Mr. E. S. Cunningham, American Consul-General, is in receipt of advices from the Department of State that Mr. James P. Davis, Consul at Bangkok, has been ap pointed as Administrative Consul at Shanghai to succeed the present Consul, Mr. M. F. Perkins, who has been detailed to the Department of State for service in the Division of Far Eastern Affairs. Mr. Davis was appointed from Georgia and first entered the Consular service in 1917, when he was assigned to Marseilles. He has had a very rapid promotion, and his assignment to the post of Administrative Consul at Shanghai is a distinct compliment to his abilities.
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