The Bottineau courant., 1907-09-20
ANT|-JAPANESE RIOTS
CAUSED BY ONE MAN
AMERICAN SAID TO HAVE ENGlN.
EERED PLOT WHICH RESULT
IN VANCOUVER TROUBLE.
HIS SCHEME WAS TO
lMPLICATE ENGLAND
Secretary of Japanese-korean ExcIu'
sion League Worked Out Plan to
Unite Whites in Common Cause
Against Orientals.

sion League Worked Out Plan to
Unite Whites in Common Cause
Against OrentaIs.
Vancouver, B. c., Sept. II. One
man-an American-Was directly re-
sponsible for the great Vancouver
riots, according to information re-
ceived here.
He not only caused the greatest
anti-oriental demonstration that ever
occurred on the American continent,
but he worked out it's every detail on
paper two weeks previous.
His name is A. E. Fowler, secretary
of the Japanese-Korean Exclusion
league, and he lives at 2719 Elmwood
place, Seattle, Wash.
The motive of this master agitator
was no less design than to link
England and the United States in a
common diplomatic relation with
Japan. He has succeeded, changing
the entire complexion of international
policies.
Agitation formerly concerning "Ori-
ent VS.. United States" now reads
"Orient vs.. White Nations OF the
World" This man has received as
surances from certain Washington
diplomats that the success Of his
scheme is not secretly deplored.
For ten years Fowler has studied
the oriental in his native home, and
In the United States, and at the same
time kept track of Uncle Sans made
quate Pacific coast fortification and
naval maneuvers with minute exact.
ness.
To embroil England in the question,
Fowler theorized, would lessen the
possibility of Japans enmity, follow
Ing the passing of the exclusion law
Fowler was convinced congress would
not pass such measure unless Eng
land stood shoulder to shoulder with
this nation.
Out of the fire of Fowler's patriot
ism came a plan that meant riot,
maybe bloodshed. Fowler went to
Victoria, B. c.. There are 5000 ORR
entails there. The sentiment is
strong against them. But he could not
find a suitable local man.
He went to Vancouver. He met
A. w. Won Rhein, a prominent busi-
ness man.
''Von Rhein," he said, "do you want
to be the biggest man in this prov
ince? Do you want to be able to
get anything from the people you
want?"
Sure" replied Won Rhein, amazed.
"Then do what tell YOU The SEN
timent against the orientals here is
strong, as you know. Thursday a
ship load of 1,500 Japanese coolies
will arrive. Two more boat loads are
on the way.
Form an Asiatic Exclusion league.
! I'll show you how. You'll be secre-
tary. I'll make you, Won Rhein, and
all you've got to do is to follow my
instructions. Call a mass meeting
for Saturday night. Have on the
stage the best people of the city.
| Everybody here except rich corpora
| tions that employ orientals are with
us.
while the meeting is at the hottest
| line of march will be formed. Pa
| triotic songs will be sung. A brass
band will head the procession. Have
the United Service men in line.
Marchers will carry banners reading:
Canada for the Whites,' Who will
fight for Canada III case of warp
Three ship loads of orientals are on
the way to Vancouver"
There were no bitches. Everything
occurred as Fowler believed it would.
A prominent minister was the most
enthusiastic speaker of the evening.
When 1000 men were in line there
seemed to be some question as to
where they would go. Some one yell
ed: divide the lines. Let one-half
| go to Japtown and one-half to China
| town.
Three Stabbed in Chicago Riot.
Chicago, Sept. 17.-One man was
fatally stabbed and three others cut
and bruised in riot on a crowded
Metropolitan elevated train on the
Douglas Park line when an infuriated
Chinaman, angered by a number of
youths, drew a knife and slashed
them. Every window in the first car
of the train was broken in panic fol-
lowing the affray and a patrol wagon
loaded with policemen from the Hin
man street station pursued the train
for three blocks. .r
The Chinaman, George Wong, 1915
Leavitt street, hid in a rear car DUR
ing the excitement, and was captured
after he had boarded another train
and started toward his home.
The incident is due to the anti-ori.
entail sentiment which has prevailed
here since the beginning of the agita-
tion on the Pacific coast
Deer Are Plentiful in West.
Grant Pass, Ore, Sept. 17.-Not for
20 years have deer been so plentiful