THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1998.
TRAGEDY IN JAPAN.
THE
ENORMOUS
CASUALTY ESTIMATES.
THE FOREIGN RESIDENTS: STRANGE LACK OF NEWS.
· FORMER FOREIGN SETTLEMENT OF YOKOHAMA
SUFFERED "BADLY,
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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
THE FATE OF ODAWARA:
MALASANI, September zid. Odawara is reported to have been washed away by tidal waves, but a later report sys it is on fire.
[Odawara was a flourishing town lying between Ron and Hakone and was well known to ninny foreign tourists. for light railway ran from it to Atarui a much patronised watering place. Į ̧·
RELIEF WORK..
The Osaka and Kobe Municipalities have voted 200,000 and 100,00 yen respre- tively for relief. The Tokyo Government | is ordering Osaka and Kobe to sent half en million kokā of rice within three days,
Warships have been ordered to transport relief supplies to Tokyo. The restoration of the railway is not expected for some time; therefore relict must depend on the Navy.
Even the cruisers engaged in salvage work on Salmatine to have now been ortlered to participate in relief work The Home Department has ordered neigh- bouring Prefectures to move supplies of provisions to neatly ports where warships eat undertake transportation to Tokyo.
The work of feeding over two million inhabitants of Tokyo calls for the supreme efforts of the whole nation.
Either the Angasaki Mara or the 2 Shanghi Marn will probably be tran
ferred to Kobe to assist in relief work
CONDITIONS IN ÝOKOHAMA.
A mesenge from Yokohama' says an officer of the London Mura who haded reports that dead bodies are scattered everywhere and that tens of thousands
of refugees are gathered in the park."
NO NEWS OF FOREIGN RESIDENTS.
OSAKA, September 3rd.
(Reed. 12.4 p..)
The safety of the foreign displomatic representatives is not yet known and there is no news concerning the foreign residents of Tokyo
It is reported that the Yokohama Sprecie Bank and the Grand Hotel have been demolished. Damage to buildings in the økd foreign settlement is reported to be particularly serious.
УОКОНАМА CASUALTIES
· ESTIMATED AT 100,000. The latest estimate of the Yokobama ensities is over a hundred thousand.
It is reported that the Imperial Palace has been thrown open to admit refugees.
CABINET MEASURES.
At a final Cabinet meeting yesterday morning, Count Uchida decided on the promulgation of martial law, an Emer- gency Commandoering Act and the estab 'lishment of a Relief Bureau, -
LATER.
THE CASUALTIES,
NAGASARI, September 2nd.
AIRMAN'S REPURT OF THE DEVASTATION AT TOKYO.
Osiri, September 3rd.
8.45 p.m.
The officer who flew over the stricken districts of Tokyo states that the Imperial Palace is,, safe. It was only partially damaged."
Tokyo is devastated except for two wards and parts of two others. Nearly all the concrete and brick buildings have It is impossible to estimate the aggre-collapsed and a tidnt wave has flooded gate casualties in all the affected districts, ent one ward, not a single house being but it is remembered that the great carth- quake of 1858 killed over 109,000 in Yedo alone. It is feared that the casualties at Tokyo this time are greater,,
It is reported that the Fuji Spiuning Mills, near Mount Fuji, have collapsed and that 8,000 operators have, perished.
At Hakone, the famous mountain ro sort, it is said to "he casier to count the people alive than those dead.
Prique Saionji, who, was staying at Gotemia, took refuge in a nearby ham- hoo grove, and is safe.
MORE SHOCKS AT YOKOHAMA,
A number of volennoes are reported to he active. Yokohama again had several shocks at one o'click to-day.
Tokyo is burning and explosions are frequently heard?" Nóhaly is permitted" to enter Tokyo unless carrying a suffi cient supply of food.
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MAGASAKI, September 3rd.
(34 p.m.)
Tokyo still burns. The Bank of Japan.is reported to have been demolished yesterday-
1,000 TONS OF RICK WANTED FOR TOKYO.
OSAKA, September 3rd. The terrible plight of inhabitants of
Tokyo and Yokohamá is pitifully depicted in various newspapers reports. For ig stance it is stated that hungry people in Tokyo are trying to catch ents in the pond in Hibiya park. It is estimated that at least a thousand tons of rice will be wanted. for Tokyo alone. The quantity of the availabic stock of rice in Tokyo is unknown, because a considerable per
tion is believed to have been lost by fire. The authorities It Osaki are making efforts to gather a supply to ship to Tokyo.
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Nice prices are advancing. LIGHTHOUSES 13 TOKYO BAY RENDERED USELESS:
NAGASAKI, September 3nl.
•A. wireless message in the Korea Maru states that all lighthouses in the Bay of Tokyo have been rendered useives and night-time navigation is dangerous.
