Tokyo, Oct. 13.
Eleven high Japanese army and navy officers. who served in China were honoured at a luncheon given by the Emperor today. Seven of the officers who returned to Tokyo this morning were. granted an audience by the Emperor, and later by the Empress, First to be received by His Majesty was Vicé-Admiral Nobutake Kondo, former Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese South China Fleet, followed ' by—Lieut-Gen. _Otozo Yamada, former—Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Force to Central China; Lieut,-Gen. Kazuichiro ~Sonobe, Lieut.-Gen, Shigeru Sawada, Lieut-Gen. Teichi Yoshimoto,: Lieut.-Gen,- Shojiro Tida and Maj-Gen. Yoshio. Hongo.
The ranking officers together with Lieut. Gen, Makoto Matsui, Lieut-Gen. Ryosuke Yoshizumi, Lieut,-Gen, Kyosuke Kawamura and' Lieut.-Gen. Toshinari Maeda, all of whom returned from China recently, were guests at the-luncheon in the Palace, Also attending the luncheon were Field Marshal Prince Kotohito Kanin, Chief of the Army General Staff; Gen, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Supreme War Councillor; Mr. Tsuneo Matsudaira, Minister: of the Imperial Household; Admiral Saburo Hyakutake, Grand Chamberlain; Lieut-Gen, Shigeru Hasunuma, Chief Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor, and Gen. Shunroku Hata, Minister' of War, Ir was revealed recently that a man who never earned more than 45/- a week left £3,000, He was Mr. John Thomas aged 69 of Higham who died afte? a road accident at Rochester. He was a railway platelayer and left £2393 to St, Bartholomew's Hospital, Rochester where he was taken after the' accident. He was a bachelor and a non-smoker, In India
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