KOREANS STORM HOME
JAPANESE PREMIER FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT (10 a.m.) TOKYO. Dec. 20. Ten Japanese policemen and several Koreans were iniured in a free-for-all fight when 2000 Koreans broke through a police cordon and forced their way into the grounds of the Premier’s official residence and smashed the doors and windows. The Koreans earlier held a meeting at which they alleged they were victims of discrimination and demanded Hnt the Government protect their livelihood, , ir The spokesman for the Koreans entered Yoshida’s residence to discuss the matter with Government, officials and a fight broke out when the crowd, imontient at delay, demanded admittance. The disturbances ended after the arrival of police reinforcements.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22210, 21 December 1946, Page 3
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