Show japanese and chinese looked alike to frenzied mob at vancouver british columbia steady stream of europeans coming into the pacific northwest is re dented by people who have long been res dents of that section seattle wash A special to the epst from vancouver says following a riot early sat arday evening in vancouver in which chinatown and the japanese quarter were raided and damage done imaging 15 a further demon str atlon occurred in the early morn ing hours sunday in which kiki airo ishii chief of the bureau of foreign commerce and head of the japanese consular service and consul sabbo of seattle were the cen aral figures and in which riot number less people were bruised and injured by broken bottles and flying brickbats in the hands 0 ft mob in the ot frenzy baron ashil and consul hiaam finally made their escare through the mob and the affair was cabled to tokio cocci dent with the not was the arrival of a steamship having on board at least japanese with a common e the mob surged to the ater front and as the japanese came down the gaiffe plank they met by the rioters seven or eight of the japanese were unceremoniously picked up and thrown into berrard inlet still further rioting occurred sun day evening about 10 clock when a odowd of about 4 laborers again started on the warpath but were aln ally quelled by the police after about twenty successful arrests had been made chinatown Is roped off and the quarters of the orientals orient als are glaid ed by the police baron ishii gave out an interview in which he stated that he had ca bled to ambassador kaneko at lon don apprising him of the stirring events indemnity from the city to the amount of 25 hlll be claimed mayor bethune declares the andem anity will not be paid and the affair will be taken up with the dominion government the rioting was the worst in the history of western cana do international complications are looked for |