Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-09-12

Vancouver. B. c.. Sept. l0.-The
Chinese and japanese quarters Of
Vancouver are practically In q state
OF siege. Hundreds of revolvers and
guns were sold Mond..y to Orientals
until 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 q Mon.
golian with q Winchester rife. All
the Chinese cooks, mill men. laborers.
and all the japanese working In the
city and In the country within a ra
dius Of Is 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 q 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. II
is q question whether the city or the
dominion is responsible for the s20..
900 damage done by the mob.
II is understood that Mayor Bethune
has received q telegram from Earl
Gray. g0vernorgeneral OF Ottawa. de-
handing 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.
az 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 II there Is sign OF fur
ther disturbance.
Hardly q house in the city has do
nestle servant at present. The 1000
Chinese employed being concentrated
In Chinatown, clubs and restaurants
cannot serve meals.
Seattle. Wash, Sept. 10.-Every In.
dication Is that the Vancouver. B. c.,
riots were carefully planned to i'm.
press X. Ishii, chief Of the bureau Of
foreign commerce. II Is significant
that the leaders Of the Seattle organi.
zation against Japanese immigration
were in Vancouver. heading the dem.
onstration. Frank W. Cotterili, pres.
ident Of the Washington State Fedora
ton Of Labor: A. E. Fowler, secretary
OF the Anti-Japanese and Korean I'm.
migration league; George p. Listman,
q prominent Seattle labor leader. all
were present, together with big del.
egation OF American anti-Japanse
sympathizers. The significance OF
the Japanese riots dates back to q
programme evolved when II was an.
nounced that Ishii was coming to
Seattle. It was then decided and tel.
egraphed out OF Seattle that the anti
Oriental organizations proposed to
present to Ishii while he was in Seat
tie q protest against Japanese immi.
grafton. At the time this plan was
formulated It was believed lshii would
spend week In Seattle, and then 90
to Vancouver. There was planned at
q conference between Vancouver and
Seattle anti-Japanese leaders all the
details for big anti-Japanese demon.
stration in Vancouver. September IL.
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
Is made In private letters
from anti-Japanese leaders that they
harangued the mob not to do vio-
lence, the society itself believes the
demonstration had to do with their
presence. II was impossible to pre-
sent q big anti-Japanese petition to
Ishii here. and he refused to remain
long enough for the Vancouver dem.
onstration. September ~. There II
no question whether Seattle. Portland
or San Francisco agitators took part.
The great bulk Of the marching and
rioting throng was composed OF Cana.
dams, and the Japanese officials ig-
nored American participants In the
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