Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-07
RIOTING IN JAPAN.
The Student Element Making
Trouble.
Foreign Residents in Terror
of Their Lives.
Several Missionaries MObbed in the
City of Toxic.
A Prominent Educator Compelled to Flee
the Country-A Serious Out
break Anticipated.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press DlSpatcneS.I
SAN Francisco, June GA cores
pondent, writing from Yokohama under
date Of May 21st, says: Some uneasiness
prevails amongst foreigners in the Jap
anese capital owing to developments
which have followed the murder Of
Canadian missionary, the late Rev. L.
A. Large. The excitement occasioned
by the news of the murder had just died
away when one of the best-known for
eigners in the city found himself the
victim of circumstances which compel
led his departure; and, following close
upon that, another missionary was set
upon by crowd of students and seri-
ously cut by knives:
On May 9th Rev. James Summers, for
many years president and proprietor of
an English school in Toxic patronized
by the nobility, was driving on one OF
the principal thoroughfares of Toxic
with his wife, when the carriage of the
dowager empress, mother of the present
mikado, approached with cavalry
escort. When member of the royal
family passes, it is customary for the
people along the street to uncover their
heads, and Mr.. Summers reigned up his
horse into the side of the street and
halted. AS the carriage approached he
took off his hat, replacing it as soon as
the carriage was past him. One of the
escort noticed this and pointed lance
in line with it, so that by accident the
cavalryman struck Summers a severe
blow on the head. The soldier was at
once arrested and court-martialed. The
native press Immediately took up the
matter, and much feeling against for
eigners was manifested by the rough
student element, known as the Shosei,
who we've influenced by the report that
Summers had been guilty of an act of
dsrespect towards the empress
dowager. They called repeatedly at
his school and so alarmed Summers
that he left the school in the
hands of the police, and left
on the 10Th instant by steamer
for his home in England, leaving his
family in the care of friends.
The Shosei are greatly excited, and
foreigners are fearing serious out
break. Unfortunately, Summers is the
same man who about forty years ago
caused the death of the governor of
Macao, in China, by refusing to remove
his hat when the Corpus Christi process
sion was passing. He was thrown into
prison by the Portuguese, was rescued
by the English admiral, and in the
pending excitement the Portuguese gov
ernor and one other person were killed.
| On the 18th inst. japanese students of
| the Presbyterian school, known as
Meiji Gakium, started to play game Of
baseball with the students of the Koto
Seigkaho, preparatory school, on the
grounds OF the latter school. Rev. G.
w. Knox, an American missionary and
teacher i'll the Meiji Gakium, accompan-
led the students from his school.
While the game was in progress another
American missionary, Rev. w. Imbrey,
of New Jersey, a teacher in the same
school, went to the grounds and stepped
over low hedge into the field. He was
set upon by the Shosei, beaten about the
head and body, and sustained several
serious injuries and knife cuts about the
! head. No cause is given for the attack.
He will, however, recover.
Less fear is being shown by the Shosei
for the police, and the outcome of the
excitement is topic of general surmise.
The American squadron on the
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stationed in Yokohama harbor since
the flagship Omaha left two
months ago for Kob at which
port she is still stationed. The
Monocacy is in Chinese waters, and the
Swatara is at Ohemulpo, whittier she
carried the family of United States Min
lister Herd. This vessel is expected
within week at Nagasaki, whittier she
brings ex-United States Minister Dins-
more. Rear-Admiral Belknap has his
family at Kobe, and Flag Secretary Rea-
mey, who has recovered from injuries
sustained in the Samoan storm, is with
his wife at the same port. The Ameri-
can legation has just moved into the
new legation building erected for it at
Jenokisaharnachi, Toxic. Mrs. Swift,
wife of the American minister, is just
appearing in society again after long
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