After the Earthquake: Interview with Mr, Cunningham: Work Now Well Organized "Relief work in, Kobe among foreigners is proceeding in first class order and the American and British residents of Japan are being given every assistance," stated Mr. Edwin 8. Cunningham, U.S. Consul-General, after he returned, to S' anghai on Friday. Mr. Cunningham had been sent to Kobe by the State Department to facilitate the relief work. "THvery train and boat from the devastated area was mot by a group of labourers under Consular orders, who took the name. address and relatives' names at Home, which were filed away for reference purposes; this a most imperative measure we had inquiries for as many I3l individuals in one day, inquiries fom all parts of the world, though most came from tment in Washington.
ion to taking names, preparations wote made for billeting refugees in the hotels and among the foreigners living in Kobe, who came nobly to the aid of the suffer Thosy who desired to get to America were provided for and transportation procured the first available. vessel, while those bound for Shanghai and other ports were aided.
"Tt is most difficult to state the exact number of foreign dead though it may run to 200.' continued Mu. Cunningham. Because so many reports came of the death of individuals, the totals seemed larger at first, but systematic work has shown that the number is much smaller. For example, we did not list anyone us dead unless an eye-witness vould vouch for the fact and in some cases it was only when a member of the family attested to it that we entered it in the list. Then with all these pre-Utions if was impossible to keep errors from creeping in, for in one instance a woman came and stid that her husband was among those perished, but strange to say within 4S hours, he himself w: ed in and told the representative that his wife was missing. and by checking the files we were able fo reunite them, "There are individual cases in which rel of those who have perished did not even have any idea. that the deceased was in Tapan. I recall the case of one young lady who had gone from San Francisco ostensibly to Houolulu, but suddenly decided to continue to Yokohama, and her parents were not aware of her altered journey. It was only after she was discovered amid the ruins and identified. that her surprised parents had the slightest inkling of her whereabouts For reasons of this kind. it. will be almost impossible to determine definitely the list of casval-
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