Show New American Washington March 23 The state de Os department department today too a received a cablegram from front Minister Griscom at tt Tokio stat stating statIng ing lug that the Japanese government has responded favorably to the request of our war department that Lieutenant Colonel Edwin E in J recently promoted from major be allowed to replace as military observer with the Japanese army in i n Manchuria Colonel B H Crowder who is reported to toha have ve been beep obliged bv b illness to relinquish his duty dut there Major D D Gaillard corps of engineers has been designated to succeed d Lieutenant Colonel nand on the general staff |