Kumamoto was quiet to-day after the city had been panic-stricken last night as the result of demonstrations staged by more than 500 lepers who forced their way out of the Kyushu Leprosarium at Goshi, a village in the Kikueri district near Kumamoto, 'The lepers objected to the dise [charge of ten leprosarium employees Jas part of an economy campaign. They paraded toward' Kumamoto with the intention of appearing. at she buildings: of the Pretertirat Government.
More than 100 policemen were ordered to duty to prevent the lepers from entering Kumamoto, After nearly two hours of demonstration the patients were persuaded (0 1 turn to the leprosarium and the a thorities promised attempts to pres vent the discharge of leprosarium, employees.
While the lepers, who had masha Jed the gates of the Kyushu Leprosarium, were parading all residents Jalong. the line of march, remained behind barred doors—United Press,
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