Evening star., 1942-11-06
laps Revive Charges
OF Mistreatment Of
Prisoners, |nternees
Own Dealings With
Captive Americans Called
Fair in Broadcast
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-The
Japanese radio, for q purpose not
Immediately clear, revived ale
cations today of bad treatment
of Japanese nationals in the
United States and Canada, stat
ing protests had been lodged
with the two governments and
asserting Japan's treatment OF
war prisoners and civilian in
ternees had been fair.
The last time this theme had beer
sounded was last summer, when
Japan apparently sought to counter
the stories of i'll treatment, hard
ship and suffering told by the first
American repatriates to reach the
outside world from Japan, Japanese
occupied China and other places In
the Orient after the outbreak o1
the Pacific war.
Today Domei said Japan had
lodged strong protests" last month
WITH the Governments Of the United
States and Canada against "unrea-
sonable and unwarranted" treat
ment of Japanese nationals. 1t add
ed that immediate remedial steps
were demanded.
Tells Of every Fair" Treatment.
Japan's treatment Of prisoners OF
war and civilian inter11ees, the Do
neil statement added, had been
very fair and humane.
Actually, Japan is unable to lodge
protests directly with the United
States and Canadian governments
the only diplomatic intercourse be-
ing through an Intermediary, Swift
Zerland.
AS to the statement that Japan's
treatment of war prisoners and in
ternees had been very fair and hu-
name" it Is less than month since
the Toxic radio said that United
States airmen captured after the
April 18 raid on Toxic and other
Japanese centers had been con-
victed Of ''inhuman acts" and had
been or would be severely punished
in accordance with international
law" It warned that flyers captured
in the future would be dealt with
sternly.
President Roosevelt on October q
said that Japan would be violating
the Geneva Convention on the treat
ment of war prisoners If she carried
out threats against captured Amer
lean aviators.
Threats Of Reprisals.
The Berlin radio said today it had
been announced ofiicially in Toxic
that Japan would impose "reprisals
against British prisoners of war in
japanese hands In case the British
government does not change its
attitude" toward German captives.
The announcement. attributed to
the japanese Foreign Once, was
quoted as saying "the Japanese
government has noted with grave
concern the inhuman treatment OF
German prisoners of war and the
intention of the British to extend
this treatment also to italian pris-
oners of war"
Presumably the Japanese were
talking about the recent Nazi chain
ings and British reprisal chainings
of prisoners, all of which was started
by the Germans, who charged the
British bound the hands of Nazis
captured during the Dieppe raid
and another against Sark Island
Regarding the treatment Of Japa-
nese nationals in the United States,
on October 20 Secretary of War
Stimson made public an American
Red Cross survey report declaring
elder Japanese aliens held in evacua-
ton camps in this country ZAP
parently feel that they are being
extremely well treated"
Secretary Stimson said the Red
Cross received the greatest number
of complaints from the younger
Japanese evacuees, many complain
ing over losing contact with outside
Caucasiaps."