Tokyo, Oct. 6.
This afternoon three members of fa reactionary society, the so-called Patriotic Society, forcibly entered the Foreign Office for a demonstra-inst Japan's policy via-i-vis distributing handbills setting forth their views regarding the country's proper policy. They entered the Minister's room, which was empty, and encountering other officials they roughly treated them. The ruffians were finally arrested.
The men drove up i On being informed that he was absent, they foreed their way into the room and afterwards proceeded to neighbouring rooms and corridors, where they roughly handled secretaries and other officials and committed other outrages. Simultaneously,—they declared "Span has been' shamed by the weak-kneed policy of the Government towards China."
The police were summoned, and arrested the ruffians with difficulty.
Handbills were distributed in which it was declared that the
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