LUMBER FOR. TOKYO.
visible.
The Yokosuka marina corps station at Yokosuka appears to have been entirely destroyed The" holiday resort on the sacred island of Enoshima and the Kama- kura district are submerged.
EARLIER CABLES,
GRAECO-ITALIAN CRISIS.
ALLEGATIONS OF GREEK .CONNITANCE DENIED.
ATHENS IN MOURNING,
GREAT BRITAIN'S SYMPATHY.
Loxvax, September 3rd. *The earthquake ir Japan quickly pat the international crisis in the shade. The ignitude of the catastrophe has aroused the keonest sympathy throughout Great Britain which is voiced în news- paper editorials. For example, the Tunes Bays that such incredible suffering can not tail to move the heart of mankind, All the theatres have been closed as a midst the sorrows and exres of a troubled | sign of mourning, and numerous public day. The first need, however, is help, bodies have protestei, and generous help will certainly be given to the stricken antion whose magnificent effort of will had been one of the wonders
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of the modern worki
The Daily Mail says the Japanese who have given many proofs of courage and coolness in face danger and death, will
doubtless face the present immense calim- ity with their accustomed stoicism, and hopes that British warships will be dis-
ATHENS, September Sad A storm of indignation has been aroused in Grece over the Italian action.
The pewspapers ars mugnimods in coa- demning the Italian action,
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BAVARIAN MONARCHISTS.
SAID TO HAVE. HOISTED KAISER'S STANDARD IN NUMERBURG.
A
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A report by the Chicago Tribune which up to the present has not been confirmed: announces a Monarchist coup in Bavaria Fascisti, numbering 400,000 and cind in their old-time uniforms, marched to Namerburg. hauled down the Republicnta Bug and hoisted-the
the Kaiser's standard. It
Conversing with the American delegates,la said that they completely 'control the who were leaving Atheng for. Genera" to town, attend the International Year Enst Con- ferduce on September 7th, Premier Goudtää⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ US IMMIGRANTS. declared that the Greek Government firmly
believe that the massacre was not com
mitted by Grees. The allegations that it was committed by Greek handy and con-
ANOTHER BATCH REFUSED ADMISSION.
New Forx, September end. Eighteen hundred immigrants who
The airman Buys he experiegeri grænt / potched if necessary to give all possible nived at by the Government, were unfound-| arrived promptly for the September quota,
difficulty in flying over the city at a good- observing height, owing to the intensity of the flames and the suffocating smoke,
The Minister of Home Affairs is order ing the immediate transportation of lumber and other building materials to Tokyo.
FORTY FOREIGNERS PERISH AT HAKONE
11.19 p.m.
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The" "Vij?«, representative met
Hakone a number of foreign refugees who are pennyless and without food. Some of them are wounded and they say that about forty foreigners, perished at
Ilakone.
[Hakone is a village en the island of Honshiu. 56 miles south-west of Tokyo, situated on the bank of a lake famous for its beauty, in a volcanic chain of mountains rich in mineral waters. It was. looked on as a Japanese Davos Platz.]
It is reported that Viscount Takahashi and twenty other principal members of the Seiyukni were killed while attending n conference on Saturday,
TOKYO ALONE
assistance,
AMERICAN HELP.
WASHINGTON, September 3rd. The Red Cross has ordered its repre sentatives in China and Philippines to rush to the aid of Japan,
AMERICA'S SYMPATHY.
NAUASAKK September' Smi A wireless message intercepted at Snacho says President Coolidge has sent anickange of sympathy to the Emperor of Japan.
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NEWS CABLED BACK FROM LONDON, Several cables were received through
heen wired out from London. There was, Reuter's Agency yesterday which had
however, little in the which was not contained in the cables yesterday. One, however, contained the statement that the Governor of Yokohama had sent a wireless message to the Governors of Osakid Kobe in which he stated that there were 10,000 casualties at Yokohama, A later cable, from Osaka, which we publish aheve says the latest estimate
rd. The Italians' demands were adjust,
heenuse Italy has no proofs upon which will be refused admission, the Immigra she could have the slighost hold that the tian Authoriti contending that the Greek Government were responsible. Greeks had committed no wrong, and their fore midnight on August 31st.
The steaners were docked a few minutes be-
national honour would not permit them to plead guilty to the crime by accepting the remaining Elian demands. ITALIANS
REPORTED TO OCCUPY
ISLANDS.
LATER.
