Tokio, Oct. 13.
There has been @ recrudescence! of the newspaper. labour trouble, the type-setters demanding higher wages. The "Hochi" has refused to grant the men's demands and a strike has resulted. The "Yomiuri" has discharged union members. On the "Nichi Nichi" the men who had joined the union have been discharged and replaced by no unionists. The "Osaka Mainchi Kioto, Oct. 14.
The public trial of. ex-Governor Kiuchi of the Kioto Prefecture, and a large number of other prominent citizens, on a charge of bribery, is now nearing its conclusion, The counsel for the defence, who in clude the best legal talent in Japan, are vigorously contradicting the Public. Prosecutor's theories. All the Public Prosecutors, who originally handled the case, have now been discharged, largely because of their methods of examination of the accused, including the famous "swine-box" confinement. The counsels for the defence point out that the case Ras attracted wide (attention and declare that the outside world regards the methods of the prosecutors as a stain upon the prestige of the Japanese Judiciary.—Reuter. and "Jiji" are—temporizing.—Reuter.
Amazons of Korea Seoul, Oct. 13.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.