Evening star., 1923-09-22
REB|RTH OF JAPAN'S
CITIES INSPIRING
Residents Manifest Keen De.
sire to Rear City Beautiful
on Ruins of Old.
Rr thu Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC. September 21.-The tenacity
and resolution with which the people
of Toxic are devoting themselves 10
the task of rebuilding a larger, more
substantial and more beautiful city
manifest a faith in life and the future
as inspiring to the foreigner as the
havoc wrought by the earthquake was
appalling.
In spite of the fact that tremors
continue to make wooden buildings
creak and those of masonry throo al
intervals day and night, new habita-
tions are springing up all over the
city. Vast one-story barracks OF tim
ber and corrugated iron are being
erected by soldiers and workmen IN
the parks and other open spaces.
The most spectacular drama incl
dent to Tokio's rebirth, however, is
| to be seen in the tiny temporary y
ashes of the old ones. There is hardly
! city block without its little famlly
group throwing up whatever remains
from the framework of a FORMER
dwelling to support tin and charred
metal until time and fortune provide
a better aDOue.
Some of these improvised domicles
are no larger than piano boxes
Relief Workers Busy.
Relief workers are passing out 6
quart of rice daily to each family
other relief agencies pass out pickles
and others ourds. Then come the
water wagons which before the quake
| were used to sprinkle the streets
They now are used to deliver water
for domestic uses.
/ The universal Japanese custom OF
daily bathing has not been aban'
doned. although the water supply is
not abundant sometimes and there 4:
| not much privacy.
constant guard. The only semblance
OF authority, though. is the fixed
| bayonet, which serves as symbol
/ rather than a threat. Soldiers in
| terfere with nobody, not even al
might. Most of the troops are work
| ing at telephone and telegraph con-
| struction, transporting supplies
| clearing away rubbish or at con-
struction work.
The main streets are rapidly being
men are avaiIing themselves of the
| service of street cars. which are run
ming in endless streams. most of the
| people preferring to move afoot
| burdens of their -enfeebled bullocks
| and horses when the loads are over
| heavy.
Motor Trucks Rush Food.
Motor trucks, laden with provisions
construction materials and transport
| ing nurses, rush hither and thither
| throughout the day, en1ivening the
4 nxr-a1 6os ,-1ys =,
Imperial Hotel with trunks of for
eigners which the embassies are ship
ping out. No distinctions are being
shown in this work or in issuing food
All nationalities are being treated
alike.
AT the same wharf where the for
eign exodus is going on are long
lines of Japanese with all their
worldly possessions tied on their
| backs, moving slowly on barges ou;
to Japanese ships. 1t is estimated
one million persons have left Toxic
and Yokohama by various routes since
! the quake.
/ Ruins continue TO shoulder, send.
ing up an ashy dust, A hazy glow
at night marks the spot where bodies
lare being burned. At every corner
at night may be seen a volunteer
lwatchman with paper lantern in his
thand, guarding against further fires
/ Sometimes the flash of bayonet I,
seen. but foreigner, passing, has
only TO say: "Sayonara," which i:
1 Japanese for "Good-bye," and pas.
1 on TO what he calls his home with
| safety as complete as in normal times
| Tsuneo Matsudaira, director of tn,
European American department. 0,
the foreign office, and Rear Admira
lYamanashi, representing Premier va
mamoto, visited the Huron, flagship
of the United States Asiatic fleet, IL
Yokohama harbor today and express
ed to Admiral Anderson the apprecia
Ition of the Japanese government ant
lpeople for the assistance given b.
the American government and peo
pie.
! ALL REFUGEES HousED