A Striking Contrast in Sentences on Malefactors—Japanese and Korean now Our OWN Conaesroxomr.
Tokio, Nov. 7.
By a strange coincidence, the Tokio courts to-day delivered two judgments which are in striking] contrast one to the other.
The first, of these was in connexion with the' stealing of the Stars and Stripes from the flag-mast of the former United States Embassy (Camp Cyrus E. Woods since the earthquake disaster) by 1 crazy youth, named Rihei Okada, The theft was committed—on Japan's "day of national humilia-Yon" when protest meetings and Gamonstrations were held throughout the length and breadth of ike and to condemn the American: immigration legislation.
Okada was given the farcical sentence of six months' imprisonent, with a stay of execution for two years. 'Two of Okada's accomplices were sentenced to two and four months' imprisonment respectively, in these cases also, a stay of execution for a period of two years being granted by the
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