Tokyo, Aug. 30.
The appointment of M. Hajime iyå as special Ambassador to the South Seas and India without ever having served as a minister shocked the Japanese press today.
Mr. Maasumiya's appointment was held as indicative of the determination of the Foreign Minister Mr. Yostike Matsuoka, to effect 4 thorough wexovation of the personnel of the Foreign Office, abandoning the traditional consideration of seniority. It was also been as an iffustration of the importance attached to Japan's southward expansion movement by the Japanese Government.
The "Yomiuri Shimbun" pointed out that Mr. Matsumiya is a protege of Mr. Toshio Shiratori, advocate of closer Japanese relations with the Rome-Berlin Axis, who is now ad-Viser to the Foreign Office.
The re-shuffing of Foreign Office personnel fo date, the "Yomiuri" said, shows that the Foreign Minister aims Briton and pro-American elements. to sweep the Ministry clean of pro-
—United Press.
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