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Ilaber b Carfriyn*a»4np or J*pa»e*e By HCJLP.I* OnllmritfOttawa. Ont. A filrlv extensive i round-up of Japanese nationals and Japanese-Canadians, already been made and ts continuing:, Commis-iJcner B. T, Wood, of the Royal Canadian Mounted police indicated. The number in custody includes naturalized Canadians. he said, and the number ail told was quite a lot.About 80 per cent, of 24,000 persons of Japanese race in Canada live in British Columbia. The methods of the round-up for intcrr.rr.ent applied to all persons considered an likely to be dangerous if allowed to remain at large. Police realized that Japanese arc fatalists and precautions were taken to prevent acts of desperation. Jap language schools and newspapers had been do5«»d. and there was no prospects of them re-opening. Col. Wood said. So far everything was quiet, he added, and no trouble anywhere had been re-ported to headquarters,Japanese clubs were under watch. Jap-owned fishing boats were held in port under close inspection, and contrary to unreliable stories at the coast, none at all were found to be equipped with radio.
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Rivers Gazette
Rivers, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Dec 18, 1941
Page 6
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