The "Manchester Guardian," in a leading article on Japan's losses, says: "We shall be much surprised if Japan, with her eager appreciation of recent discoveries and advanced ideas, does not give us an exemplary lead in town-planning when she rebuilds her ruined cities, especially if the seat of government is not removed from Tokio to a site farther west. Whether the capital is moved will doubtless. depend partly on the advice of Japan's unsurpassed experts in seismology."—Reuter.
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