UNREST IN JAPAN
RIOTOUS SCENES (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association) TOKIO, March 1? Riotous scenes attended a. mooting of the Kenscikai party. Ten thousand persons assembled. When representative Shimizu attempted to speak, the crowd demolished the platform, r-ghts followed, the police making many arrests. Alter the meeting was broken 1m the trowd inarched on the Diet building, and attempted to break througn the police cordon. Reserves vere called out and arrested the leaders and dispersed the mob. Meanwhile there was grent excitement within the Diet. Th« Poors unanimously adopted a resolution declaring that empire discipline was disintegrating ; that people's minds were in a'state of unrest; that the nation's prestige abroad was impaired; that general conditions were deplorable ; and that it was desirable prevailing evils be speedily rectified.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 21 March 1921, Page 5
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