The Archive · 1938

High Police Post Mr. C. Akagi Tentatively Selected by Government

Tokyo, Apr. 8.

Mr. Chikayuki Akagi, Chief of the Document Section of the Overseas rs Ministry, was today tentative-selected by the Government as a candidate for service as Specia! Deputy Commissioner of the Shanghai Municipal Police.

After graduation from the Kyoto Imperial University in 1921, Mr. Akagi entered the Civil Service, soon becoming Chief of Police of the Kochi Prefectural Government. He was transferred to his present post in 1932. contribution to Imperial development "People of Scottish birth and origin re found in all corners of the Empire, and if they alone came home to visit the Exhibition the high attendance we expect would be realized. I hope in fact that many of them will come. and many people also from countries outside the Empire.

"These visitors will see much of Scotland herself and will recapture something of her spirit and traditions. They will, I believe, see a new Scotland being built on the traditions of the old Scotland and will carry away with them an impression of vitality and enterprise, and of the resolve on the part of Scotland to keep the notable place in Imperial and world affairs which she has occupied in the past.

In a public statement released to the press in Shanghai on March 21. the S.MLC. said it had no objection to the appointment of another Japanese officer as a Special Deputy Commissioner, "provided that such officer has police experience in keeping with his rank and has a thorough knowledge of English. Such an oticer would. of course, be in a position to place his views on general poli before the Commissioner of Police from time to time."—Domei.

Typifying World Tasks meanwhile, the Exhibition typifies in its hundred. pavilions and 175 acres the many tasks of the whole world In our Commonwealth of we have 500.000.000 people. They trade with each other to the extent of £700,000.000 per year, and with the rest of the world to the extent of £1,500,000,000. either the United Kingdom nor any of the component parts of the Empire is, or seeks to be, a closed

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