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Show FIERCE ATTACK ON ORIENTALS Japanese and Chinese1 Looked Alike to Frenzied Mob at Vancouver, Cn "olumbis. Steady Stream of Europeans Coming Into the Pacific Northwest Is R-sented R-sented by People Who Have Long Been Residents of That Section. Seattle, Wash. A special to tho Post-lntelllgencer from Vancouver, H. C, says: Following a riot early Saturday Sat-urday evening, In Vancouver, In which Chinatown and tho Japanese quarter woro raided and damage done approximating approx-imating $15,000, a further dreion-strntlon dreion-strntlon occurred In the early morning morn-ing hours Sunday, In which Kikl Yiro Ishll, chief of the bureau of foreign commerce and head of the Japanese consular service, and Consul Sahuio lllsamldzu, of Seattle, were tho central cen-tral figures, and In which riot numberless number-less people were bruised and Injured by broken bottles and flying brickbats In the hands of a mob In tho throes of frenzy. Ilaron Ishll nnd Consul HIh.i-midzu HIh.i-midzu finally made their escnpo through tho mob nnd tho affair was Immediately cabled to Toklo. Coincident Coinci-dent with the riot wns the arrival of a steamship having on board at least GOO Japanese. With a common Impulse tho mob surged to tho water front and as tho Japanese came down the gnun plank they were mot by tho rioters. Seven or eight of tho Japanese were unceremoniously picked up anil thrown Into Ilurrnrd Inlet. Still further rioting occurred Sunday Sun-day evening about 10 o'clock, when a crowd of about 1.000 laborers again started on the warpatji, but were finally fin-ally quelled by tho police after about twenty successful arrests had been mado. Chinatown Is roped off and tho quarters of tho orientals are guarded guard-ed by tho police. Karon Ishll gave out an Interview In which ho stated that ho had cn bled to Ambassador Kaucko at London, Lon-don, apprising him of tho stirring events. Indemnity from tho city to tho nmount of $2fi,000 will ho claimed Mayor Ilcthuno declares tho Indemnity Indem-nity will not be paid, and tho affair will bo taken up with tho Dominion government. Tho rioting wns tho worst In the history of western Cann-do. Cann-do. International complications are looked for. |