-The plight of Yokohama is pitiful. I spent the greater portion of a whole day wandering up and down what was till recently one of the best known cities of the Japanese. Empire and the capital's chief port. Along the water front and near the railway station, there is some activity, but compared to the bustle of pre-earthquake days, this is almost insignificant. The Bluff, the pride and the joy of Yokohama to foreigners and to Japanese alike, remains a mass of ruins. Not a brick has Been carted away, not a spadeful of debris removed. I wandered about. this district, the main residential section of the foreigners, for over two hours, and during that time met but six persons—three policemen and three workmen who were hurrying as though anxious to get away
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