Show P U. U S. S Raiders id Captured In China Say Japs t By International News The Japs concocted another new story Wednesday concernIng concernIng concern- concern In Ing r the air raids carried out against the imperial empire now empire now they say several American fliers flies who took part in the raids were forced to land in Japanese- Japanese occupied territory in China and were taken prisoner Reuters British news agency reported receipt of a 8 dispatch In Vichy France Fiance quoting a Japanese army spokesman in Shanghai as assaying assaying assaying saying several American fliers had been captured after they failed to reach Chinese controlled areas The American airmen according according accord accord- ing tug to the Nipponese spokesman will be brought to Shanghai where they will be shown to newspaper I representatives I Allies Wont Won't Comment I f I This This l latest test novelty In Japans Japan's I extensive fishing expedition probably will elicit no more In Information information in- in formation from united nations sources as to how the attack was carried out than has been forthcoming forthcoming forthcoming forth forth- coming to date Washington and London remain completely silent and this obviously is irking the Japs no end The threat to exhibit captured fliers liers in Shanghai apparently is designed to evoke a statement from some authoritative source which would deny any American fliers could possibly have landed In China since the raiders had landed elsewhere and thereby the Japanese would become ened And the Japs have not had much I success previously in exhibiting i American captives The last time they tried it their scheme turned into a boomerang Recordings Idea Failed They made recordings of speeches by Americans taken to Japan who were forced to relate the wonderful treatment they were receiving from the Japs Relatives Relatives Relatives Rel Rel- in this country of those supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to be talking got an entirely entirely en en- different impression when the recordings were broadcast The voices seemed unnatural and the relatives said their kin sounded as though they were under the influence influence influence in in- in- in fluence of drugs Whether this effect resulted from the records being played too slowly or not remained undecided but the Japs quit trying to show what swell fellows they were through this propaganda device I If any Americans are shown to the press representatives in Shanghai Shang Shang- hai all hai-all all of whom are mainly axis nationals nationals and and passed off as bomber pilots the scheme most I likely will fall fail as dismally as the I previous effort I |