The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-09-13
VANCOUVER RIOTS.
Mob Hurls Jap Immigrants
Into the Sea.
MANY JAPANESE STORES WRECKED
OrientaIs In Canadian Coast city Are
Aiming 20 Protect Themselves
Prom Further Attacks of
Raging PoDnlnce.

VANCOUVER. Is. c., Sept l0.-Fol.
lowing q riot here. in which China
town and the japanese quarters were
ralded and damage done approNimat
Ing $4,000. d further demonstration
occurred later In which AikujirO lshiL
chief of the bureau of foreign com
merce and head Of the japanese consu.
lar service. and Consul Saburo Iisa.
midzu of Seattle were mObbed boy the
rioters.
In this riot number Of people We're
bruised aud Injured by broken bottles
and flying brickbats IN the hands Of a
frenzied mob Baron Ishii and Consul
Hisamidzu finally made their escape
through the mob. and the AFFAIR was
Immediately cabled 10 Tokyo
Coincldent with the riot was the ar
rival Of a steamship having on board
az least 800 japanese. With com.
mon impulse the mob surged 70 the
water front ana as soon as the Japa.
nese came down the gangplank they
were met By the rioters.
Seven or eight Of the Japanese We're
unceremoniously picked up and thrown
into Buzzard inlet
Tho mob also broke loose on Howell
street, where the Japanese live. Here
windows were broken, but the Japa-
neeo resisted and with Bottles and
boards attacked then assailants. Sew
eral were injured IN the counter at
taSks -s
Al night bands Of armed Japanese
walked the streets keyed 10 a high
pitch by the excitement and bent on
revenge They were restrained, how
ever
Stil further riotlng occurred when a
crowd Of about 1900 laborers started
on the warpath. but were 1nally quell-
cd by the police after twenty arrests
hod been made
Chinatown is roped of and the quar-
tors Of the orientals guarded by the
police Baron Ishn gave out an inter
view in which he stated That be had
cabled 10 Ambassador Kaneko at Lon.
don opprislng him OF the events here.
Indemnity from the city TO the
amount Of $4,000 VIII be claimed.
Mayor Bethune declares the lndem-
nifty VIII not be paid. and the affair
VIII be taken up with the Dominion
government
Tho rioting was the worst in the
history OF western Canada. Tnterna-
tion0l complications are looked for.
There IS renewed apprehension Of
further anti.Asiatic rioting japanese
and Chinese crowded the local gun
shops 20 buy firearms and ammuni-
ton. They declare they will defend
their lives and property. In case the
oriental quarter IS again attacked. II
q feared that there Will be bioodshed.
for the JAPANESE ana Chinese are
thoroughly aroused and are convinced
that the police are powerless 10 pro
tect them.
All Chinese and Japanese domestic
servants. Of whom hundreds are en-
ployed IN Vancouver have stopped
work. and orientals employed IN the
mills have also stopped work and have
taken refuge IN the quarter occupied
by their countrymen. where they are
preparing 10 assist In opposing any
further attacks that may De made on
the quarter.
Two hundred special policemen were
sworn in, and there IS talk Of calling
out the militia. There u little doubt
that this will be done IN case the riot
ing Is renewed Feeling all over the
city runs high. and another attack IS
likely 10 occur az any time.