Charge
 Consequently the only charge which could be brought against those arrested is one of working hard for the improvement of Anglo Japanese relations" the ambassador was reported to have told the for eign minister.
 It was understood that the cab inet, which had deferred its meet ing until report from Craigie had been received, was considering the possibility and advisability of retail iatory action.
 Members of the house of com mons were expected to demand, and receive, government statement soon after the opening of this after noon's session. (Session starts 9:45 a. m. EDT0
 Members of parliament were angry, political quarters reported, particularly after the recent agree ment by Britain to close the Burma highway along which, since France closed the Indo-Chinese frontier, China had received the bulk of the foreign materials essential to her long range prosecution of the war.
 BY H. o. THOMPSON
 United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Tokyo, July 30 = (UP0 = Japan extended search for alleged for eign spies to Korea, where foreign CTS were arersted today, after a dozen or more foreigners had been arrested in Tokyo and additional al- legged foreign spies were taken into custody at Kurume and Shimono- seki.
 Foreigners arrested in Korea were described as under investigation" and it was learned here that gov- ernment leaders were planning to dismiss some 800 foreign instructors in Japanese institutions of learning as result of an alleged British espi- onage plot and new fifth column" scare in newspapers.
 The government was reported also to be preparing for much Stricter supervision of all foreign mission aries.
 Police arrested an undisclosed number of suspected foreign spies" at Kurume and Shimonoseki Satur- day, the day that prominent Brt- tons were arrested, 1t was disclosed today.
 Kurume police announced: with the rapid change in the interna- tional situation recently activities of foreign spies have reached such stage tn tathey can no longer be overlooked"
 It was added that the police de- cided to make wholesale raids of suspected persons" Saturday and put them under examination at Shimonoseki and Nagasaki."
 Against Fifth Columns
 Newspapers warned their readers against "fifth column" activities in connection with the alleged British spy plot.
 Yomiuri, of independent and lit- erary tendency, asserted that Bri- tons seized in the alleged plot had concentrated propaganda among elder statesmen, high officials, per- sons who move in higher social cir cles and influential newspaper men It was a scheme, Yomiuri asserted to ahenate Japan from Germany and Italy.
 British embassy officials said tha the next move as regards the arrest of Il leading British residents o Japan, and the alleged suicide O Melville James Cox, Far Easterl manager for Reuters news agenc. while being questioned at polio, headquarters, must come from Lon don after consideration by the gov ernment of a report from Sir Rober Craigie, British ambassador. The newspaper Yomiuri reportet that Yoshisuke Aikawa, president o the Manchllria industrial develop ment corporation and one of th' leading industrialists of Japan would be offered the post of ambas sador at Washington succeed Ken. suke Horinouchi.
 Ordered to Stop Shanghai, July 30-(UP)-C. D Alcott, American radio commentator advised American consul, Genera Richard P. Butrick today that ar operative of the Japanese army spe. cial service section had ordered hin to sto phis radio activities within three days.
 Alcott broadcastS three times { week for the American-owned Chins press. He asserted that the warning came by telephone from one Nathan Rabinovitch, a Russian operative ol the Japanese, who said: T give yol three days to get of the air" It was understood that American authorities were taking the threa most seriously, particularly as Alcot was one of six prominent American here whom the Japanese dominated Nanking government" demanded b, deported from Shnghai for alleged unfriendliness toward Japan.
 Alcott, from Chamberlain, S. D. formerly was a newspaper man fl Sioux City, Oowa, and Sioux Falls S. D.
 Chinese GuerriIlas
 Peiping. China. July 30.-(UP)- Chinese guerrillas are active in thu l fV,a k~ ..sat,a&k.s w~.~.