Evening star., 1923-09-09

Yokohama seems to have been almost entirely
.aa Of The
Of life being estimated as high as 100000. and
dollars. But however, these figures may hap
PLY be falsihed. it W as one OF the most ter
rible catastroph!es the world has known
Besides destruction Of docks. lighthouses and
harbor marks. the bottom Of Yokohama har-
Dor underwent considerable changes. making
destruction Of and damage to shipping in that
harbor must have been great, but on this head We
or more there was no communication with
Toxic. except by airplane: or on foot but the
authorities acted with fine promptness and
vigor; Regular arplane service between Toxic
paeed under marital IhG w The res were Cheek
ed by demolitons: looting and prohteering
by the 4th the water system was fully
stored food rushed by water from coastal
and disorders We're worse but presumably
the situation is now in hand there. BY this
with Toxic. sufficient for official purposes, has
been restored. and no doubt supplies will soon
be coming in by railroad and motor. The sub
marine cable from Yokohama to the Bonin
Islands was severed thus interrupting
tated district with the United States but the
,eeeiyins station Of the Radio Corporation ion, of
and its sending station farther north were
injured.
At Washington relief activities on behalf of
the ravaged district takes precedence over all
else. The government authorities and the Red
tional Red Cross drive for so,oOo.Oo0 is in
process. No doubt much larger amount will
be raised. Our far eastern fleet Of cruisers. tor
pcdo craf. and auxiliary bottoms eighteen YES
sells in alb. under Admiral Anderson have load
lief supplies Some have already reached Yokoha-
ma. the rest are en- route. The transports Meigs
and Merritt. with similar cargoes. their
way from Manila. Thirty-siX Shipping Board
vessels in far eastern waters are on similar
service, having received wireless orders to
port to Admiral Anderson. Shipping Board veg
sells Pacific coast loading up. The
Red Cross has pressed into its service the ma
'hinery of the A. K. a. In great Britain there
is similar activity. The heart of the world has
gone out and its purse is open. me Chinesr hines,
Of food to Japan.
OF the Japanese dead the most distinguished
of the genro remains. Prince Saionji. Mat
sukata is known the father Of japanese
finance He organized the Bank of Japan and
d stable currency.
The cabinet of Count Yamamoto
installed amid the smoking ruins of Toxic The
important members Yamamoto. pre-
mier and minister of foreign affairs; Baron
Goto. minister Of home affairs: Admiral Taxa
abe. minister of the navy, and Gen. Tanaka,
minister OF war.
United states of Am~rica.--On September g
the representatives. of the anthracite operators
accepted Gov. Pinchot's four proposals to
serve as the basis of settlement of the coal
dispute. and the next day the miners repre-
sentatves followed suit 1t is expected that a
wage contract the accepted basis will be
negotiated and signed once. This must be
ra atifed by the tri-district convention of min
ar's delegates before work may be resumed,
but apprehension is entertained on this
head. Presumably production will begin again
within a few days.
1t is proper to remark that. though crisis
is safely past and a temporary adjustment has
been arranged fundamental settlement has
not been achieved
Test flights of the Navy dirigible ZR-1 late
ly completed at Lakehurst, y. j., have been
completely successful