It is reported but so fne-uuconfirmed | that the Italians have occupied the islands of Cephalonih and Gamos
GREEK NEWSPAPER. SUSPENDED.- *
ATHENS, September 2nd.
pended for a day for styling the Italians The newspaper Beftheurstypos was aus
Fugitives of Caporetto." has been dismissed for allowing publica ton of the insult
The Censor
Bous, September 2nd. Italian, troops occupied the small islands of Paxos and Antipaxos
This action is regarded here as simply of the casualties at Yokohama is over the completion of the Italian nation at 100,000. It is manifestly impossible to or
form a reliable estimate yet, Another.
cable (sent home from Shanghai) said THE LON AND THE SITUATION,
PARIS, Septemis, gad. 1,000 TONS OF RICE WANTED TO that bulletins from Japan stated that an
explosion completely destroyed
In well-informed circles it is believed arsenal, resulting in acveral thousand that the adjournment of the Lengue of casualties. There is also the statement Nations' decision on the Greek appeal tili that Japan's biggest railway tunnel, at Tuesday is due to the doubt whether the Susako, collapsed and caused the death League is legally entitled to take the placc of 600 persons. Another statement states of the Conference of Ambassadors ii sott that all the railway bridges in Tokyo are ling the Italo-Grick dispute:
Osixi, September 3rd, 11.45 p.m. Newspaper reports graphically, depict the terrible plight of the population of Tokyo and Yokohama,'
The food shortage in Tokyo-in so acutoroyed Francisco cable says, wireless that the people are trying to catch cart in the port of the Hibiya Park
It is estimated that at least a thousand tons of rice will he wanted in Tokyo alone.
The Authorities, here are putting forth great efforts to collect a supply for ship ment to Tokyo; in the meantung, the price of rice is advancing.
The damage to Tokyo is so extensive that it is possible the national capital ay be temporarily transferred to Kyoto ator Osika.
A wireless message intercepted Saxeho, says the Home Minister is order. ing the most speedy transportation of lumber and other building materials to Tukyo.
POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,"
OSAKA, September 3rd,
The destruction is so complete that it is possible that the National Capital will The Government has issued an Euer be temporarily transferred to Kyoto or gency Conumandeering Act.
WHAT AN AIRMAN SAW OF TOKYO
The Nagoya Division has received the following report from Lieutenant Isful, who reconnoitred Tokio by acroplane
yesterday afternoon
The Palace, is safe, there being only partini darange.
Osaka.
JAPANESE PRINCE DIES FROM INJURY
NAGABAK, September 3rd.
The Nagoya Railway Bureau bas re. ceived a report stating that Prince Matsu- kata has died at Kamakura as the result of injury sustained in the earthquake. ⠀ MARINK UNDERWRITERS- NOT SERIOUSLY AFFECTED.
Loxnos, August End,'
The underwriters are most keenly The Prince Regent is working hard interrated in the catastrophe in Japan, without a sleep, fater alin His Royal but dirock, financial interests are likely to Highness has ordered the Main Palace, be strictly limited, since alter, the great the Ham Detached Palace, and the San Francisco earthquake of 1006 the fire Shinjuku to be thrown open to refugees, anderwriters have been careful to be that rink from earthquake is specifically, ex. eluded from the terms of the ordinary fire policy.
CASUALTIES" IN YOKOHAMA
EXCEED 100,000.
Osaka, September 3rd,
The latest estimate of the casualties: in Yokohama alone exceeds 100,000,
Tokyo is devastated, except for the Usbigome, ward, part of Koishigawa want, practically the whole of Yotsuya ward and northride of Aoyamadori
A Naval wireless report states that the Practically all the concrete buildings and brick buildings have collapsed. Naval Department buildings are safe.
Fakogawa ward is flooded by a tidal. It is reported that Yokohama is also wavo.
under martini Inw
It is difficult to fly over the city, nwing to flame and smoke, na pod
Nikko, where His Majesty is staying,
is reported not to be seriously damaged.
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message from Tomioka states that the fire at Tokyo was controlled, at noon on Sunday and that the entire working clasa district has been burnt out.
There is another from San Francisco repenting a wireless message from Tomio- ka that 700 persons were killed by the collapse of the Asakusa tower. Also that many ships were lost as a con. sequence of the tidal wave at Yokohama. As good number of ships have been mentioned as being in Yokohama, in the cables already published and there, has been no mention in the Osaka cables of that if ships were lost they are probably any serious abipping disaster we conclude small native craft. There is, we should think, a good deal of exaggeration in a Peking message, which has freon repeated froin London, saying that wireless mes that the carthquake has practically de stroyed the cities, towns and villages between Tokyo and Osaka.
that the Italian Legn. tion suddenly rivalled Colonel Ferone, the Italian Military Attache who was sent to Janina to enquire into the massacre of the
COL PERONE RECALLED.
Italian Mision
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ITALY REFUSES TO ACCEPT LEAGUE'S DECISION.
LATER.
