JAPAN’S DISASTER
FOREIGN SYMPATHY APPRECIATED. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. TOKIO, December 14. The Prime Minister, Count Yamamoto, addressed the Imperial Diet. He referred to the circumstances under which the Cabinet was formed, and outlined the steps taken by the Imperial Government to afford relief to earthquake sufferers. He spoke feelingly of the gratitude duo by the'entire Japanese nation to the nations abroad which hastened to their relief. The Prime Miniser urged that they should organise in an endeavor to show their
appreciation by exerting increased efforts to promote international friendship. On • the subject of restoration, he said that the ! Government desired primarily to aid people to confine their expenditure within j the limits of their resources. In this con- j nection Bills would bo subnr’ «P dd to a ] special session General matters would be discussed at the opening of the regular session.—Reuter. ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE. TOKIO, December 15. The Finance Minister, Mr Inouye, has informed the Diet that the earthquake damage-totalled between 700 and 1,000 million yen. The Imperial University alone suffered a loss of forty-three million yen.— A. and N.Z. Cable
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Evening Star, Issue 18509, 17 December 1923, Page 5
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