RACE WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1920, Page 5

RACE WAR.

, JAPS AND WHITES,. •', THE RIOT IN AUSTRALIA. i' •■ ''■,. DUE TO RACIAL FEELING* j : . By Telegraph,—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Dec. 22, 11.5 p.m. Perth, Dec. 22. Reporting the details of the riot the police inspector at -Broome states the Japanese allege some trepangers stoned the Japanese, and they then collected a thousand strong, and armed with clubs, began to search for the trepangers. In a melee which ensued two Japanese were killed, and three trepangers were badly injured. This morning the Japanese re-started the search, and wounded two trepangers and two white men, who protected the former, one being speared in the arm and the other beaten on the head with sticks. After the Riot Act was read, all the whites mustered at the police station and atffled parties were sent to patrol various parts of the town visited by the Japanese mobs. Great forebearance was shown by the whites, for, although practically all were armed, no shot was fired by them. The report concludes: "If this state of affairs continues I fear more blood 1 shed. The Malays are holding aloof, but threaten to attack the Jfipaiiese if the whites are further molested. Racial feeling between the Japanese and . the whites is, running very high, the ! former claiming racial equality."—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. [A cable from Perth, published yesterday, stated that a Japanese' at Broome,' claiming racial equality. Tan ' amok, armed with a stick and firearms. A general riot followed, in which two Japanese were killed and others wounded, while two white police were injured. The Riot Act was read and all the white inhabitants were sworn in as special constables. Returned soldiers and rifle club men, under A.I.F. officers, patrolled the town and disarmed the Japanese.] i