Martial today sentenced Capt.
Rufe Romero, Filipino U.S. Army officer, to 15 years at hard labour for photographing maps of US. defences for communication to an alien agent. The hard labour may be "such prison authorities may specify," the Court. Martial ruled. Capt. Romero took the cision calmly, but his Ameri can wife burst into tears United Press. square yards on which are stored mixed petroleum, machinery, piece-goods, automobile parts, tyres, ele, Ninely per cent. of the goods, Mr. Torrey said, belonged to the United States Far Eastern Trading Company and the remainder to Chinese mer chants, the American Red Cross, DuPont, Coniel Brothers, National Carbon, William Hunt and other American companies. "The goods are worth almost US33,000,000, Under Japanese pressure, he al-Jeged, the French authorities refused mice papers. for the of the odds avd thus the Japanese obviously. wer plating the confse the grounds that ney were not ally "American property.
men th itanchari ice papers ods were open' his warehouse for storage of the cargo, he claimed.
Forcible Storage bills were handed ver forcible storage meant the iting of other storax from the warehouse, entailing an expenditure about 8.000" plasters, Mr. Torrey He that is company way made directly responsible for all hoods stored, including the Sikians's cargo, a large part of which const
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