A JAPANESE SENSATION
A RAID ON AGITATORS. • reuter's telegrams(Received this dav at 8,a.m.) TOKIO, May 11 News has been released to-day, of a sensational raid made on February 12th on the headquarters of a religious sect called Omotokyo, resulting in the arrest of the leaders and seizure of several millions worth of gold and silver coins and quantities of arms and ammunition. The prisoners including a former Admiral and editor of a large Osaki daily newspaper, who are held on charges of les majeste; also of issuing secret publications involving the safety of the State. Omotokyo headquarters are in a small town near Kyoto, whence two hundred police from Kyoto descended, surrounding the temple during a religious celebration. They seized the God from the altar, despite the horror of the assembled worshippers, and destroyed the image. The police then searched the vaults under the temple, discovering treasure, arms and tons of seditious literature. News of the arrests was suppressed for fear of its effects upon the minds of many thousands of Omotokyo followers throughout the country.
CABLE NEWS.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1921, Page 2
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178A JAPANESE SENSATION Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1921, Page 2
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