Evening star., 1948-04-26
800 Koreans Jailed
In Kobe After u. ).
Troops QueII Riot
BY me Associossd Press

/ KOBE, Japan, April 26.-United
States military police today
jailed 800 persons as an after
math to weekend rioting by
nearly 5000 Koreans.
I American Negro soldiers had
stepped in swiftly to quell outbreaks
here and in Osaka over a touchy
education issue 1t was the first
time troops have been called out in
the 2ka-year-old occupation.
United States 9th Army head
quarters in Tokyo said seven known
Japanese Communists were among
the 300 arrested
\ American intelligence officers said
the disturbances were Communist
inspired. A jailed Korean leader told
the Associated Press Japanese Com
munists took part in the riots.
No American Casualties.
| No American casualties were re-
ported. At least 38 Koreans and
Japanese were injured in the melee
Headquarters termed resistance
negligible due to complete cooper
alton between japanese officials and
police and American military
police"
American commanders were in
structed to continue a dragnet over
this southern Honshu port city to
see that all persons responsible for
the laWless acts are arrested.
Stern punishment for the leaders
was ordered by Lit. Gen. Robert L.
Eichelberger, commander of the 9th
Army. He hurried here from his
Yokohama headquarters to investi-
gate personally.
against japanese inSistence that
japanese must be taught as stand
ard language for Korean students
in Japanese-supported schools.
Communists Sympathetic.
Interviewed in the Kobe jail, Kim
Kyung- -phan, 81, president OF the
Hyogo prefecture branch of the
League of Koreans Residing in
Japan, said:
The Japan Communist Party
seems very sympathetic to us In
our fight to maintain Korean edu-
\ cation
Other leaders among the 600, 900
Koreans in Japan denied any Com
munist completely Koreans and
Japanese have clashed repeatedly
but usually over black market oper-
ations.
Koreans in Osaka, meanwhile, re-
ceived permission to stage a dem
onstration across the street from
the Osaka prefectural ONCE. An
estimated 10000 assembled peace
fully. Five delegates met with jap
anese ofncials
1t was quiet in Kobe today. United
States military police jeeps, each
carrying four soldiers armed with
rifles, patrolled the streets.
5000 Jap Police Intervene.
Gen. Eichelberger, described the
rioting as 'uncivilized," asserted tina t
the Koreans had attempted to take
the law into their own hands. He
added: There will be no COM
promise with subversive mob action
Differences between the Koreans
and japanese came to head Friday
when thousands Of Koreans-includ-
ing school children-raided the
Osaka prefectural building. Win
dows and furniture were smashed.
In the melee that followed, about
5000 japanese police drove the
Koreans out of the building. Ameri-
can MP's did not interfere.
The next day, in Kobe, Z mob
descended on the prefectural build
ing where Gov. Sachio Kishida. the
Mayor and police chief were in
conference. The oficials were TAX
en- in custody. Gen. Eichelberger
said the Koreans forced the Gov
ernor to accede to these demands: ::
"l-Release of the Koreans held
for trial for unlawful acts" Seventy
Koreans were arrested earlier foi
resisting the school law.
"2-Agree not to prosecute the
released alleged violators"
Gen Eichelberger said the dem
onstration "degenerated into mob
action to such an extent that civil