Osaka, Sept. 14.
A fortnight has gone since the disaster and yet the seismographs continue to register small earthquakes though they are entirely harmless.
The masses of sufferers in Tokio are now cared for, either by relief missions or relatives. Many people in Tokio did not eat or drink the first two days after the disaster and yet they declare that they did not feel hungry. Now the food supply is rapidly improving and so is the appetite.
average citizen's menu each meal now consists of three bowls of boiled rice (the usual quantity) and bean soup, with some vegetable in it, together with pickled plum or pickled radish.
Fish and meat are stil] considered great luxuries. If by any chance tinned meat is obtained it is kept under lock and key.
It is understood that the Imperial Household has distributed among the foreign diplomats a large number of wild ducks caught in the Imperial Garden.
The thermometer in Tokio now registers about 75 degrees Fahrenheir, considerably below that of 10 days ago. Therefore, a.supply of warm clothes is greatly wanted.
A great number of barracks is being built. Hor instance, Baron Mitsui is constructing 2,500 barracks, but. hundreds of sufferers are still seen in Hibiya Park and other open places, protecting themselves under a sheet of half-burnt corrugated iron picked up from the masses of debris.
PRAISE FOR AUTHORITIES, The emergency measures promulgated inthe form of Imperial Edicts are meeting with popular approval. Everybody is full of praise for the Yamamoto Cabinet. The active work for the relief of sufferers and the maintenance of peace and order in Tokio and Yokohama are all regarded as very creditable.
While 80,000 people died in Tokio the streets are now entirely clear of dead bodies. Over 100 motor cars and omnibuses are running. Elec: ric tramcars are also running between a number of sections and are all full.
Residential quarters of the city which escaped the fire have already electric lights and searchlights from warships in the bay are lighting the dark streeta
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