New Britain herald., 1923-09-06
TREMORS Bring NO
ADDED FATALITIES
seen,npsd From First psssl


parks. lying under sheets on
mats living on the seanty food
supplied by the authorities.
The army was restoring the
means Of communication.
BY The Associated Press.
The japanese nation, stricken by
what Is probably the greatest disaster
OF the modern era, turns braNely to
the tremendous tasks ahead, marshall
ing her shattered resources 10 sueeoF
the hundreds Of thousands who sur
fer from injury and hunger and lay
ing her plans for the rebuilding Of
her ruined cities.
P~mier's Appeal
While the rest OF the world hurries
ships OF war and commerce. deep
laden with relief supplies, TO Japan.
ese waters. Premier Yamamoto
breakfasts a message 10 his people
urging them 20 unite In the trying
hours through which they are passing
aNH hRHthNfHE 10 fntii W fldhf SUI
preme effort TO relieve the suffering
and expedite the work OF reeonstrue-
ton.
The cables say that already orders
for building materials have been re-
ceived In England while leading con-
struetion engineers and architects In
New York have profered their assist
ance In making "A new Japan.
City OF Desolstion
Yokohama Is city OF desolation.
far more severely smitten than Ii
the capital. Toxic. A message reeeiv-
ed from Kobe at the state department
IN Washington confirms previous word
that the great port OF Japan has bean
destroyed with n tremen-
ious loss OF life. including Americans.
The clty's streets and canals are filled |
with dead; one dispatch says that |
,nly three or four houses have been
'pared. the harbor is practically OF
10 value to the relief ships. for the
loor has been raised. the breakwaters
orn asunder. all lighthouses, with
,nly two exceptions. demolished.
American Casualties
Five hundred foreigners are said
o have been killed In Yokohama. In
luded In this number, according to
he various reports are the following
americans:
Captain Macdonald of the Grand
lotel; Mrs. Root and son; Max Kir-
assoff, the American consul; Chief
Pharmacist L. zembech of the U. S.
81 teI ,.I LII |
nlisted men. The hospital buildings
,ere wrecked.
Other Americans reported killed are
lieut.. Col Charles Burnett, military
ttache at the American embassy in
okio; Bess and Richard Mendell of
leveand: Elizabeth Dodson of
N. c., and w. T. Blume of
he General Electric Co. The latter
'as stationed In Toxic.
Varying Death Lists
A dispatch from the Toxic CORE
pondent of the Central News receiv-
d in London says that 100000 are
cad in that city; but the correspond
Mt of the Associated Press in dis
atch filed on Tuesday puts the num-
err at $4,000. Not less than 200 for
gners. he estimates, persisted in Yo-
ohama.
Everywhere throughout the strick
4 area the authorities are trying to I
leet the two immediate needs of the /
tuation: care for the wounded and
,od for the hungry. Supplies of rice :
e being requisitiored throughout
lie empire while engineers working
18th makeshift forces repair the rail- ;
avs to rush the food to the starving. !
No Reports of Disorder
Meanwhile there are no reports of +
sorder although there is some plum !,
,ring and looting. General Fukuda r
determined to quiet the population I
the capital as quickly as possible
order that martial law may be re-
'ked.
The. organization of relief work
the rest of the world pro-
eds rapidly and already the United
ates has been Of material assistance. \
lie American destroyer 211 arrived
Kobe yesterday with supplies, fol-
wed soon after by the shipping
ard steamer City of Spokane which
ives for Yokohama today with 5000
ns OF flour. Il
America Acts Quickly N
Many other American owned YES is
Is are either taking on cargoes of o
lief supplies at Pacific coast ports a
are on their way to Japan. In San III
ancisco alone five shipping board
amers are being fitted out as relief II
ps. W
Americas response to the call for b.
,istance has been immediate and
I'm all parts of the country come
of gifts in money and
i'd A group of lumber exporting de
lis on the Pacific coast are to do ft
.e 100000 feet of timber to the ds
,anese government. II
The British China squadron has wi
N ordered to purchase supplies w,
food and proceed to Japanese wa d,