THE FAR EAST

Otago Witness, Issue 3613, 12 June 1923, Page 28

THE FAR EAST

JAPAN AND COMMUNISM. TOKIO, June 5. The police arrested over 100 Communists and Socialists. They will be charged with conspiring to organise a Communist State. June 7. The police activities against the Communists have extended to the Labourites, two prominent Labour leaders being arrested to-day. It is expected that there will be many more arrests, including writers on Labour topics. The police searched the buildings of the Waseda University, which was the scene of disorders recently, when a number of the Faculty attempted to organise a militaristic society among the students. The police have temporarily suppressed the university newspaper, and the students have called a mass meeting to protest against the police interference with the liberty of learning. PEKING, June 6. Cabinet has resigned en bloc owing to the refusal of the President to sign the mandates appointing local officials, but it is the opinion in many circles that financial difficulties are the reason. The Chinese bandits have resumed operations dfl the Korean border. They defeated the Government troops, killing

nine and capturing 20. The outlaws aka kidnapped 30 labourers who had been under the protection of the troops. • NOTE SENT TO JAPAN. PEKING, June 3. The Government has sent a Note to Tokio demanding an apology, an indemnity, and the punishment of the Japanese commander whose marines shot down tile Chinese supporters of the Japanese boycott last week. TOKIO, June 9. Despite China’s protest, Japan has despatched four cruisers to reinforce the Japanese patrol on the Yangtse River, and has announced her determination to defend the lives and property of her nationals in China. Japan will decline to enter into any negotiations with China over the boycott or the shooting incident until China settles the question of the boycott on Japanese goods. Japan insists that the marines acted purely on the defensive.