The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-19

that part of the world were ordered to
cooperate, and Admiral Anderson, In
command of the Pacific fleet, fastened
to Yokohama on his flagship the HUI
ron and took temporary charge of the
relief work. Later Brig. Gen. f. Il.
Mccoy was made director general of
American relief.
President Coolidge directed the
State, War and Navy departments to
"go the limit" in extending aid, and
he announced hat this was the buSi-
ness of first Importance before the
government. In accordance with the
recommendation in his proclamation,
contributions from municipalities, or
CARNATIONS and individuals are being
sent to the American Red Cross,
which has offered all its to
the Japanese government. The Red
Cross has called on the American peo-
pie to give S5,O 900. The Salvation
Army is undertaking to raise a like
sum, and it got busy promptly in ia
pan where it has a large number of
stations and workers.
Along our Pacific coast, where the
Japanese have not been popular
racial antagonism was forgotten. San
Francisco, remembering the assistance
given by the Japanese when the city
was destroyed by quake and fire in
1906, was swift and generous in re-
Spouse TO the call for relief. The
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mia held practically the entire avail
able supply of rice in the state for
Japanese relief and its head announced
there would be no advance in price
and none would be sold to brokers.
All the available fir and cedar lum-
Der on the northwest coast also is held
to supply the japanese demands for
rebuilding and shipping men said most
Of the freight steamers on the Pa
cifc would be pressed into service to
handle the lumber traffic. Forty-6ve
million feet of the lumber is to be do
mated by the mills.
Some japanese authorities, dis
mayed and discouraged, said their
country had been set back a full gen.
GRAFTON; but the more optimistic as
sert that its recovery will be com
parable to Its emergence from OBJ
| security into a first-class world power
within a century. This view is taken
by Baron Watanaba of Osaka, prom
inent fnaneier and president of ff-
teen of the largest public utility cor
porations In Japan. Interviewed in
New York, he said he thought the re-
ports of material loss had been ex-
aggerated and that the total damage
might not exceed three billion dollars.
He believes reconstruction in Tokyo
and Yokohama cannot be accomplished
in less than three years, and con-
tinued:
1.-THE Japanese government has suf-
fcient funds to undertake this by
itself. In all probability an appeal
will be made for internal loans, fol.
lowed by external loans. There is nc
doubt that American capital and
brains will be asked to assist in re.
building the stricken area. 1t is toe
formidable a task for Japan to tackle
single handed"
DREMIER MUSSOLINI one day last
L week declared to his cabinet, and
to the world, that if the League OF
Nations insisted on considering and
deciding the Italo-Greek embroglio
Italy would withdraw from the league
and refuse to recognize its decision
He also asserted the seizure of Corfu
Was not a war measure, but hat the
Greek island would be held until Italy'S
demands had been satisfied. How
ever, Greece's appeal to the league was
taken up by the council in Geneva
and Signor Salandra, the Italian dele
gate, read a statement from Rome thai
indicated Mussolini was cooling dow
considerably. 1t was merely tina
"the Italian government |irrevocabl,
expresses the opinion that the council
should not proceed to take the actor
requested by Greece"
The general belief was that tht
French and British representative!
had induced the Fascist premier II
go slow. The council, however, post
poned action on the matter until thu
council Of ambassadors should decide
what It could do, and the latter bod!
also delayed, pending further accort
between London and Paris. Lore
Robert Cecil is insistent that tn,
league shall handle the affair, and i
was said in London that the govern
ment had determined to back up thu
league with all the power of the Brit
ish fleet, acting as the leagues fleet
which might mean forcibly ejecting tn
Italians from Corfu. The British view
Tryon, who had hed from the city, bu
remained on a man-Of-War IL the har