The Japanese Ambassador has protested to the Soviet Foreign Commissariat against the expulsion of 1,000 Koreans claiming Japanese Rationality from the—Vladivostok coastal region.
Japanese quarters here assert that during the past few weeks no less than 200,000 Koreans, mostly people from Vladivostok and district, have been forced to leave their homes and settle in Siberia or Turkestan.
The victims of this compulsory evacuation were mostly families who had resided for generations in the districts from which they were ex-
Strengthening the nation's defences against air raids, the War Oflec today gazetted an ordinance with effect on December 1, advancing the three air defence headquarters in Japan "Proper from planning to executive organs, The commanders of the three headquarters will be either liewtenant-general, full generals, appointed personally by the Emperor, under whose direct command. they will serve, Seats of the three headquarters were designated as eastern. Japan, Tokyo; western Japan, Kokura, Kyushu; Central Japan, Osaka, The commanders of the three head quarters were authorized to direct all fortress commanders, who have hitherto been under the control of divisional commanders—Domei,
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