Japan and China have been profoundly shocked at the news that Mr. Sadao Saburi, Japanese Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to China has died as Mr. Saburi only arrived in China to take up his Ministerial post on October 4, presenting his credentials at Nanking on October 9. His first official public fonetion was to attend the grand review on October 10. to the Foreign Offic four years afterwards, was ordered, again to Paris as third secretary of} {the Embassy. In 1916, he was eley fed to the post of first secretary to the Japanese Embassy in Paris and, two years later, he was made secretary inthe Foreign Office. During] his stay in France as counsellor of [the Embassy, he was made a member of the Allied Commission and delegate to the World's Peace Conference in Versailles.
The late Minister went to Wash-
After two or three weeks? work, he returned to Japan to report to hi Government and has not since returned to China. Mr. Saburi is the younger brother of Dr. Saburi, [chairman of the Gode Cotton Mill Osaka, the Targest in Japan. He! ington in 1920 as counsellor to the Embassy and the same year he be-Jeame attached to the Japanese de-Tegation to the Washington Peace Conference. In 1924, he was ordered, back tu Tokyo and made director of the Commercial Bureau and, in 1926, takin coats at Hsuchow,
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