Shanghai, Sept. 10.
An "Asahi" despatch to the Eastern News Agency reports:—The foreign sufferers of Yokohama who arrived in Kobe up to September 10 numbered 5,013, of whom, excepting those who have returned home, 4,268 persons, including 445 British subjects, 185 Americans, 153 Germans, 38 Frenchmen, 160 Russians and 2,937 Chinese, are now in Kobe. For -the relief of these sufferers, a foreign sufferers relief commission has been organized in Kobe, with Mr. Holster, British Consul at Kobe, as its chairman, and with its offices in_the Oriental Hotel. The 160 Russians are being quartered in the foreign theatre and will be employed as cargo-coolies as from today. They-are each given an average of Y.2.50 per day, in addition to a foreign luncheon.—Eastern News Agency.
Osaka, Sept. 11.
The Imperial Hotel at Tokio, almost the only building left in the city for the accommodation of foreigners, has been taken over' by the military. It has been full of refugees since the earthquake. A notice was served upon the foreigners and Japanese using the hotel that they must evacuatd it immediately, and all got out on Sunday. The American Ambassador and his family and' the Embassy staff are still using' a portion of the hotel and the British Embassy has an office in the building, otherwise it is being used entirely by the military. The foreigners in the hotel and a large number of other foreigners, who had been living in other parts of Tokio, were taken from the city by thd launches of the American A TYPICAL, SCENE IN TOKIO AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE, destroyer Whipple, which entered the inner part of Tokio Bay on Saturday, being the first foreign warship to pass the old mud forts off Shinagawa since they' were hastily erected to protect the city' from the expected visit of Commodore Perry 60 years ago. The Whipple's launches went by canal as nearly as possible to Shinbashi station, where' the foreigners embarked. The Whipple brought them to Yoko: hama where they~ embarked on board the Empress of Australia for Kobe. There are very few foreigners now in Tokio, which still difficult to reach. Those attempting the: journey -must carry their own bread and water and practically no baggage, for no conveyances are available.—
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