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Show FIERCE ATTACK ONJRIENTALS Japanese and Chinese Looked Alike to Frenzied Mob at Vancouver, British Columbia. Steady Stream of Europeans Coming Into the Pacific Northwest Is Resented Re-sented by People Who Have Long Been Residents of That 8ectlon. Seattle, Wash. A special to the Post-Intclllgencer from Vnncouver, U. C, snys: Following n riot enrly Saturday Sat-urday evening, In Vancouver, In whkh Chinatown nnd the Jnpnneso qunrtcr woro raided nnd dnmago done approximating approx-imating $16,000, n further demonstration demon-stration occurred In tho early morning morn-ing hours Sunday, In which Klkl Ylro Ishli, chief of tho bureau of foreign commereo nnd head of tho Jnpnneso consular service, and Consul Sabuto Hlsamldzu, of Seattle, wcro tho central cen-tral figures, and In which riot numberless number-less peoplo wcro bnrlscd and Injured by broken bottles and flying brickbats In thu hands of n mob In tho throes of frenzy. Huron Ishli nnd Consul Hlsamldzu Hlsa-mldzu finally mado their cBcapo through the mob and tho nffalr wns immediately cnblcd to Toklo. Coincident Coinci-dent with tho riot was the arrival of a steamship having on board nt least 600 Japanese. With n common lmiuUa thu mob surged to the water front nnd ns tho Jnpnneso came down thu gang plunk they woro met by tho rioters. Seven or eight of the Japanese wcro unceremoniously picked up and thrown Into Hurrard Inlet. Still further rioting occurred Sun-dny Sun-dny evening nbout 10 o'clock, when u crowd of about 4,000 laborers again started on tho warpath, but were finally fin-ally quelled by the pollco nfter nbout twenty successful nrrests hnd been made. Chinatown Is roped off and tho quarters of the orientals aro guarded guard-ed by tho police. Uaron Ishli gave out nu Interview In which ho stated thnt ho hnd cabled ca-bled to Ambassador Kancko nt London, Lon-don, apprising him of the stirring events. Indemnity from tho city to tho amount of $25,000 will bo claimed. Mayor Hcthuno declares tho Indemnity Indem-nity will not be paid, nnd tho nffalr will bo taken up with the Dominion govornmenL Tho rioting wns the worst la tho history of western Cann-do. Cann-do. International complications nrc looked for. |