Office to be Opened in Shanghai to be near the Capital The new Japanese minister to China, Mr. Saburi, will open an Office in Shanghai so as to be near Nanking, according to reports from Japanese "sources, and the present Consul-General here, Mr. Shigemitsu, will be appointed Counsellor to ths Legation while still holding his rank as consul-general_and being.
charge of the work here. This sill necessitate a reorganization of the consular staff and it is understood that the Japanese government have decided to post two consuls-general to Shanghai. To carry out. the routine work of the post, which will be impossible for Mr. Shigemits if he. is Counsellor to the.
Legation, Mr. I. Ishii, Japanese eon. sul-general in London, will take on his duties here, Mr. Saburi and Me Ishii p- due to arrive shortly,
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