Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-11
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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 cap
! ital 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
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
CT the party then went to the diet,
| which opened yesterday afternoon
dAIcI SUSPENSION e. siNS UdSo, anu
! 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. "@- ,. #. 4
| After setting fire to the newspaper
office, the mob went to the office of
the Kokumin Shi1po, another news.
paper which is supporting Katsura, |
Here the mob did not find things so
easy, as the editor armed his assist.
ants with revolyers and ordered them
to stand at the windows and fire at |
the rioters at the first attempt on
their part to break into the place The !
mob withdrew for a few moments and
the members held a council, following !
which they again rushed the place !
en- back by the shots Of the newspaper |
men, who fired into the mob, killing |
enc or the rioters ana injuring tive
others.
The killing of the rioter and the j
wourding Of the others only increased /
and anger of the mob, and the attack |
was renewed on, the office with thel
result that the doors were broken +
down and the place demolished. The |
editor and HIS assistants escaped |
through windows in the rear of II
building. The mob then visited the
Offices of the Hochi Shinpo, the Nj. |
riku 5ninpo, 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. 49, @+--'~i'
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 |
cable received by the Nippu Jill this |
morning does not contain any state
ment as to who will be the next pre-. |
mier. -,