On the warm morning of that day, less than three years ago, I Tcoked out over the blazing, smoking rooms of an entire city, two-thirds of the buildings in which Isy ashes and the other third weeeked and partially uninhabitable. Not us than tea per cent. of the population of men and women and Little children lay somewhere among these reeking ruing, reeking me ced, for a considerable portion of tthe centre, crowded yesterday with the living' was now one vast cremation ground where practically the only moving things were the skulking ghouft out to rob the dead jor the piteous searchers who peered into changed places and cried aloud for mother, child, father or friend I wandered here and there among the million homeless and at night me Byron's lines in "Darkness" hhavnted me when from the roadway corner or down a narrow alley" a tieg or eat pleaded to my footsteps for some food or water, a motherless baby called for food or of a jéden, the snarling hug, and ery was taised against a Choven-jin Gr the looter seeking something he might sell or barter for a meal.
Thus was the great, city which the yesterday had boasted well ove million "images and re-jons of God." Thus was the where limits were the boun-aries for over a million and a half of homeless inhabitants, the pyre 200,000 dead, and a city whos material assets had in 24 hours Eeen reduced by mot less than six thousand millions of values in the currency of the country, say three aucand million of gold dollars or hundred millions of pounds ssu Such is not the filled in or cverdzawn outline picture of tke Tokyo of that day. Who can Fuame us, then, when we'stand the same high place and marvel at the accomplishments of the very short two years, Yet it is this zame Teconstruction, this comparizon of conditions that makes every one fearful of the future.
But the distressful part of all this is that now after these three years, Tokyo city is still for more money, after spending much, and that @ great newspaper of Tokyo, in expressing high hope with a sprinkling of confidence in new Mayor and a new administration, the "Jiji" has this to say The City of Tokyo has a great eral to do now. The record of the administration of the Imperial City ig the worst not only throughout Japan but also the world. No other city or nation is in such a disorderly condition. The—principal cause is the long-standing corrupt tion, It is the consensus of opin-that the fundamental means of reform is the self-reflexion of the Cty Council, Thus, the citizens are called upon to render due assistance the new Mayor whom they chose in the rectification of ecrraption."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.