Evening star., 1923-11-11
Japanese Profound
ly Moued by Spirit
of Friendship.
american FlagFirst
Seen by Sufferers
after Disaster.
BY JUNIUS II. wOOb.


Daily Newse
TOXIC, Japan, September e5.-What
tho American Asiatic Eeet did in the
great disaster whichs befell Japan
lacked the spectaculaS which gives
glamour to the sea, out the story
when told is an inspire tion to every
American. a record of MhicK the ma
tion can be proud and ;fless 5n on the
work of a Navy in days of peace.
The fleets action was as prompt as
IL it had been a cruise sfor battle, in
stead of a mission of mercy Quick
attention to hundreds o. details made
the assistance effective, whsle judi
cious handling of Il delicate situation
made it welcome.
Premier Voices GEatitude.
The fortnight's stay Of ths Asiatic
fleet in Japanese wate:s marked a
new phase in the relat0ns Of Japan
and the United States, POSSIBLY more
significant than any eveEt sirce Com
modore Perry's mission: in 1853. 1t
was victory of peace without the
heartaches of war. AS Premier Yama-
moto tersely expressed tie feelings of
Japan: "Out of Japan's disaster has
come a realization of tie friendship
hour Of need. The prompt arrival of
the American fleet was an inspiration
to our people"
with the departure of the ehagship
Huron the work of thu Am" ricah
Navy is practically finished. .Yester-
day Admiral Anderson ihforIned the
Japanese navy that unless they had
further urgent need of tae American
fleet, he was ready to leave AT 3
pm. today, the Huron pulled -up her
nd INxua a a.
tional salute of twenty-one guns.
Special Tributes Paid.
-Four destroyers followed in a line
on either side. Trailing after them
came Japanese cruiser. AS it:passed
outside the stricken harbar it return
ed the salute. Still it followed. 1t
fired another salute, one Of seventeen
guns, tribute to thel deDarting ad-
miral 1t was returned. tThen came
another seventeen guns from "a bat-
tleship off the wrecked naval station
at Yokusaka, another pe:sonal trlb-
ute.
Echoes of the 10 guns sioatei back
from the rugged hills as the squadron
moved down the bay, paa the fallen
lighthouses and broken f:rts, kaving
Japan, severely shaken, stir undaunted,
but awakened to a realizaton that the
world she distrusted is friend IN her
time of trouble.
tells the story; Unofficial word that
Toxic and Yokohama had beea de-
stroyed by earthquakes, fte and. tidal
wave on the previous day, treached the
Huron at Dairen about neon on. sun
day, September 2. Admiral Anderson
was on the Gen. Alavasa at Caefoo,
ninety miles distant.
Acts Quickly On Report.
In less than half an hour She had been
notified by Capt. c. d. Skaarns, schief
of staff, and though the sslarmir.g re-
ports could not be verified, shore liberty
for all officers and men Was imsnedi-
ately Cancelled, all ships ware ordered
to be prepared to get under. way end
message was conveyed to f.aron I1uln,
at that time Governor of: kwaIstung
leased territory and now foreign min
lister of Japan. expressing regret rano
disposal of the Japanese government
No further word Of the extent of the
disaster came that day, but at $50
that afternoon, the DESTROYER Stewart
started for Yokohama, and at s pm
the entire 3Sth Division of SIX destroy-
ers was under way for the same desti-
nation. Lieut.. Commander H, b. Mac
leary, captain of the Stewarf was un-
der orders to notify the Japanese gov
ernment as soon as The could, establish
communication with Toxic THAI Admiral
Anderson offered the services. and n
sources of the Aisatic fleet y similar
message was to be J.; sent Ttto to tse Ames Am F.
deliver.
Supplies Taken Aboard.
At daylight on Monday, tlse Hurosl
was in Chefoo, loading all provisions
(which could be secured. tncluding
10000 pounds of beef which was killea
orders had already been sent to
other ports to purchase ard loaa
all available supplies and start ships
for Yokohama. One went to the
naval commandant at Cavite and
another to the naval ptrchasin, officer
at Shanghai to fill the first eastbound
Shipping Board vessel. He pEt 4.o0e
tons of supplies aboard the President
Grant.
The Huron had exhausted .Chefoo
and the Black Hawk, the destroyer
tender, loaded up at Tsingtab after
consulting the japanese consul gem
ordered to take on oil and to fill up
to capacity with rice, salt, hour,z
beans, ether, bandages, cotton, surgi--
cal instruments, blankets, mesquite.
nets, picks, shovels, coffins, lumber,
hardware, and other emergency and
medical stores. and start backt
The Abarenda, up the Yangstze at
Hankow, was ordered to load day and
night until she could get aways The
six destroyers of the 45th Division,
which could not leave Chinwangtae
until its liberty party returned from
Peking, and the Bttern, at Tientsin,
tents, blankets and medical supplies:
of the Army and marines in Tisntsin
and Peking. The Gen. Alava1 was
loaded with supplies for womet and
children and proceeded to Kobe, where
the refugees were assembling.
Navy Gives Big Sum.
The Navy alone turned oves be-
tween s660.00O and 100000 gold)
worth of supplies to the Japanese
authorities. The promptnesss with
which they were received enhanced
their value fourfo1d. The distribu-
tion Of these supplies, the assistance
extended ashore and the transporta-
tion furnished to foreigners and
Japanese would have cost an addi-
tional 100000 (gold) if the Navy
had not been available.
The supplies included everything to
fit out an individual who had lost all,
10 establish a home complete. to
build city where none had seen
before. Food, clothing, medical .up-
plies were the chief articles of. gem
eral nature More than 100000 seet