ARMY CONTROL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 May 1938, Page 7

ARMY CONTROL

IMPORTANT CABINET CHANGES IN JAPAN General Ugaki as Foreign Minister END OF DIFFERENCES ON CHINESE POLICY By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Recd This Day, 10.10 a.m.) TOKIO, May 26. A reconstruction of Cabinet includes the appointment of General Kazufufhige Ugaki as Foreign Minister in succession to Mr K. Hirota Cabinet has issued the statement Mr Hirota’s health is unequal to the crisis. The only other Cabinet appointments are:— . Education, General Araki, who was War Minister during the invasion of Manchuria. „,, _ , . T Finance, Mr Seihin Ikeda, a former Governor of the Bank of Japan Welfare, the Marquis Koichi Kido. This portfolio was created last year as the result of the Army’s request. It has now been made a fullThe Army regards Education as a key Ministry. General Ugaki and Mr Ikeda are reputed to be moderate “Patriots”, marked down both for assassination during the wave of political murder in 1932. The Emperor desired General Ugaki to be Premier in 1936, but the Army opposed the idea because it feared he might too drastically suppress the political agitation of the young officer class. , It is believed that the changes will immeasurably strengthen the Army’s hand, ensuring an end of differences over the China policy. It isexpected that an Army nominee will shortly take over the War Office.