Tokyo, Dec. 15.
Major changes in high Japanese naval ranks were announced by the Navy Ministry today, Vice-Admiral Koichi Shiozawa, in command of the Japanese naval forces in South China, was ordered attached io the Naval General Staff, while Rear-Admiral Eijiro Kondo, commanding the Japanese Yangtze River units, was transferred to the Yokosuka Naval Base, where he will serve under Vice-Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, former commander-in-chief of the Japanese China Seas Fleet.
Also detailed for duty with the General Staf were Rear-Admiral Takashi Tokari, Rear-Admiral Minoru Tayui, and Rear-Admiral Kiichi Endo.
Rear-Admiral Rokuro Horiye will take over the command of the Eleventh Combined Air Squadron; Rear-Admiral Ichiro One will join the Kasumigaura Naval Air Station ReardAdmiral Toshihisa Nakamura was appointed chief of staff at the Kure Naval Base; Rear-Admiral Koki Abe will head the Naval Academy faculty, while Rear-Admiral Matome Ugaki will become chief of the First Section of the Naval General Staft.—Domei.
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