KOREANS KILLED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17179, 24 October 1923, Page 11

KOREANS KILLED.

MOB RULE IN JAPAN. By Telegraph—Press Association-^—Copyright Reuter’s Telegrams. TOKIO, October 22. Owing to the prevalence of grossly exaggerated rumours, the ban hitherto imposed on reports of massacres of Koreans during the early days of confusion after the earthquake, has now been lifted. The reported deaths .of Koreans at the hands of vigilantes and others exceeded 500 in the affected areas and adjoining districts, with the exclusion of Tokio, where the number has not yet been stated. The police at Yokohama succeeded in affording protection to a large number of Koreans by transferring them to ships in the harbour. A large number of "the perpetrators of the massacres are under arrest and are being examined by the police. MURDER OF INNOCENTS. ACTS OF VIOLENCE. TOKIO. October 22. The Government has published a statement confirming the reports that vigilantes killed 500 Korean residents in Japan in the excitement following the earthquakes. The Government ciiarges the Koreans with being engaged in looting, incen- ! diarism and other outrages, but admits that the terrified people, during the terrible trials, committed acts of violence upon innocent Koreans and Chinese along with the guilty. Numerous vigilantes are now under arrest because of over-zealousness.