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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1756, 1 November 1905, Page 65

The “China Mail” publishes a long description from it® Tokio correspondent of the recent riots in that city, and describes the actual collision between the police and the crowd as follows: “The police, who hitherto acted strictly on the defensive, took tlie initiative. Fifty, drawn up out of sight in the neighbourhood of a temple, issued suddenly, and swiftly penned the mob against the railings. Then a scene of horrible butchery took place. The police made no effort to get the mob on the run, but went in with short swords, stabbing and slashing mercilessly. I saw one man with his head cut open to the ear. Close beside him fell a poor little fellow, about eleven yeai-s of age, who bod been slashed under the armpit. A junsa rushed past on my right and thrust a big coolie through the throat. The blood gushed out in a jet and bespot.ed the Junsa’s white uniform with scarlet. The rioters had rerueeiy any weapons but stones and cudgels. Tile police were drunk with blood. They did net use the flat of the swords, but even when tlie mob was scurrying away pursued their victims pitilessly, thruskng and hacking af ; owi ! in? backs and arms.”