CRISIS IN JAPAN
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I LIVELY SCENES IN TOKIO. I J RIOTING IN THE STREETS. 'Received this Morning, 12.15 o'clock) TOKIO, February .11. The Mikado has ordered Count Saii onji to try and alleviate the situation, in the direction ot the abandonment of the censure of the Go\emracnt, ) Two members of the late Cabinet favour compliance with this oiuei, but others are unwilling to compromise themselves. The crowd surrounded tho Diet and cheered the arrival of Oppositionists, who were wearing white roses. They I Looted the Ministerialists. I The police made repeated charges, fifteen persons being injured. | A rescript 'lias been issued f-uspond-ing the sitting of the Diet fur three I Dense crowds assembled, and the police heing unable to cope with ' them', the military was summoned. I Stone-throwing occurred and a renewal of the melee followed. Hie rioters attacked the newspaper offices. The staff replied with revolvers, and one rioter was killed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 12 February 1913, Page 5
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160CRISIS IN JAPAN Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 12 February 1913, Page 5
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