Shanghai "on their own. initiative"
Americar authorities Feb. 24 denied, as "unfounded Ju fact" the statement attributed fo Brigadier-General John C. Beal mont, "commander of the Second Brigade, United Statey Marines, to the effect that he considered. that discipline among Japanese soldiers was poor, a Japanese military spokesman announced on Feb, 25, Prior to hie appointment as British Ambassador to China, succeeding Sit Hughe Knalehbull-Hugessen, Sir Archibald was British Ambassador in Baghdad. He entered the diplomatic service in 1906, serving at Berlin, Buenos Aires, Washingion, Rome and He assumed the surname of addition to that of Kerr Clark. in 1911," In 1016, he was transferred the Foreign Offee, and then served as a private with the Scots Guards! in 1918. He was promoted to be First Secretary in 1918 and a year later was appointed to HM. Agency at Tangier.
Transferred to Cairo in 1922, he acted as Charge d'Affaires for a while before being promoted to Counsellor.
1625 he was made Envoy Extradinary_and Minister Plenipotentiery at Guatemala and in the same year "was appointed Consul-General for. the Republics of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicarague and Salvador In 1928 he was transferred to Sannda year later married the Maria Teresa Diaz Salsz, daughter of Senor Javier Diaz Lira, of Santiago de Chile.
In 1931 he was transferred to Stock~ holm and in 1935 was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary' and Pleni-pPotentiary at Baghdad. Ho was made 2 KCMG. in the 1935 New Year Honours" List, and received the Silver Jubilee Medal that same year.
The purported statement was pub-jed only in the local. evening newspaper, having been circulated in Shanghai by the Fleet News Agency im the form of a Manila dispatch.
Also denied were the other portions 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. wane Matsuls "The Japanese military and naval authorities. the spokesman declared, ily appreciative of this step gen by the American authorities "while tittle 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
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