The present conflict in the Far East coupled with the efforts on the part of Col, Henry L, Stimson, Secretary of States, to bring peace has emphasized the fact that the United States now lacks an Ame ry has dor to Japan.
Since the death of the Into Am= bassador Mr. Charles MacVei the Tokyo post has been left ant, It is learned that there has been surprising reluctance on the part of potential appointees to accept this position. Several reasons have been advanced, including the ex: sive expense of living in Japan, the Inck of an Embassy because of the fact that the burnt down structure which perished in the carthquae fire of 1923 has not been replaced, and the scarcity of good houses Officials concede, in spite of the lack of action thus far, that events in China, Manchuria "and Japan render it highly necessary for the Jas early a date as possible—United Press. fi safety of the foreign colony of Manchuli and Hailar, since nothing, has been heard of them since Novems ber 17, when the Soviets -resumed)
Foreign consuls are'trying to get touch with these places, but with out success. The Chinese authority' ies are withholding information long the western section of the Chinese Eastern Railway on the ground of the interruption of corns
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