Peiping, July 1.
Important changes in the commenc of the Japanese North China Army were made yesterday, it is understood here, General Koiso, former chief of the general staff of the Kwantung Army and present Governor General of Korea, took over the suprefne command, succeeding General Count Hisaichi Terauchi. Lieutenant-General Doihara, known for years as champion of a Japanese policy of expansion in China, became chief of the general staff, and Lieutenant-General Kita, in charge of the Political Department, was replaced by Lieutenant-General Shiogetsu.
Lieutenant-General Umetsu took over the command of the Japanese forces on. the Peiping-Hankow railway.
(This report could not be confirmed in Japanese circles in Shanghai yesterday afternoon)—Trans-Ocean.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.