MURDERS AND RIOTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1928, Page 11

MURDERS AND RIOTS.

UNEASINESS IN JAPAN. PO LICE. EXTREME L Y NER YOUS. '■'tilted Press AaeocittUon —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) KOBE, Dec. 8. November’s coronation ceremonies came to a climax with the police extremely nervous. Searches and arrests have been prevalent, and lese majeste charges numerous. It is now reported that in November there were 50 murder,s iu Tokio and suburbs besides eight by burglars. There were hundreds of armed burglaries, many woundings and other crimes proportionately, while arrests were few Political crime, however, still monopolises the attention of tiie authorities There was serious trouble at the Hokkaido Imperial University, where 101 JO students rioted, destroying property* and beating officials and professors” following the president’s report to the Minister of Education, who stated to Cabinet that although ostensibly a protest against the dismissal of one of the students tlie riots were really deep-rooted radicalism among the students.