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Show JAPANESE BARON TO TAKE OKUMA'S PLACE TOKIO, Aug. 12. Baron Kikujlro Ishll, Japanese embassador to France, has accepted ac-cepted the foreign portfolio In the new cabinet of Premier Count Oku ma. Baron ' Islili replaces Count Okuma. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. Baron Tshil, Japan's new minister of foreign affairs, is a comparatively young man, but a trained diplomatist, according to Japanese officials here. It is understood that Count Okuma, the premier, will lay down the broad lines upon which the foreign policies of Japan shall be conducted, but ft was necessary to find a minister to carry out these policies who was separated sep-arated from the political issues which caused the cabinet crisis. Baron Iehll formerly was director of the commercial bureau in the foreign office. |