The Mena weekly star., 1907-09-12

to Impress MT. Ishli.
 Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 1.-The Chinese and Japanese quarters of Vancouver are practically in state Of siege. Hundreds of revolvers and guns were sold Mond to Orientals uHtil the police prohibited the sale of firearms to anyone. Every Chinese merchant goes about with an armed bodyguard, and beside the entrance to every Chinese store stands a Mon- golian with Winchester rife. All the Chinese cooks, mill men, laborers, and all the Japanese working in the city and in the country within ra- dius of 15 miles from Vancouver have been summoned and are filing all the houses in the Oriental quarter Be sides the firearms, knives, stones, bot ties and bricks are in stock, ready to repel the attack of mob at any fu- ture occasion.
 Glass in every Oriental shop and house in the city was broken by the mob on Saturday night. excepting the Japanese church, which escaped. It is question whether the city or the Dominion is responsible for the $20,- 900 damag done by the mob.
 It is understood that Mayor Bethune has received a telegram from Earl Gray, governor-general of Ottawa, de- manding that law and order be pre- served in Vancouver at all costs, and the lives and property of the Japanese residents be accorded full protection. as guaranteed under the clauses of the treaty between Canada and Japan.
 The chief of police has sworn in 100 special constables. The militia will be called out if there is sign of fur ther disturbance.
 Hardly a house in the city has a do- mestic servant at present. The 2,000 Chinese employed being concentrated in Chinatown, clubs and restaurants cannot serve meals.
 Seattle, Wash. Sept. 11.--Every in- dication is that the Vancouver. E. C.. riots were carefully planned to im- press K. Ishii, chief of the bureau of foreign commerce. It is significant that the leaders of the Seattle organi- zation against Japanese immigration were in Vancouver, heading the dem onstratlon. Frank w. Cotterill, pres ident of tho Washington State Fedora ton of Labor; A. F. Fowler, secretary of the Anti-Japanese and Korean I'm migration league; George P. Listman, a prominent Seattle labor leader, all were present, together with big del- egation O. American anti-Japanse sympathlzers. The significance of the Japanese riots dates back to a programme evolved when it vas an nounced that Ishii was coming to Seattle. It was then decided and tel cgraphed out of Seattle that the anti Oriental organizations proposed to present to Ishii while he was in Seat tie a protest against Japanese immi- grafton. At the time this plan was formulated 1t was believed Ishii would spend a week in Seattle, and then go to Vancouver There was planned at a conference between Vancouver and Seattle anti-Japanese leaders all the details for big anti-Japanese demon StfdLlOu III vancouver, september Iz. It developed that Ishii did not have time to spend in Seattle and he went through to Vancouver. Simultan- eously with his going local leaders of the anti-Japanese society went north. They were in Vancouver when the outbreak occurred. and, though an nouncement is made in private letters from anti-Japanese leaders that they harangued the mob not to do yio- lence. the society itself believes the Administration had to do with their presence. It was impossible to pre- sent a big anti-Japanese petition to Tshii here, and he refused to remain long enough for the Vancouver dem onstration, September 12. There is no question whether Seattle, Portland or San Francisco agitators took part The great bulk of the marching and riofing throng was composed of Cana dians. and the Japanese officials lg- nored American participants in the telegram f protest to the Ottawa government