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Show ACCUSE JAPANESE OF OUTRAGES 111 SAKHALIN Tell of 180 Russian Colonists Decapitated: Force Many to Emigrate. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 23, The authorities au-thorities here havo received official reports re-ports from tho Siberian coast to tho effect ef-fect that tho Japancso aro pursuing measures mea-sures which promlco to result in tho ruination ruin-ation of tho inhabitants throughout tho Island of Sakhalin, north and ooUth. The Japanese aro forcing tho peoplo to sell their property of all kinds at absurdly low and arbitrary prices nnd sign re-celptn re-celptn for it at good prices under threats of death. Forced to Emigrate. The Inhabitants of the southern portion of tho Island aro being forced to emigrate, emi-grate, and thoso of tho northern half aro being plundered of tholr houecs. cat-tlo cat-tlo and crops and must emigrate, as they havo nothing on which to live. Decapitate Colonists. As an cxamplo of tho extremity of the Japanese mothods, Gon. Senemovsky, commanding tho AloxandroVok district, nasH reports that ISO Russian colonists wero 'bbbbbb! led Into marshes -by tho Japaneao and wcro there decapitated. No great damage way done to tho town isH or people of Okhotsk by tho Japanese 'M when they landed thro August 17. |