Tokio, Sept, 7.
The following promotions and decoration for services during the war and at the conclusion of peace (the majority of which were forecasted by the "Kokumin" yesterday) are officially announced this evening.
Marquis Saionji is created Prince, Viscount Uchida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count: Viscount Chinda, ex-Ambassador to the Court of St. James, Count: Baron Makino, Viscount: Baron Takahashi, Minister of Finance, Viscount: Admiral Kato, Minister: of the Navy, Baron: Lieut.-General Tanaka, Minister of War, Baron: Mr. Tatsuo Yamamoto,. Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, Baron: Mr. Matsui, ex-Ambassador at Paris, Baron: Mr. Hikokichi Ijuin, ex-Ambassador at Rome, Baron: Mr. Kijuro Shidehara, Ambassador at Washington, Baron.
Peersce Decuinep py Mr. Hara.
The Premier, Mr. Hara, declined' a peerage iti order to retain the right of voting for and election to the House of Representatives. The Premier desires to retain his seat in the House and so remain the active leader of the Seiyukai. Mr. Hara receives the Grand Cordon of the Order of Paulownia, which is also awarded to several others.—Reuter.
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