General Baron Nishi, late Commander of the Second (Sendai) Division, who has been recently appointed Commander of the Japanese garrison in Liaotung, returned to Tokio on Saturday forenoon and was accorded an enthusiastic welcome. Hoe drove immediately to the Imperial Headquarters and was subsequently received by their Majesties the Emperor and Empress. Major-General Hara-chi, who has been replaced by General hasegawa as the Commander of the Japanese garrison in Corea and transferred to the Imperial Headquarters, also returned to Tokio by the same train with General Nishi and was received in audience by the Emperor and Empress. General Nishi is understood to have returned to the to confer with the central authorities in respect to the military administration in the ocoupied territory in Manchuria, Interviewed by journalist, he said, inter alia, that the Japanese efforts at the Japan-China war ten years ago for drainage and road improvement are still traceable in Feng-huang cheng, Antunghsien, and Kinchou.
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