Post Offered to Mr. Obata Who May Accept Tokyo, Dee. 5, It is authoritatively stated that Mr, Torikichi Obata has been offered the appointment of Minister to China and that his the post is probable, It is interesting to all that Mr, Obata, after being a secretary at the Japanese Legation in Peking as far back as 1905 and Consul at Chefoo and Tientsin, was Minister to China from 1918' to 1922. He was. appointed Ambassador to Turkey in 1025.—Reuter,
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