The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-08

TORCH APPLIED IN
OTHER JAP CITIES
Situation Is Improved in the
Island Capital, as Riots
Cease.
Special Session of National AS
sembly Is to Deal with
the Crisis.

SAAA~~J ~ ~ 1--WE w
the Crisis.
Toxic, Sept. S.-The city is. quiet this
morning. No serious disorder was re-
ported anywhere during the night. Mar
tial law is in force in Toxic.
General Sakumo, commander CHIEF
Of the. Toxic garrison, has issued the
following Instructions:
BY imperial ordinance l have been
authorized to suppress the disorder in
Toxic and its vicinity and maintain
peace and order in the same locality.
Judging. by the occurrences to date, nu-
merous people assembled at several
places in the last several days, and dur
ing this period riotous acts. such as the
burning of government properties and
Christian churches and destroying cars
occurred.
Temporary Excitement
'Theese acts are deemed to be the
outcome of temporary excitement with
out calm consideration. But every
measure will now be taken to stop re-
currence of the acts and I have to give
the following instructions to the force
under my command.
.sIt is necessary that every person be-
have prudently and warn and guide
their dependents in order to prevent
recurrence or extension Of the rlotous
acts. Those not engaged In the acts
are warned against assembling lest they
ing the dispersal Of crowds and in
stopping riots the guards are required
to do 80 verbally and, in case words
prove to be Intellectual, warnings by
firing blanks. Should the preceding
measures prove to be Intellectual they
must resort to the actual resort to arms
as a last measure.
Special Session of Diet.
The leaders of the political parties
and leading members of the lower house
of the diet have met and agreed to urge
the cabinet promptly to call special
sessionofthediet.
it was agreed to represent the pres
emit condition as being on the verge OF
anarchy, resulting from the outcome OF
q collision between the goyernment
| forces and the people, and to- urge
speedy measures to restore order by
| peaceful methods. An extraordinary
| session of the diet, ii is believed, will
tend to peaceful ends.
| The municipality is using fremen for
police duty in the districts from which
the Observation-Disclosures.
Church Property Destroyed.
Church property was destroyed and
damaged Wednesday and Thursday.
The Catholic church, school and priest 8
residence in HOMO We're destroyed.
-Four small houses at HOMO were also
burne dand the Protestant church at
Hinio under the passionate of Aubery
| Armstrong, an American, and the lat
! ter's residence were burned. Three
mission churches in the Asakusa district
were partly wrecked.
At Hyiojo the church people, anticl-
pating an attack, removed their own
fences and raised a white flag with the
result that the mob contented itself
with destroying a few chairs and tables.
A mob attacked the Methodist church
on Okachinachi street, wrecked the
walls and fences and carried part of the
furniture into the street and burned it.
| The Yonokura and Eamacho churches
in Nihon Bashi were burned.
Crowd All Disreputables.
i Japanese representatives of the Asso-
ciated Press, who have been watching
the rioting report that the character Of
the crowds has changed materially of
late. They say that earlier in the
trouble thousands of responsible citizens
joined in the rioting, but that now the
crowd is largely formed from the dis
reputable classes, students and young
rowdies. '
/ The city was quiet turnout Wednes
day, altho there was excitement and a
tensity of feeling everywhere manifest.
ed. Nightfall brought verifcation
of the prediction of renewed trouble
The streets in the center of the city be
gan filing at dark.
The first disturbance occurred in the
vicinity Of the residence of Minister Of
Home Affairs Katsura. A mob agar
attempted to fire the structure, bu'
were restrained by the guards. Con
siderable roughness and fighting fol
the neighborhood of the metropolitan
police headquarters. They refrainet
from attacking on account of the pres
ence of strong police reserve.
Attacks on streetcars.
The passage Of streetcars thru tn
crowded streets angered the people, an
they began attacking and destroyin-
cars. They drove off the crews an
passengers and set fire to the cars.
Thirteen cars and one kiosk were Dc
stroyed. Thirty persons were wounde
during the clash with the police, an
many others were lslightly wounded b
, stones and the brushes of the crowd
The disturbance in the Kanda distrie
of the city proved not to be seriou
The crowd first threatened to burn tn
Russian cathedral, but sergeant of tt
guard cleverly prevailed on them |
! desist by telling the crowd that if tt
J cathedral was destroyed he and tt
guard would commit suicide. The crow
, agreed not to touch the cathedral.
The newspapers generally assail tt
police authorities for withdrawing sire,
patrols and leaving the city unpr
: ! tected. Soldiers are proving to be MOI
, effective than the police in handling Il
, , crowds. The soldiers are popular ar
!, the crowds generally obey their order
,, Accompanying the ordinance declariI
: martial law is an urgency ordinan
increasing RESTRICTIONS ON the press al
. giving authority for the suspension.
papers guilty of increasing the excit
ment and other breaches of order. q
:. der this ordinance the government h.
| suspended the publication of the My
. ko. the Yurozu and the Niroku.
The Toxic municipality has pass
, resolution denouncing the terms al
7 favoring the abandonment of the, pea
3 treaty. The municipality had plann
2 mass meeting at Hibaya park toda
!, u :, do, Of