Tokyo, June 16.
Vice-Admiral Masazo Sakonji, former Vice-Minister of the Navy, will be appointed Commander of the Third Fleet, in succession to. Admiral Nomura, who, in turn, wil appointed to the post of Milit riy (Councillor.
His investiture is expected to take [place on June 27—Reuter.
M.S. Peterel, a river gunboat' of '310 tons, arrived in Han-Kow on June 37 under her own power after having been aground in the Upper Yangtze since May. Her bows were battered. It is under. stood that the gunboat will proceed to Shanghai soon to undergo the necessary reps to Hold Post Harbin, June 6.
A complete change has occurred in the relations between foreign representatives Harbin. For countries and the Chinese Diploma'ic
many years the Kirin Buresu in Harbin has had charge of all matters connected with foreigners, issuing visas for going abroad and foreign passports "for Chinese or emigrant Russians who wished to Teave Manchuria, 'With the advent of the new Manichukuo State a new Chief of the Kirin Bureau was appointed in the person of Mr. Shi Li-pen, who was connected with the new Kirin' regime, thus the relations between /authoritis ed as formerly ithe Foreign Consuls and the Chinese
only the personnel of the Office whic being changed, but from Friday, June 8, it was' suddenly announced that the Kirin Bureau had ceased to lexist and that in its place there would be a Department of the Foreign Ministry of the Manchucuo State, Mr. Shi Licpen remaining as the Head of the new department However a new post has. deen Jereated, namely assistant chief of the department of Foreign Affairs of the Manchukuo State in Harbin, fand to this post Afr. 8. 6. Sugihara, formerly secretary of the Japanese Consulate-General in Harbin, has been appointed.
Mr, Sugihara is well known to everybody. in Harbin. and. speaks excellent Russian, being very popular amongst the Russian emigrants in this town. To enable him to. hold the position he has become a citizen Jof the Manchukuo State according to a-special decree of the Ruler, Mr, At an interview given by Me. Sugihara to the Russian Press, stated that he was exceeding! the Russian journal whom he had known in former. years. He stated that work at Changchun in the govern: ment offices was now being carried jon at top-speed, practically all the ministries having been " formed. There is no sign of the old style of officials in the new government, all {the members of which are working heartily" for the prosperity and development. of the tate, For the moment no official notes have Leen received regarding the recognition lof the Blanchukuo from the foreiga countries, but. this is of little importance, as there is plenty of tin fo come to arrangements with countries throughout the world, regards China the Manchukuo considers this as a foreign cou fand all Chinese citizens who. wi vi ow visit Manchuria must have proper 'a state of war with that country, though Marshal Chang Hsueh-lia adopting a very egressive attitude, Manchukuo endeavouring to secure friendly rel tions with the Soviet Union as interests of both countries owing their geographical position and other conditions are _identic there is as yet no news of negotiations regarding the Teaching'
agreement, Privately the Soviet Government has authorised its Consul General in Harbin, Mr. Slavudsky, to enter into negotiations with the representatives of the Manjchukuo Foreign Department in Harbin and atthe present moment these negotiations, principally concern the return of property belong-jing to the Chinese Eastern Railway which has been taken into Russia. The clauses of the Mukden-Sovie! treaty are being also discussed, but lonly those concerning railway at ters. Some of these clauses do no:
incide with the present situation therefore they are not. satis~ victory to the Manchukuo State, and jit may even be said that some of the clauses are not quite satisfactory to Soviet Russia and, therefore, they must be re-examined. It has beea Jarranged to open Manchukuo Cou-[sulates in Blagovestchensk at one and at Viadivostock,, Habarovsk at Chita very shortly, it being more than, probable that! the conditions be] regarding these consulates will be settled within a few days. the that duced as. they high at present, certainly were too papers state that the Central Government has decided on the establishment of an army medi al service with Dr. J. Hong Liu, Director-General of the National Health Administration, as head.
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