Admiral Kiohisaburo Nomura, For= eign Minister, today initiated @ gen-Feral shake-up in Japan's diplomat personnel as Japan moved to meet a vast change in international relations precipitated by the European con let, Mir, Yakichiro Sums, former Counseller of the Japanese Embassy in Washington, was appointed Director of the Bureau of Information of the Foreign Office, succeeding Mr. Tatsuo Kawai. A former Japanese Consul-General in Nanking and subsequently Counsellor of the Japanese Embassy to China, Mr. Suma is familiar with Chinese affairs Significance was also attached to his appointment to the ost of director of the Information Bureau, which carries the ex officio Position of spokesman of the Foreign Office, soon after his return from the United States, after his tentative apointment as Counsellor of the Japanese Embassy to Manchoukuo hed been elled. Some observers ended youred to interpret this action by Admiral Nomura as part of his proixramme to improve Ameriean-Japanese relations, Mr. Kawai, in the meantime, was appointed "roving minister" with instructions to proceed to Europe and fo America. Oficially he isa Amicable Settlement of Kulangsu Dispute Tokyo, Oct, 19, International problems' in 'China can be solved amicably if foreign powers study the questions with a sympathetic understanding of Japan's position and in full cognizance of actual situations, Rear Admiral M. Kanazara, chief' of the Publicity Bureau of the Navy Ministry, said today, commenting on the settlement of the Kulangsu International controversy.
"All diMeulties would be removed," he said, "one after an. other, if the parties concerned would engage in a heart-to-heart talk, Hooking at realities in the face."
In reply to questions asked by foreign correspondents, he said no information had reached Tokyo regarding the departure of United States Marines from the Kulangsu Settlement, but he presumed. that they must have evacuated when the agreement was reached, The "Asahi Shimbun" chain of newspapers today expressed satisfaction with the conclusion of the Kulangsu agreement, saying that It gave significant suggestions for the settlement of similar pending ques ons in Shanghai, Tientsin and other points in China, "AMI of these questions can be settled," the dailies said, "if the foreign powers concerned bury, their prejudices and recognize the logical circumstances which dominate {he situations,"
The Kulangsu Council, the papers said, had previously ed used "needless friction between Japan and the Foreimn Powers by "assuming an anti-Japanese attitude and by. countenancing anti-Japanese terror~ ists—Domei,
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