FIRES IN TOKIO.
ALLEGEDLY CAUSED BY KOREANS. . s By Teleerraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October 13, 1.50 a.m.) BRISBANE, October 13. Mr G. A. Raw son, a New Zealander, who was a teacher of English in Japanese schools in Tokio, has arrived at Townsville. In a lengthy interview, he bays that there is little doubt in the minds of many Japanese that some of the fires were caused by the Koreans, who hated Japan and took advantage of the calamity to add to the chaos. Manv innocent Koreans were unjustly put to death by the infuriated populace holding this theory. Mr Eawson estimates that over 317,000 houses were burned in Tokio and, Yokohama.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17170, 13 October 1923, Page 1
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