JAPANESE ASSASSINS
SECRET SOCIETY BEL DEWED TO BE AT WORK. PROMINENT PERSONS PROTECTED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assoc i a iron* (Received March 1, 9 p.m.) TOKIO, February 23. The residences of member® off the Cabinet and court dignitaries are being strictly guarded as the result of the attack on Saionji. The hitter s assailants are said to be members of a secret society, seven members of which, besides the six already arrested, have Seen apprehended. A grocery man, who attempted to submit a written petition to tue Crown Prince while the latter was riding, was arrested.
A man, in attempting to enter the residence of Prince Kanin, of the Supreme Military Council was seized. Pour men, believed to be the assassins of Baron Bingonshoku, have been arrested near Port Arthur.
Seven assailant® attempted to assassinate Hachiro Saionji, ®on of Marquis Saionji, a former Premier and head of the Japanese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. He drove them off with a sword. Six of the assailants were arrested. Saionji expects to accompany the Crown Prince abroad.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10838, 2 March 1921, Page 5
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