THE VANCOUVER RIOTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6315, 16 September 1907, Page 7

THE VANCOUVER RIOTS

VIEWS OF COUNT OKUMA COMPARED WITH CALIFORNIAN TROUBLE. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S ATTITUDE. By Telegraph—Proas Association-' Copyriffhl (Received September 15, 3.20 p.m.) TOKIO, September 14. Count Okuma, leader of the Progressive (Opposition) party in the Japanese Parliament, writing to the newspaper “Hoohi Shimbun,” declares that the authorities at San Francisco directly and indirectly countenanced riots against Japanese. The Count says President Roosevelt’s attitude at first was fair and admirable, but after he bad met San Francisco delegates in conference a change came which is sadly' disappointing. Count Okuma adds:—“Things at Vancouver are quite different. The rioters consisted of labourers, who are not supported from other quarters, while the authorities did their utmost to suppress the riots, even permitting the Japanese to take steps in self-de-fence.” Count Okuma takes a strenuous part in I. he political affairs of Japan, and has been one of the strong statesmen of that country for the past thirty years. He has frequently held Ministerial rank, and was for a time Prime Minister. NOTICE TO QUIT.

THE HOUSING OF HINDOOS. JAPANESE RESTRICTION. OTTAWA, September 13. Japanese and Chinese have been peremptorily warned to leave Bellingham (in Washington State; where serious rioting took place the other day). Japanese working in the canneries are armed, and have threatened to resist attempts to expel them. Mr Bethune (Mayor of Vancouver) has asked Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Canadian Premier) for permission to use temporarily the armouries for the purpose of housing Hindoos sanitarily. LONDON, September 13. According to tbo “Daily Telegraph’s” Victoria' correspondent, the Monteagle landed Orientals at Vancouver without disturbance. The “Morning Post’s” Toronto correspondent foreshadows an agreement with Japan restricting immigrants to Canada to 600 / annually, apart frobi those exempted, like professional men and students.