Te wheels of justice grind slowly, very slowly in Japan. After an interval of nearly three years, the case of Rikisaburo Exuré, a notorious and blood-thirsty pirate, and hhis accomplices is now being i quired into by the judiciary.
Baur is known to have butchered court, patriotically realizing Japan's need for colonial expansion, he determined to be the pioneer of another Jameson Raid in Manchuria. Then he suddenly heard of Japanese adventurers discover ing a gold mine somewhere Kamehataka and the Russians Ldciving then. sway, Them, of he heard of the Nikolaievsk affair, and, when on the high seas, attack-fed and murdered the crews of Russian fishing "macks to avenge the murder of Japanese at Nikolaievsk by Russian partisans. As to why Chinese fishermen were also mur dered, nothing was said.
The fact of the matter is that Ezuré wanted to get rich and to rich quick. Whether the ways and means employed were moral oF otherwise did not matter a brass button to him or to the accomplices whom he selected principally becequse they were of his own opinion. men tell no tales.
With a fair amount of loot, the conquering herves returned. Ezuré had a mistress waiting for him, and together: they proceeded to a. hot-spring in the country, Ezuré undoubtedly needing comfort after his strenuous exploits.
Divison of the loot, however, resulted in grave discontent among some of Ezuré's men and these told the police the exact truth about the doughty deeds done on the Taiku Maru. Exuré was arrested at the where he was disporting with hhis fancy lady.
In court, Ezuré put up a bold front, refusing to divulge where he. got the weapons from—the Japanese papers declare that these were supplied, to him by military officers—and said that whatever he did ros done for the greater glory honour of his native fronted, to. get coneasions for Japan," he laconically told the: judge, and when confronted with his" murders, merely said: "I wanted to avenge the slain Japanese.
soon, and it remains to be seen The not likely to conclude whether the cheap plea of patriotism put forward by the marauder will be permitted to whitewasinghe crimes of piracy on the high sea and murder.
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