The Italian Minister, Marquis Mou tagna, has informed the Government that Italy refuses to accept the decision of the League of Nationa
GREEK STEAMER SEIZED BY ITALIAN SUBMARINE"
LONDON, September 2nd,
A message from Athens reports that it is semi-officially mated that an Italian
The August quotas were fexhausted although the captains maintain that they arrived immediately after midnight,
INTERNATIONAL LAWN TENNIS.
NOORDWK, September End Tho leading Dutchman maintained their ascendency but the Britons secured several doubles; notably those in which Godfree and Barron beat Bouman and Van Lennep by 6-0, 0-1 and Miss Colyer and Wheatley beat Mme. Tellegen and- Nauth 6-2, 6-3
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"THE IRISH ELECTIONS.
FINAL STATE OF THE PARTIES.
DUBLIN; September, 2nd,
The position of the parties this evening
Was:
Government Bepublicans Independents Farmers Labour
$18.
The returns outstanding are all from West Cork, where the counting only began
yesterday.
The new-Duil assembles on September 19th. There is much speculation whether the Republicans will put in an appearance.
LATER..
The final state of the parties is;
Government
Republicans
Independents Farmers Labour
63....
FAR EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
sages from the South of Japan reports submarino seized the steamer Giorgion, and REUTER'S AGENCY.]
HONGKONG'S SYMPATHY. Yesterday morning, Captain Neville, A.D.C., accompanied by the Hon Mr. AG. M. Fletcher, called on the Consal General for Japan, conveying a message of sympathy from His Excellency the Governor on his own behalf and on behalf of the community with the Japan ese people in the terrible disaster which has befallen the country.
that the Italian Admiral. Tellini has for. bidden Greek steamers to pass through the Straits of Otranto.
Four Grock steaters have been detained at Italian porta
DAMAGE TO " ALPS MARU'S " CARGO.
LONDON, September 2nd.. Number five hold of the Alps Mary has
All Greek shipping companies have susheen flooded and it is feared that water perded their sailings to Italy, but Greece i, still permitting Italian ships to call at Greek ports,
and smoke have extensively damaged the cargo in numbers six and seven holds..
JAPAN'S CABINET,
'FORECAST OF PERSONNEL.
OHAKA Sept
While the Empire's:
The Government have provided a dém tachment of 3 men to guard the Italian Legation
at Athens. EUROPEAN OFFICES WRECKED.
ANOTHER ITALIAN DENIAL We understand that a private private
Losbon, September 2nd, telegram has been received in the Colony stating that the offices of the Canadian The Italian Embassy in London states Pacific Railway Co. and of Messrs. Butter that the occupation of Corfu is sufficient field and Swire have been wrecked at for the purpose in view and there is no Count Yamamoto harried on with the work Yokohama. It is also stated that the Canadian Pacific finer Emprest of truth in the reports that other islands of Cabinet making. According to the Australia has lost one of her propeliors have been occupied by Italian forges, owing to being fouled by another ship.
A message from Home says It is sent Asahi, the now Cabinet's personnel will officially stated that the population at Creta demonstrated at the Italian, Consulate, the personnel of which was endangered. It is alleged that the Italian flag was insulted.
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TWO" MOEK HARTHQUAKES BE- CORDED AT: HONGKONG.
STATEMENT.
September 2nd Intervioned by Reuter's on his arrival.
In isolated crases, companies may hare
We learn from Mr. Claxton, the Direc specially accepted this risk for additional tor of the Itoyal Observatory, that a premium, but it is believed that there has second, smaller earthquake was recorded LORD CURZON'S GUARDED been comparatively little demand from on the afternoon of September 1st, begin- ning at 15h. 43m, and lasting until 16h. Japan for this special forn of insurance. 51. The maximum movement, 11rams; occurred at 75h. 55mm. Its origin was It is believed that marine underwriters, about 3,600kms from Hongkong in London, Lord Curzon referred with in some insurance contracts covering A third, large earthquake was recorded the greatest reserve to the Italo Greek OSAKA, September 3rd.
on the morning of September 2nd, begin-crisis, saying “ the League of Nations had The Minister of the Navy estimates shipping in the course of construction, ning at 11b, ten, and ending at 13h. sim. taken up the question sad that it seemed The maxima movement, Mar., occur- inevitable that as a preliminary step alone will to have also specially excluded the risk from 1 m Its origin was also everybody's efforts should be devoted to
strengtheni damage by spismic disturbanon,
about 3,500km from Hongkong.
The Imperial Household Department that the inte
was also burned down.
300,000.
Count Yamamoto (Premier and Foreig
Minister); Viscount Goto (Home);
Mr. Inouye, who is Governor of the Bank of Japan; become Finance Minis ter
Takarabe (Navy); Tice Admin
(War);
Baron Tam
Baron
(Agriculture
and Com
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