"These changes having recently been completed, the Army has bid farewell to Gen, Matsui, who in the last six months has carved out for himself a brilliant war record and achieved fame by accomplishing his task. t the same time, a revised organization meet a new situat command of Gen, Hat th as adopted igned te under the the second phase of the ies has begun on the basis of ihe Government's firm policy to realize the objectives of the disap of expeditionary forces to Cen China, "It goes without saying that the repeated declarations made by the departing commander-in-chief, well as by the Japanese Government addressed to ihe Chinese people and third party nationals will be respected and followed "The Japanese Army, at this time. earnestly hopes that' the various countries of the world will comprehend the objectives of the Army and heighten their full understanding of mission by calmly and impartially watching the developments in the ination so that their bonds of amity with Japan will be further strengthened."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.