The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-08
.R|0T|NG IN TOXIC
Caused by Dissatisfaction With
Peace Terms
CLASHES WITH POLICE
Two Persons Killed and Five Hundred
Wounded.

wo Persons Killed and Five Hundred
Wounded.
4, ,h,. Tuesday, Ricting. Police Sta
lions Were Observation-Disclosures an
Attack Was Made on the Office OF
the Government Organ-Public
Meetings Hold. Mt Which Dsssatis-
faction Was Expressed Over the ke-
suits of the Peace Settlemcnt-fsad-
icals Are Calling on tire Govern
mcnt to Resign.
Toxic, September 6.-lo a. m.-kiot-
ing broke out here Tuesday night Ii
with the dissatisfactOn
over the results of the peace se'u
ment. There were several siasu-
with the police and it is estipateu INA.
two were killed and 5OP Wouhoeu
The rioting ceased at mienigh'. ro'lce
stations were the ouU property ue
stroyed.
Toxic September 5.-tDelayed IN
+rspsm,ss;on)-Th first turbulence at
tendant on the popular anger over tne
terms of peace arranged with kussia'
.,ok place today. A mass meeting 10
protest against the action of the gov
ernment was called to take place at
Hibiya Park, but the Metropolitan po-
lice closed the gates and attempted To
prevent the assemblage of the people.
| The municipality protested against the
/ action Of the police. and nnaiiy the
| gates were thrown open and large
crowd gathered and voted In favor Oh
| resolutions declaring the nation humii-
| lated and denouncing the terms upon
! which the treaty Of peace was arrang-
ed. The crowd was serious In Its con-
duct, rather than angry, and the police
handled it discreetly. The gathering
eventually dispersed In an orue'H
manner
| Later on however, crowd atteEnpe-
al 70 hold Il meeting in the Shintomi
l tneatre, anu Iuc poiiNS ua~'B~AD~N -
a norton of the crowd made rush at
the office of the Kokumin Shinbun, the
government organ, and began hooung.
| Three employees Of the paper armed
themselves with swords, appeared ~
the door of the building and checked
5 the attack and the police again Gus
persed the crowd. 1t was thought tna'
: the trouble had passed when suddenly
a portion o fthe crowd made a rush al
the building, hurled stones aud dah
20 aged some of the machinery.
+ Several persons were injured DURING
1t the attack. but the police eventuaiI,
r. cleared the streets Of the crowd an'
k arrested q number of the rioters. IN
s. disorder is not general and the situa
VI .,on is not serious. Similar meeting
have been held at Osaka and Nagoya
which i'm round terms denounced III
re government and asked them to resign
TOXIC. September "a p m--tDe
% Iayed in Observation-Disclosures V-go'
IL ous defense by the conservative Joui
he mails supporting the government ana
,ts fuller and better appreciation OF Ii
al situation confronting the country, pui
an lie sentiment is showing some eEiheh'
of reaction The argument that IL
trv impossible for Japan TO continue III
,ey bloody war merelyf or the purpose
le- securing indemnity Is proving enecti'
alf in allaying dissatisfaction. 1t Is o
las Iieved that when the government Is II
Is to explain fully the conditions OF .
settlement and the logic appertainil
IN them. the reaction of sentiment "
Sc largely increase.
The entire nation Is keenly disa
on pointed at tie outcome No"hs
eas throughout the empire has there be
a step taken toward the celepralion
the conclusion of peace. The radie.
ca continue their campaign agaihS
I'm government demanding the puhi'
and ment Of those responsible for the Gu
promise. The forthcoming diet II {
'h0 tain to be turbulent and 1T Is predic
pr that the Katsura government Win
was forced from office. The declines III
Law. market and the unsatisfactory
ded conditions, coupled naturally. with
nil heavy obligations Of the goyernm'
have created a fear i'm some quar-
m;tt thar q financial depression and uni
I,ow isfactory business conditions are
the pending. A prominent banker said
,ra dar tn The Associated Press co
rgu- spondent that the Toxic exchange
aau an inaccurate barometer of real co
rere tons. as lately the exchange tran
ex- tons have been largely specuia'
con- The August settlement was the laf
Fon- i'm the history OF the exchange.
,ner. recent decline, he said. was the II
,sfer of conditions within the exchange
will not correct reflection of general ~