IN THE FAR EAST
WARNING TO JAPAN PACT WITH RUSSIA LIKELY BRITISH COLONEL RELEASED (United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright) TOKIO, Sept. 10 The Japanese Prime Minister, General Nobuyuki Abe, warned the nation against the belief that Japan might be able to force the Western Powers to retreat from the Far East because of the European war. The Prime Minister also disclosed that the Japanese Government is considering a non-aggression pact with Russia. PEKING, Sept. 9 The Japanese have released Lieu-tenant-Colonel G. R. Spear, the British Embassy military attache, who has been detained since May 25 on a charge of espionage. The British United Press correspondent at Peking says that General Shigeru Hasunuma, in farewelling Colonel Spear at Kalgan, said: ‘T suppose you want to go to the front now. I hope you win.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20906, 11 September 1939, Page 12
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134IN THE FAR EAST Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20906, 11 September 1939, Page 12
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