Evening star., 1923-09-13
QUAKE AID MOVES
ASFUNDS MOUNT
Red Cross Reports 5000.
093 Cash Turned in and
Ten Ships Sailing.

While America Is oversubscribing
her quota for the Japanese relief
fund. having s61S5.357 pledged and
subscribed to the Red Cross today
ten ship are on the Pacific plying
toward the striekeA territory with
Oargoes purchased with a portion OF
these same funds, and three addi-
tional vessels are loading cargoes to
take items of necessity to the dew
astRted zones.
The official Red Cross statement
today says that "the actual shipment
of relief materials TO the stricken
areas kept pace with the eontribu-
tfons''
II Additional purchases of underwear
yafhed at S255,000 and corrugated
iron valued at $4,000 have been
made and the cargoes are ready for
loading. Total expenditures and COM
m11meDts made by the Red Cross to
date for Japanese relief work is
$500. 500. while the actual cash re-
seipts turned over TO national head
Quarters thus far amounts to $3,070,-
09S.
Ga.IS5.367 in Pledges.
The remainder of the total of $6,-
lS5.56I ANNOUNCED tCday, rs III the
form of pledges and contributions
held by the territorial division of the
Red Cross and not yet turned over
to the national organization.
= Secretary OF Navy DENLY today
struck the keynote of the campaign
of Japanese relief work in addressing
Il Red Cross relief meeting in BR1ti-
5aore, when he said that "a moral
responsibility rests upon the United
States to be first in extending relief
10 Japan.
"Ours was the outstretched hand
Japan first took. when she came out
of the ancient shadows" Mr.. DENLY
said. 81 hone ours Will he the first
20 bring help, when help is so sorely
needed. 1t is no use trying to picture
the thing.
Let US hope that death is content
now with his dreadful harvest. 1t
Goes no good To think about items
Of thousands of men and women and
those children who wave their hands
and cry 'banzai TO those they think
are friends.
THE only thing TO do is to turn
sadness into sympathy and 10 save
as many as we can of men, women
and children in this time of horror.
They will not need help very long.
They are a strong and seff-reIfant
race. schooled to adversely. A few
Years and there will be a new and
greater TOXIC and an even better
Japan"
Districts 'Oversubscriptton.
The District of Columbia is push
ing toward a 100 per cent versuh-
scription. With $4,000 raised. the
$5e.000 quota is already 40 per cent
oyersubscribed. Efforts are centering
on the premier of "Scaramouche" at
the Belasco TheRter tomorrow night
when it is expected that a capacity
house will greet the first run of the
photoplay for the benefit of the Red
Cross.
-Four national divisions of the Red
Gross today had exceeded their quotas
1.-The Washington. central. New Eng
hand and Pacific divisions The
southern and southwestern are re-
Ferted to be rapidly approa ching their
respective quotas, while the insular
and foreign division was assigned no
definite quota.
Subscription totals for the seven
divisions are as follows:
Washington, S3,644.0e0
New England, $434,400.
Southern, S15l, 300.
Central S90o,367
-. Southwestern. $350.000.
Pacific. -S593.s08. -.-- -r.-,,----=z -.
Insu1ar and foreign, i$2DI, SOC.
Total, $6,1s5.367.
The Red Cross today received news
that Japan is making a valiant effort
To house her shelterless nationals.
The embassy here received word that
in The kanda ward of Toxic 240 bar
racks have been built, white others
are p"irE constructed in other parts
OIL tho city. ROOTS must be PROVIDED
for 10000, who have been living in
tents. and in many Instances in the
open.
Much Clothing Sent.
Qq4clz shipment of hundreds of
thousands of pieces of underwear and
outer clothing. as well as large guam
titles of corrugated iron sheltering,
indicated that the American Red
Cross is recognizing, in a practical
way, Japan's urgent need OF clothing
and building material to protect the
multitude of earthquake suff erers from
inclement weather that fall and early
winter will bring. Immediate ac-
tion was imperative, 1t was said, be-
cause of the definite requests from
the stricken area.
Indication that the japanese gov
ernment fears freezing weather and
its effects on the half-nourished popu-
lation was found in message recetv-
ed at the Japanese embassy here,
which said, in addition to shelter and
clothing. heating apparatus of all
types is needed. Gasoline is also re-
quested.
First Refugees Due.
Tt is expected that the first refugees
from Japan will arrive Saturday at
Victoria, British Columbia. There are
so in the party, some injured and
others suffering from shock. Red
Cross nurses win meet them and ac-
company them to Seattle.
Toxic foreign office to the State De-
partment yesterday Ambassador Hani-
hara advised that, although Japan was
deeply sensitive of the kindness Of Of
fcrs 20 provide administrative person.
nel for relief work, the government
wouta prefer that contributions be CON-
fined to money and supplies rather
than relief personnel, who, unfamiliar
with language and customs, might add
TO existing confusion by coming to
Japan at this time.
Has Workers Enough.
"JnpaE is receiving many kind offers
of, sending men and women 10 assist In
the relief work" the message stated.
While these kind offers of helping
hands are most deeply appreciated, the
Japanese government desires to make
it known that so far as the Inan-power
is concerned Japan finds little diff
Guilty in getting suf1ciept force to meet
the present exigencies IN taking care
of both the native and foreign suffer-
ers."
All Japanese steamship lines sailing
from Pacific ports are co-operat ting
with relief agencies in expedittng re-
lief materials, each having notified the
Red Cross officials they had placed car
so space at their disposal. A message
Delief supplies 20 be forwarded via
Yokohama eas taken as an indication
that the harbor there was not so badly
disturbed as at first believed
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