Following hotfooted upon the recent exchanges between Japan and the U. S. (TIME, Dec. 29, Jan. 5) of official declarations of friendship, Lieutenant General Issei Ugaki, Japanese Minister of War, expressed his pleasure at an arrangement, recently announced from Washington, whereby Japanese and U. S. language officers will be exchanged for six months.
In the most amicable of terms and tones, the General said:
"I wish to endorse fully the statement of Secretary of War Weeks regarding the friendly exchange of language officers between the armies of Japan and the United States. This...