Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-09-08
JAPs AROUSED
OVER TREATY
Popular Feeling Runs Hig'
Over the Peace
Terms.
MASS MEETINGS ARE HELD
Pass Resolu ms Declaring the Ma.
ton HumiIiated - Becomes Neces.
sary for Police to Dispense Crowds
Attack Government Office.

Toxic, Sept. S.-Marquis Ito, presi.
dent of the privy council, has been
stoned by mobs.
| Toxic, Sept. Sit is reported that
there is rioting in Chiba, town with
a population of 10000, twenty miles
east of Toxic. The prefectorate
building and the court house are re
ported to have been burned.
The government has suspended the
further publication of the Niroku, a
newspaper printed in Toxic.
Toxic, Sept. S.-Tokio was quiet
yesterday. General Sakuma, com.
mander of the Toxic garrison, has is
sued a proclamation warning the pop.
ulace against disorder An imperial
ordinance establishes martial law in
| Toxic. A mob burned and destroy
ed zen Christian churches and one
mission school Wednesday night.
Picking, Sept. S.-Messages received
| here from good source at Toxic
| represent the situation there as
grave. The Japanese government is
apparently censoring kilograms.
Toxic, Sept. 7.-Rioting broke out
here Tuesday night in connection with
the dissatisfaction over the results of
the peace settlement. There were
several clashes with the police and it
is estimated that two were killed and
five hundred wounded. The rioting
ceased at midnight. Police stations
were the only property destroyed.
Toxic, Sept. 5.-(Delayed in trans
mission. 1.-The first turbulence at
tendant on the popular anger over
the terms Of peace arranged with Rus
STA took place today. A mass meeting
to protest against the action of the
government was called to take place
at Hibiya park, but the metropolitan
police closed the gates and attempted
to prevent the assemblage of the peo-
pie. The municipality protested
against the action Of the police, and
finally the gates were thrown open
and large crowd gathered and voted
in favor of resolutions declaring the
nation Inundated and denouncing the
terms upon which the treaty of peace
was all dllSCu uS ClOWu was SoA
ious in it's conduct, rather than angry,
and the police handled it discreetly.
The gathering eventually dispersed in
an orderly manner. ..
Later on, however, crowd attemp-
ted to hold meeting IN the Shimino
theater, but the police dispersed it.
A portion of the crowd then pro-
ceeded to the office of Kokumin Shin.
bun, the government organ, and be.
gan hooting. Three employees of the
paper, armed with swords, appeared
at the door of the building and check
ed the attack, and the police again
| dispersed the crowd. 1t was thought
that the trouble had passed, when
suddenly portion of the crowd made
a rush for the building, hurled stones
and damaged some of the machinery.
Several persons were injured dur.
ing the attack, but the police eventu.
ally cleared the streets of the crowd
| and arrested number Of rioters.
The disorder is not general and the
situation is not serious.
Similar meetings have been held at
Osaka and Nagoya, which in round
terms denounced the government and
asked them to resign. General sen
timent throughout the country seems
to favor reactionary measures, but it
appears clear that the majority of the
people will eventually accept the re
suit of the peace conference, however
| disappointing it may be.