In the morning in Tokyo, 25000 persons, representatives of hundreds of organizations, will march through the city to the Imperial Palace.
At the same time, 40,000 student: will gether at the Yoyogi Parade Grounds, General Prince Yasuhiko Osaka was due to attend the ceremonies: here.
Tomorrow night the Premier Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, Mr. Hide-jiro Nagato, Chairman of the Empire Day Committee, and Prince Ayamar Konoye, President of the Celebration Association, are to make addresses at Hibiys Public Hall.
Journalists from all parts of East Asia will attend the East Asie Journalistic Mass Meeting, the opening session of which will be held tomorrow. The convention is sponsored by the Tokyo Municipality.
The Government, meanwhile, tocly, decided to ask the Throne to deliver a message to the people of m tomorrow, reminding them of Japan's mission in the establishment of a new order in East Asia.
Both houses of the Diet were also expected to issue anniversary day messages.—Domel.
Posthumous Rewards for Japanese Army men Many Given High Honours For Part in China War Tokyo, Feb. 10.
Posthumous, awards for 3150 Tapanese army officers, men a officials were ann! today by the Cabinet Bureau of Decorations of the Ministry of War.
The list was the 19th to be announced since the outbreak of the conflict in China, Ninety-four officers, 2,948 non-commissioned officers and men and 108 officials were given recognition in the latest list.
The Order' of the Golden Kite, the highest military honour, was awarded to 742 persons. Special mention was made of 17 others, including Maj.-Gen. Kenju Iino, who distinguished himself at Lushan, Téion and Nanchang, and Maj.-Gen. Kotaro Chiba, whose forces captured the Yuhwatai fortress in operations against Nanking.
The list also contained the name of Top Private Li Jin-shaku, a Korean special volunteer drafted under the new system. He was the first Korean to be given a posthumous the Foreign. Minister, Baron Sakatn/s. principles, but said that some were outside the ope ai a trade i; y. Tae Foreign Minister roitersted Japan's disappointment over the American abro-Kation of the trade treaty with Japan, e said the abrogation was apparent! ly due to the fact-that the Unitec States does not; understand Japan': intentions in China.
China Civil War Feared Baron Sakaiani said he feared that he esicolishment of tne new "Cen-ital Government" in China under the leadership of Wang Ching-wei, heac of the rump "Kuomuntang", might create civil war in China against Genlissimo Chiang Kai-shek, similar the Spanish civil conflict.
The Premier, Admiral M. Yonai, replied that he expected Wang Ching-wei eventually to absorb all other aments in China.
"The Foreign Minister today told the House of Peers that he expects the resumption of negotiations for the demarcation of the Manchoukuo-Outer-Mongolian border soon.
Mr, Arita made his statement when Baron Sakatani asked him {o explain his optimistic reference to Russo-japanese relations in his speech on February 1, although the Harbin "boundary demarcation conference had been disrupted shortly before, Last night in the House of Re-
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