Letters of appreciation written above the signature of Mr. Hachiro Arita, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, were awarded to 13 members of the Shanghai Japanese consular police by Mr. Yoshiaki Miura, Direc-for of the Japanese Embassy Police Bureau, at 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, for their meritorious services in connection with searching and arresting of anti-Japanese agents in the Settlement and Concession, according to the "Tairiku Shimpo" yesterday morning.
The policemen honoured are Inspector Shoichi Yuasa, Inspector Tomeji Kawamura, Inspector Yoshio Ishikawa, Sub-inspector Yaichi Mae-bata, Sergeant Tomoyoshi Fujita, Sergeant Sotaro Taguchi, Mr. Juichi "Yamaguchi, Sergeant Shimbei Hirmatsu, Sergeant Matsuzo Futamiya, Constable Takamasa Takahashi, Constable Ayao Mita, Constable Sampei Kurozaki, and Constable Kinju Kana-hara.
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