Shanghai, Oct, 9.
11 ig understood that the Japanese havel' and. gendarmerie authorities have sent separate replies to Admiral 'T. C, Mart, Commander-in-Chief of te US. Asiatic Fleet, in_ connection with the alleged assault of a member of the crew of the USS. Augusta Fecently by Japanese gendarmes. The replies wei answer tO a note forwarded by the U.S, naval authorita ies at the time of the incident.
The contents of the Japanese re plies were not revealed, although it believed that a full Statement on the affair is likely to be made in the course of the next few days. The incident took place, it will be recall-4, on September 28, at the former Bunk of Communications on the
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