Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-11
RIOTS
IN TOXIC Reach
LOCAL PAPERS

! A lengthy cable received this morn
ING BY the Nippu Jill contains a de-
/ tailed account OF the series OF riots
which took place in the japanese cay
'tal yesterday and which resulted in
the resignation of the katsura minis
try and finally katsura himself
The members Of the Seiyukai the
strong constitutional party of which
| former premier Marquis Saionji is the
leader, held a mass meeting yester-
day morning. A stirring address was
delivered by Marquis Saionji, who
said, in part, that on Sunday morning
! Premier katsura paid a visit to the
! Imperial palace and there asked the
| Emperor to use his influence in in
ducing the Seiyukai members to with
! draw the impeachment resolution
pending the thirtieth session Of the
Imperial diet.
1t was this action on the part of
/ Premier Katsura that aroused the
! anger of the members of the Seiyukai
party, and they firmly refused to with
draw the impeachment. The members
of the party then went to the diet,
which opened yesterday afternoon
after a suspension CT five days. and
there voted. upon the impeachment
resolution. Shortly after the diet
opened, katsura, for the third time,
suspended the session for a period OF
three days, and it will open again on
the afternoon of February IS.
AT the gate of the parliament house,
tens Of thousands of the citizens OF
Toxic welcomed the members of the
Seiyukai with shouts of "BanZai," and
the enthusiasm became so intense
that many were injured in the eX,
element, possibly being knocked down
and trampled ON by the crowd. The
excited citizens then formed a mob,
and withdrew to the office of the Mi;
yako Shinpo. newspaper which is
supporting Premier Katsura and the
bureaucratic party. The doors were
broken in by force, the presses and
other machinery demolished and a
TORCH applied to the building. The
editor and his assistants fled at the
first signs of the riot.
After setting fire to the newspaper
office, the mob went to the office of
the, Kokunlin, Shinpo, another news
paper which is. supporting Katsura.
Here. the mob did not find things so
easy, as the editor armed his assist.
ants with reEolNers.s and ordered them
to staad at the windows and fire at
the rioters. at, the first attempt on
their. part to break into the place. Tho
mob withdrew for, a few moments and
the members held a council, following
which they again rushed the place
with battering rams, only to be dry.
en- back by the shots, of the newspaper
men, wiins fired into 4 he mob killing
one OF the rioters end iniuFingr two
others.
The killing of the rioter and the
WCunding of the others only increased
and anger of the mob, and the attack
was renewed on the office with the
result that the doors were broken
down and the place demolished. The
editor and his assistants escaped
through windows in the rear of =
guiding I he mob then visited the
offices of the Hochi Shinpo, the Nj.
riku Sninpo, the Yamato Shinpo, and
the Yomiuri Shinpo, all being news
papers supporting Katsura and the
bureaucratic party, destroying the
presses and other machinery and in
some places setting fire to the build.
ings.
Amid the scene of the rioting, Kat
sura called a conference Of the cab
met, where it was decided TO tender
the designations Of the members OF
the cabinet to the Emperor. The
hIyf bo
morning does not contain any state
ment as to who will be the next pre-.
mier.