Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-06
APANESE
SEEK AID
IN COURTS
San Francisco Riots
an International
Issue
Governor Gillett Sends
Report to State
Department
Redress Is Demanded for Wrongs Said
to Have Been inflicted on ORR
entaIs-Tokio Newspaper
Continues Agitation
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, June s-The Japan
ese trouble in San Francisco probably
will be settled by recourse to the
law. Information has been received
here to the effect that the Japanese
consul general in San Francisco is con-
templating bringing a suit against the
city Of San Francisco for damages in
CURED by the owners of the Horse
shoe restaurant and the Folsom bath
house from the attack by a mob on May
20 last. The action, If brought, will be
under the state law and in the name
of the owners Of the places wrecked
1t is understood that the Japanese
will be perfectly satisfied with judicial
determination of the case.
Supplementing his telegraphic reply
to the inquiry of Secretary Root re-
garding the most recent Of Japanese
disturbances in San Francisco, Gov
ernor Gillett Of California has submit
ted a mail report dealing in detail with
the outbreak of the trouble in the Jap
anese Horseshoe restaurant and its ex-
tension to the bath house. The govern
or's statement is practically the same
as the ones contained in the news dis
patches.
The state department has received
reports upon the same subject from
| the adjutant general of California and
| the chief of police of San Francisco.
4 These reports seem to establish the
fact that the affair was the natural
| outcome of the labor troubles in San
| Francisco and that racial feeling had
very little to do with it, save in the
latter stages. Photographs accompany
| ing the reports show the exact condi-
tions of the two Japanese places after
the visitation of the mob, which lasted
only q few minutes. Stones were ly-
| ing in the windows and upon the floors
and other evidences of violence were
observable. 1t appears that at the
| instance of Governor Gillett the chief
of police had previously taken particu-
lar care to protect the Japanese in San
Francisco.
Police Inadequate
His force was much depleted owing
to the necessity of diverting a large
part of it to the protection of the street
car lines, which were being attacked at
many points But he had stationed
as many as he could spare, dressed in
plain clothes, In the neighborhood of
| the place where the outbreak occurred.
The seriousness of the affair prevented
the policemen from acting In time to
save the Japanese property. Two white
men who were said to have worn some
kind of badges engaged in an alterca-
| tion In the Japanese restaurant, and,
occording to one statement, a Japanese
cook threw a knife at one of them.
The fight was transferred to the street,
crowd gathered and mobbing fol-
| lowed. Probably 1t was more violent
than If white restaurant had been
the object of attack, but all through
the reports run evidences that in some
way the Japanese had offended against
the rules of the labor union and that
racial feeling was merely an incident
to the affair
the embassy from the consul general
at San Francisco, is in conflict with
the above mentioned reports in ascrib-
ing the incident to an outbreak of race
feeling in San Francisco and it Is pos
sible that the issue thus raised can be
met by the report of District Attorney
Devlin, which is expected to be COM
pleted today.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.--Japanese
Consul General Oyeno says tnat he
knows nothing of any contemplated
suit for damages against the city of
San Francisco growing out of the re-
cent trouble in a Japanese restaurant
on Folsom street.
LONDON, June 5.-A Reuters dis
patch from Toxic says Foreign Minis
ter Hayashi, in replying today to the
deputation of progressives who called
and asked for an explanation of the
governments inaction and want of
efficiency in the presence of grave
diplomatic questions with China and
the United States, informed his WIS.,
itors that the government was taking
every measure necessary. The dis
patch adds that the Japanese authors
ties are apprehensive of future rela-
tionship with the United States if the
racial prejudices evinced at San Fran
cisco continue.