JAPAN ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 88, 7 January 1908, Page 7

JAPAN ABROAD.

A, GENERAL APPOINTED': CONSUL AT SYDNEY. •■• It is reported from Washington, U.S.A., i that General , Uyeno, ...Consul-General for Japan in' the United States, is to bo transferred to Sydney. The move is, not regarded as promotion, though perhaps ominous as regards Australia, Uyeno'.'beuig a big man and a General. A'message from Washington; which appeared in tho " San Fraiicisco Chronicle" of November. 27, . says" On account of tho large number of Japanese oil the Pacific Coast, and especially in San Francisco,.'the Government of Japan has decided to raise tho Consular office of that city to a Consul-Generalship, and Consul-General Koike will bo transferred from' New York to San Francisco,, whero he was Consul for soveral years. His jurisdiction will includo California, Colorado, Utah,. Nevada, Now ' Mexico, and Arizona. ' His predecessor, [ Uyono, has been transferred to Sydney, with i' the title of Consul-General, although this is ; not rotjarded as. a promotion.. " Koike will leavo New York on December 3 • for his new post, and, prior to departure, ; will bo given a banquet, at which tho formal announcement of the change-will be made. He was in Washington to-day, and called on tho Secretaries of State and tho Navy. Tonight an, informal-dinner was given in his honour at the Embassy. . , : ."-It-was stated at the-Embassy i,to-day .'that Japanese Consuls all report direct to. tho Foroign Minister, except in • certain, qases, when they communicato with' Ambassadors. It was not admitted that any political significance should bo attached to tlio shifting of the Consuls. The namo of tho. man chosen for tho New York offico.is. not known. ■ • [ "In spite of assurances of the Embassy, i it is rumoured ; that'the transfer of Uyono i was decided on because ho was considered I too partisan in reporting to his Government trifling disturbances in'which Japaneso were alleged to. have suffered, thereby contributing to international friction.' He has been on leavo l some time, and for family reasons, it is said, was transferred to ! Sydney." ;