RIOTS IN JAPAN.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8921, 9 September 1905, Page 5

RIOTS IN JAPAN.

DISSATISFACTION WITH PEACE

TREATY,

ATTACK ON THE POLICE.

TWO HUNDRED WOUNDED

4 RIOTERS KILLED; 200 WOUNDED

[PBESS ASSOCIATION.] September 8, 9.30 p.m.)

TOKIO, September 8.

Rioting began here on Tuesday, because the Government refused to reveal the full

peace Jerms and prohibited the right of public meeting at Hibiaya.

Owing to the extreme unpopularity of -the police, the Imperial Guards protected

-the Government buildings. Two hundred police were, among the wounded. Four rioters were killed, and two hundred were; arr«sted :

i The police wounded thirteen mortally with their swords. *

The demonstrators hope to induce the

Government not to ratify the treaty. The abandonment of the indemnity is the chief -cause of dissatisfaction. JThe disorders were resumed on Thursw night. Martial la whas been declared.

ROWDIES GIVING TROUBLE.

FIGHTING WITH THE MOB

.'Received September 9, 0.22 a.m.)

TOKIO, September 8.

Subsequent ,to the indignation meeting, rowdies, supposed to be in the pay of agitators., .surrounded the Ministry of the Interi6r,-where Count Katsura (Premier) 'and the Chief' of Police were believed to be. The "mob threw dust in the eyes of ,the police and tried to force an entrance.

Five men entered the hall; an officer "killed- the- foremost and disarmed and ar-

rested the rest. The police then charged, wounding many, also suffering themselves

The- mob tried for hours to force an entrance.

After dusk .they set fire to the outer buildings" of the Ministry of the Interior, stoning the" firemen who tried to extinguish the flames. 'Then the Imperial Guards charged, using the crowd gently.

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

INDEMNITY CANNOT BE OBTAINED,

("Received September 9, 0.30 a.m.) TOKIO, September 8

Marquis Saionji, leader of the principal party in Tokio, states' that the obiect of the war being now attained, further conflict is useless. It is impossible to obtain Tin indemnity, and Japan is not warranted in disregarding the world's desire for peace merely "from pecuniary motives. The people should calmly devote themselves to the development of their resources. - Theinob burned and destroyed ten -Christian churches and one mission house in Tokio on Wednesday night. No one v;as~ injured.

Troops guard the Legations. Mobs Toughly used some foreigners. The residences of the Ministry and of the elder ..statesmen are -guarded.

•A SHAMEFUL PEACE."

OYAMA URGED TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT.

(Received" September 9, 0.15 a.m.) "' TOKIO, September 8. I Owing Jx) the arrest of five leaders of -"public r opinion, a crowd of a hundred i- thousand, desired to hold^-an indignation ~ meeting at 'Hibiaya. The^ police thereupon -barricaded the gates and tried to j -lisperse the mob, which smashed the bar- . rierj and then held an orderly meeting. It was decided to telegraph to General "OyanTa urging him to continue the fight j and not accept a shameful peace; also to hurge the Mikado not to ratify the treaty.

CZAR ATTENDS A TE DEUM

(Received September 8, 9.30 p.m.) SIC PETERSBURG. Sept. 8

The Czar and Cxarina Dowager attended a -fe Deum service at Peterhof Chapel in -celebration of peace.

MEMORIAL TO THE THRONE.

_NOT TO RATIFY PEACE

MINISTRY CALLED UPON TO RESIGN.

(Received September 9, 7.34 a.m.) j - - TOKIO, September 8. I Troops prevented a determined attempt j to destroy M. Katsura's private residence. '- Prominent popular leaders met and resolved to organise a national movement from | Hokkaido to Formosa and memorialise the i throne" not to ratify peace. The newspapers summon the Ministry , ,to Resign. . " . _A mob attacked the office the Kokumur, the only newspaper supporting the Government-, and destroyed the machinery, despite the staff's brave resistance.

THE UPROAR CONTINUES.

(Received- September 9, 8.26 a.m.) TOKIO, September 8. Eight hundred arrests have been made in Tokio, and the town is now quieter. - Newspapers condemn the authorities for closing the parks and attempting to suppress, free speech. Hochi Shimbun. declares that Tokio is converted into a St. Petersburg, and urges the Mikado not to ratify peace. The newspaper Niroka has been suppressed. „ Rioters at Cheba, eastwards of Tokio, 'burnt the prefecture an 4 police station.

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