The Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. H. Arita, who was formerly Ambassador to China, hes declined seat in the Japanese House of Peers "for a certain reason."
'Dr. F, T. Cheng, successor to Dr. 'Wang Chang-hut as Chinese member of the Permanent Court of Interna anal' Justice at The Hague, has arrived at his post and assumed his duties, Among the passengers who arrived in Shanghai on Jan. 24 by 3. Corfu was Mrs. RH. Scott, accompanied by two children. Mrs. Scott is the wife of Mr. R. H. Scott, of the British Commerciat Counsellor's office.
Vladimir N, Rogolf, veteran Soviet journalist and general manager Tass News Service OMce. in Nanking, will leave for Nanking shortly to assume his post. The Nanking branch office will be opened some time this month.
Mr, Masatomo Inoue, manager of the Shanghai branch of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, has been transferred to Kyoto where he will head the Arm's offices. "Mr. Taminosuke Sugi-saka, manager of the Tientsin branch, was appointed to succeed Mr. Inoue 'A recent arrival in Shanghai from Los Angeles is. Mr. Carl R. Greenberg, Far Eastern representative of the California Fruit" Growers Exchange, growers and distributors of Sunkist Oranges, ete. Mr. Green berg has been a resident of Shanghai, off and on, for thirty years.
The Finnish Government has oppointed Mr. Hugo Valvanne Finnish Minister to China. Mr. Valvanne, it is learned, is also Finnish Minister to Japan, and wi have his residence In Tokyo. During his absence Mr. V. Niskanen, Consul General in Shanghai, will be Charge Mu. 5. A. C. C. Alexander has been made Consul and appointed to the Chinese Secretariat. of H. M, Cone sulate-General in Shanghai. Ho will bbe coming here from Tsingtao. with Mrs, Alexander about the middle of next month. Mr. Kenneth Bumstead, who Is reluming from leave, will be sven the Tsingtao post.
Dr, Leonard Hsu, Councellor of the Ministry of Industries,—will "most Ukely be appointed China's delegate to. attend the Convention of International Rural Sanitation which will be held shortly at Banda in the Netherlands East Tndies under the auspices of the League of Nations, it is learned from the National Eeonome Council.
The German Chancellor, Herr Adolf Hitler, has conferred upon number of ' foreign diplomats Berlin the second. class German Olympic medal for special services rendered during the last Olympic Games, Among those honoured were Mr. Beve Tann, Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy, and the First Secretary of Embassy, Mr. Tam Pau-tuan.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Little who arrived in China in 1886, and who cole: brated their Golden Wedding last July, left on Jen. 26 on the Empress of Japan for New Zealand via Hongkong. Manila and Australia. Their rolura to their home in Ken Ken, New Zealand, was delayed because of Mrs. Lillies attack of pneumonia from which, happily, she recovered. They expect to return to China next May.
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