New Britain herald., 1923-09-06
MORE ENCOURAGING
REPORTS Received
Loss Among White Races May
Have Been Less Than Feared

BY The Associated PTsss
London, sept "a more eneour.
aging outlook on the situation In
Japan Was received today al the for
eisn offiee from the British consul In
Kobe who said the japanese war Of
nee. department of justice, foreign Of
flee and admiralty were declared by
the local authorities 10 be intact, Pre-
,ious reports were to the effect that
the government buildings suffered
severely.
The consul's cable message adds
that two persons who had walked
from Toxic 10 Yokohama confirmed
the reports OF enormous destruction In
The latter city, About 400 British
refugees have arrived at Kobe from
Yokohama.
Minimize Losses
British witnesses stated that
the damage TO the central and off,
eiai businessl districts In Toxic Is not
so great as was at first believed and
II now seems possible that the British
embassy building and consulates In
the capital may have been spared.
A dispatch received In London from
o British naval officer In Yokohama
says all the foreign residents In Toxic
escaped but that seventy we're killed
In Yokohama. This Is considered q
plausible estimate OF the proportion
of the loss of foreign lives In the two
cities.
Although the foreign colonies Of the
two cities are about equal In number
everybody free to leave Toxic. II Is
thought. would have been at the
mountain and seaside resorts on Sat-
urday afternoon when the destruc-
ton started while Yokohama was
probably crowded with foreign resi-
dents and tourists.
The latest British adyices are that
the relief work Is well In hand. A
British warship arrived at Yokohama
yesterday afternoon and all the for
eign refugees are being taken aboard
The encouraging reports regarding
the safety of the foreigners, however.
gave little cause for hope of toe es-
cape of many among the millions of
Japanese who lived along the shores
of Toxic bay from Yokosuka, on the
southwestern shore of the bay near
the entrance, through Yokohama,
ISanagwa and the city of Toxic to
Chiba, on the eastern side, and along
the shores of Sagami bay. On the
western side Of the Izu peninsula,
where many foreigners as well as
Japanese spend their summers in the
seashore colonies.
Little Hope for Japs.
In Toxic more than million lived in
closely jammed wooden structures in
ow lying districts of Fukagawa, Hon
10 and Asakusa wards along the SUI
mida river their homes only a foot or
30 above the high tide level of Toxic
bay, and the tidal waves resulting
rom the seismic disturbance of the
ocean bed may have drowned thous-
lnds or even hundreds of thousands
Is the early reports stated.
The London stock exchange reflect
ID some uneasiness over the situation
but the tone Of the market
vas expected to be better today as a
esult Of message from Suzuki &
1ompany's Kobe office stating that
according to refugees arriving there, :
learly all the important banks in
'okio art safe. ,
News had already been received of ,
he safety of the Bank of japan con- =
aiming the nations gold reserve of I
90. 000.0 900 ven. and 1t is thought
hat, with the other institutions un-
estroyed, the Japanese financial, bull
rarks are intact. :