ANTI-JAPANESE RIOTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2183, 12 September 1907, Page 2

ANTI-JAPANESE RIOTS.

CHINESE DOMESTICS GO ON STRIKE. PURCHASE HUNDREDS OF PISTOLS. United Press Association—Copyright VANCOUVER, September 10. All tho Cbineso domestics and mill hands at Vancouver have struck as a protest against their treatment. They purchased hundreds of pistols, uutil the sale was prohibited.

CANADIAN PRESS OPINION. OTTAAVA, September 10. Canadian newspapers unanimously condemn the Vancouver riots. IRISH LABOR LEADRS BLAAIED FOR -MAKING TROUBLE. SAVEEPING ALLEGATION REGARDING POLITICIANS.

LONDON, September 10. Tho Now York correspondent of the Times says the whole trouble on the Pacific coast is traceable to tho Irish labor leaders. The Times’ Ottawa correspondent says it was unfortunate tho agitation oil the Pacific coast was fomented by one or two members of the Dominion House of Representatives for political purposes. Some thirty Belhngimm men organised Saturday’s demonstration at Vancouver. The effigy of the Hon. James Dunsmuir, Lieut.-Governor of British Columbia, was burned. The newspapers in London recognise the gravity of the outbreak and the necessity of grappling with the problem of foreign immigration before the matter assumes larger dimensions. They acknowledge that Canada is in a better position than Washington to act firmly, as the Do ininion provinces do not possess the extreme State laws which in California’s case hamper control by the Government.

AIESSAGE FROAI SIR AVILFIUD LAURIER. OTTAAVA, September 10. Gil- AVilfrid Laurier telegraphed to Mr. Bethune that Earl Gray learned with the deepest regret of the indignities and cruelties whereof certain subjects of the Emperor of Japan, the King’s friend and ally, had been victims. He hopes that peace will he promptly restored, and all offenders punished.

QUESTION OF A RESTRICTIVE TREATY. Received September 12, 0.11 a.m. NEAV YORK, September 11. In reference to the Japanese trouble at Vancouver, a telegram from AA’iashington declares that the State officials comment on the important bearing the Vtaiioouver incident will have on the negotiations between the State Departments and the Japanese Ambassador with a view to a -treaty restricting the immigration of Japanese coolies to the United States. They believe the Japanese must now be convinced that the problem is really a racial one, and that the only solution is her formal recognition of the right to restrict Asiatic labor, not only in the United States, but in British Columbia, Australia, and other colonies. The officials emphasise that if such a treaty is ratified witii Britain Japan cannot refuse the same to the United States.

DEMONSTRATORS SAID TO BE VAGRANTS. Received September 12, 1.4 a.m. LONDON, September 11. The Japanese official version states that 3000 laborers and vagrants participated at the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League’s demonstration preceding the Vancouver riots. The description of the riot is similar to that sent by Reuter’s corfespondent. Seven! hundred men "approached the Japanese quarters on Monday night, the mounted police dispersing them. A Japanese school was set on fire, hut the Japanese extinguished the blaze. _ Over 20 rioters have been arrested since Saturday.

A Reuter’s message from Tokio reports that the Foreign Office there is quite confident that everything will be done to protect the Japanese.