Evening star., 1945-06-07

| as we'll as news for formal releas,
are not to be discouraged in talk.
ing to correspondents freely abou
matters for which they are re.
sponsible, since they can exercise
discretion to make sure that moth.
ing which should be kept secret /.
given out.
Some newspaper correspondent.
had been disturbed by the implica
tions Of the arrest. They feared thai
strict enforcement of the statute
forbidding the unauthorized trans.
initial of possession of information
classified as restricted, confidential
or secret. would interfere with the
normal development of news stories
in Washington.
Numerous instances of apparent
leaks" Of classified documents were
recalled, among them publication by
newspaper columnists of what pur-
ported to be a sacret report of Will
liam Phillips, the late President
Rooseyelt's personal representative
to India. and telegram from Amer
ican officials In the Mediterranean
reporting the gist of Prime Minister
Churchill's orders to the British
commander in Athens during the
Greek troubles there several months
ago.
1t. Roth Was Honor Student.
1t. Roth. who is 26. was born in
New York and received degrees
from the City College of New York
and Columbia University He was
an honor student at Columbia.
In the summer of 1889 he studied
Chinese at the University OF Michi-
gan. He worked as a research asso-
ciate for Amerasia in 194l, and in
September of that year joined the
Navy. Following a course of study
in the Japanese language at Har-
ward, he was commissioned an en-
sign in August, 1912, and was
transferred to Washington for duty
with the Office of Naval Intelligence
Last January he was promoted to
lieutenant
Larsen Is Al and a native of San
Rafael, Calf. He was educated In
China and Denmark and received
the degree of doctor OF philosophy
from the University Of Copenhagen
in 1916 From then until 1927 he
worked for the Chinese postal adj
ministration at Peiping, and later
he was adviser to Teh-Ching-M
chief of the Mongol clans at Koken-
maiao, Inner Mongolia.
Was Chinese Agent.
For six years he was traffic man
ager for British-American tobacco
company in China From October,
1884, to February, 1885. he was with
the Chinese secret service at Pei
ping. handling investigations of the
illicit arms traffic and intelligence
operations in Manchuria.
Larsen then returned to the
United States and was employed by
the Office of Naval Intelligence as
civilian analyst on affairs in
China, Indo-China, Thailand and
India until March, 1943. Last Au-
gust he joined the State Depart
ment as a specialist in the China
division in the Office of Far Eastern
Affairs.
Service, who is 35. was born at
Chengtu, Szechwan, China. His
father, an American citizen, was en-
gagged in social welfare work in
Shanghai.
Service is a graduate Of Oberlin
(Ohio) College. He was employed
by a bank in Shanghai, but since
1888 he has been with the State
Department foreign service. He has
served at Yunnanfu, Peiping and
Chungking, China, and until recent
ly he was assigned to the American
military forces in that country.
Jaffe Born in Russia.
Jaffe, one Of the three arrested
in New York, was born in 1897 al
Mogilev, Ukraine, Russia, and be.
came a naturalized American citi.
zen in 1923. In addition to being
editor of Amerasia he is president
of printing firm specializing ir