ANTI-JAPANESE RIOTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 11 September 1907, Page 3

ANTI-JAPANESE RIOTS.

SERIOUS AFFRAY AT VANCOUVER. JAP QUARTER ATTACKED BY 8000 RIOTERS. GOADED JAPANESE RETALIATE. MOB PUT TO IGNOMLNIOUS FLIGHT. ' POLICE POWERLESS. JAPANESE QUARTER READY FOR EVENTUALITIES.

Received Sept. 10, MO p.m. London, S:'ple:nls>r 10. Reuter's correspondent at Victoria, British Columbia, reports that Saturday's rioting at Vancouver lasted till daylight on Sunday. The police were powerless, and appealed to the Japanese to confine them■efres to resistance, and not to »o on the streets.

While the police were dc;Yndin« a number of handsome Japanese stores in Powell-Street against 2000 rioters, lmn areas of bricks w.rc thrown, dima-dn-the stores to the extent of thousands of dollars.

The Japanese could stand it no longer, and hundreds rushed into the str-ets armed with sticks, lmttles, and knives Shouting •■Banzai," "Banzai," thevoeared the streets in five minutes, and followed the fugitive whites up the streets, some of the Japanese firing volleys from pistols. Others jabbed the rioters in the face and bodies with broken bottles. Japanese women assisted their hus-1 bands supplying broken bottles from their homes.

When matters were at their worst then! were 8000 rioters in the streets Mishu, Director of Commercial Affairs and Japanese Foreign Affairs, who is investigating the question of immiWatjon to America, arrived amidst the noting, but his carriage reach -d the Consulate safely. Sunday's issue of the Japanese paper warned the Japanese to prepare for anv emergency, as the police were unable to guarantee protection. Rioting began in Chinatown in the Wiling, but the police, using their batons, smashed repeatedly into the nob, numbering some 2000. The mob then proceeded to Powellstreet, where they found the Japanese in a veritable armed camp ol the fine Mocks of buildings. The Japanese were parading in front, with dubs, revolvers, and long knives, and threatening to use bombs if attacked. CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY. JAPANESE REGARD INCIDENT SERIOUSLY. ■ MAYOR REPUDIATES DAMAGES CLAIMS.

Beceived Sept. 10, 10.5 p.m. London, September 10. The mob is being dispersed, and the Mayor, Mr. Bethune, is arranging to •uppress the Anti-Asiatic League's meetingannouneed lor Thursday. The Japanese Consul states that the Windows of fifty-six Japanese establishments in Powell-street were destroyed, sad claims will be presented to the city forthwith. He cabled to the Japanese Embassy in London particulars of the riot, and declares he regards the incident as of much more importance than the San Pramasco trouble. Mr. Bethune declares the city will lot nay any damages. ' NEGOTIATIONS WITH SIR WILFRID LALRIER. DOMINION TO .MAKE RESTITUTION. Beceived Sept. 10, 10.5 p.m. i Ottawa, SepfrSiber 10. , M. Nosse, the Japanese Consul at Ottawa, and Sir Wilfrid Laurier informally discussed the rioting incident. ,

It is understood Canada will make reparation. Meanwhile, negotiations regarding re itriction of Japanese immigration continue. BRITISH PRESS COMMENT. Beceived Sept. 10, 10.25 p.m. London, September in. The Morning Post and the Expn-.-s. discussing the Vancouver riot, agree in contending that Japan is ready to listen to reasonable arguments based on pur.lv economic grounds, and would recognise the right of other nations to secure their labouring classes from unregulated competition.