12 MARCH 1927, Page 2

We deeply sympathise with the Japanese in the sufferings from

yet another earthquake. It occurred Monday and several small towns were partly destroy Fortunately the district affected is not industrial and financial loss will not be great. The number of deat however, is estimated at more than two thousand. So of the small towns in the affected area had not eomple the reconstruction which followed the last eartlign All foreign nations note with intense admiration spirit and the ant-like industry with which the Japai repair their fortunes undismayed by the succession disasters. - -