JAPAN'S ORDEAL

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 219, 13 September 1923, Page 5

JAPAN'S ORDEAL

. j ORDERLY RECONSTRUCTION. I THE NATION TESTED. STORIES OF SACRIFICE. WORLD-WIDE HELP. (By Cable. -free* Association.—Copjrlshr.j I ißeurlTiHl i:-'-<i p.m.* TOKYO, September 12. A army of workmen is engaged I burning or removing debris, and as the i wreckage is removed tlie authorities of the city are better enabled to restore order and assist those who need it moet. The removal of these masses of debris is attended with remarkable experiences, for bodies of victims in every stage of mutilation and decay are disclosed by the workers, who, however, continue their terrible tasks with industry, overcoming their impulsion as well as they are able. The greatest care is taken to register every body nr remnant of a body disclosed, and it is now computed that the bodies accounted for in Tokyo and Tokohams exceed in number 75.000.— (A. and X.Z. Cable.) CO-ORDINATING RELIEF. MEETING IN SYDNEY. (Received l p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. A meeting ol' citizens has been convened by the Lord Mayor. At the instance of the Premier a fund was inaugurated for the relief of Japan- | ese distress, the object being to co-ordi-nate sporadic efforts and to dispatch assistance through one channel. M. Suzaki, Consul-General for Japan, expressed his gratitude for the~unparalleled display of friendship and affection for his country in the hour of its trial. (A. and K.Z. Cable.) AMERICAN RED CROSS. FU?n> EXCEEDS 5,000,000d01. (Received 10.30 a.m."* WASHINGTON, September 12. The Red Cross funds for Japanese relief exceed 5,000,000 dollars, the amount aimed at. The campaign, however, is to be carried on, as the latest advices from Osaka show that more help in money and kind Trill be needed.— (A. and X.Z. Cable.) LOANS FROM U.S.A. STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT. fßeceived 10.30 a.nU NEW YORK, September 12. The President (Mr. Coolidgej intimates that tlio United States Government is prepared to make substantial advances in tlu form of loans to Japan for reconstruction.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) GIFT TO Y.IK.C.A, FaS aEBTJTiDING "PUHIOSES. i Received 11.30 fcia.l NEW YORK, September 12. jlv. S. P. Keen, a Cleveland (Ohio I philanthropist, lias gii-cn 51)0,000 dollars I to the Young Men's Christian Associa- j tion tor the. rebuilding of the buildings I belonging to the Association which col-1 lapsed or -were burnt during the earth-! quake aud fire.—(A. and X.Z. Cable.) JOURNALISTS TOR JAPAN. ' AUSTRALIANS TO GO. ißeceived 11.30 a.iv.) SYDNEY, this day. Mr. Farmer Whyte (editor of the ".Sydney Daily Telegraph"), Mr. Threlfall (of "Sydney Morning Herald"), and Brigadier-General Williams (of the "Melbourne Herald - ) will accompany the relief ship which the Commonwealth will send to Japan. They will investigate antl supply reports of the effects of the disaster, and will leave for Japan on Saturday, September IS. They tvill go as representatives of the Australian Press Association (A. and N.Z. Cahle.) ORGANISATION OF RELIEF. GOOD WORK BEING DONE. OSAKA, September 12. Japanese refugees are now pouring nto Osaka as the railway service is ■ecoming gradually restored. The larger ities undamaged by the earthquakes re well organised for relief work with !ed Cross units, military medical serices, trained nurses, ambulances, and istributing agencies for relief supplies nd clothing. The railway stations at Osaka. agoya. and Kyota are surrounded by reat crowds to nient surviring relatives, lie police are roping off lanes to permit ntrance to and exit from the street, he Japanese authorities are eo-operat-i<? in every way with foreign relief comlittees. Foreign refugees, particularly from okohama, bring more reports of the uthfulness of JapaneKc sc.i-vants fre.liently unto death. Lists of survivors low that the number of foreign victims i Yokohama is not in excess of 100, He to the absence of many women and lildren nt mountain resorts. The behaviour of Jananesc ue.ncrally nvard foreigners throughout has been ie of great synipathv. There is only ie opiuiou possible, of the goodwill of ie Japanese to foreigners and their indness to each other. They- were adj to share whatever they had. The ew of a Japanese launch refused ail ndtMiberl drinking water intended for :e use of residents on shore who aro )w dependent on this source, as the ipply of water ashore is contaminated. An American naval report from Tokyo ates that a serious epidemic of typhoid is broken out. in the main refugee ntres. The general public of Tokyo not allowed to appronch the great smatoriuni where 50,000 corpses are ing burned a« rapidly as possible. The dies are stripped nf watches and jewel■y before cremation. These fill many aped lioxci-. Tlir Imperifll Prince Nijoatsutuotu and « daughter were swept away by tlip lal wave at liamakura. The daughters dy has been washed-ashore. — ("Sun."J

MR. WIXFORD INTERVIEWED. j UJc.eiTccl 12.30 p.m.! '■ SYDNEY, this day.

j -Air. Thomas M. Wilford (leader of tlie Opposition in the New Zealand Parliament) denies the accuracy of an interview published jn "The Guardian," wherein he is reported as declaring that : Protestants in Xew Zealand did not j support tlie Marriage Bill. j Mr. Wilford explains that when he was questioned on the bill he said the j heads of the Anglican Church in New Zealand were opposed to the measure, but it was supported by various Protesti ant bodies, including , a section of the Anglican Church.— (A. and X.Z. Cable.)