Makar Arhyereev, aged 56, was sentenced to five months' imprisonment by the First Special Distric! Court yesterday on charges of looting. The accused was said to have stolen goods valued at $300 from the Comfort Factory, 965-36 Mokalee Terrace, off Dixwell Road, and also a cheque book from a Chinese tobacco factory in Dalny Read.
American naval authorities in Shanghai "on their own initiative" en Thursday denied as "unfounded n fact" the statement attributed to Brigadier-General John C. Beaumont, commander of the Second Brigade, ted States Marines, to the effec he considered that discipline among Japanese soldiers was poor, a Japanese military spokes-ran announced yesterday morning.
The purported statement was published only in the local evening newspaper, having been circulated in Shanghai by the Fleet News Agency in the form of a Manila dispatch Also denied were the other por-ions of the dispatch to the effect that Gen. Beaumont had declared that Shanghai was passing through "a reign of terror," and giving the American officer's opinion regarding the cause of Gen. Iwane Matsui's recall, "The Japanese military and naval authorities," the spokesman declared. "are highly appreciative of this step taken by the American authorities on their own initiative.
"While little credence was attached by the Japanese authorities to the report, the denial will serve to dis-el any unfounded misapprehensions that might reflect unfavourably upon merican-Japanese relations,
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