The conservative clement here! was determined not to allow pro-Soriet folk to celebrate before the Led Oth anniversary of the. Revolution, there were indi Kans for a penable fae their ing for a and this explains the' elaborate precauti taken by the police and the large number of oticers and men detailed {for duty. None the leas, the members of a Netionalist associa tion managed to get into the offices of 4 radical newspaper and into the headquarters of certain Communist leaders, severely thrashed those [who were in the premises, smashed windows and chairs, overturned tables, and all) but" -reeked. the offices, Sensational Allegations The aftermath has proved to bel just as sensational, the police being charged with having bad recourse methods, meal-treatment of women arrested by them. The charge has been made by the Farmer-Labour party of Japan, which states that unmentionable acre were petrated on the women the Police had in custody and that the men were subjected to torture in order 10 exact confessions. with bamboo eanes and the twisting of fingers are said to be two of the torture methods resorted to, and it alleged that many signed the concasions the Police wanted in order to escape the excruciating pain inflicted on them. The Police categorically have denied these allegations, but the Farmer-Labour party maintains that it had several of the victims examined by physicians, when they were released, and that the medical evidence furnishes. a damning indictment against the Police "for having resorted to medieval torture methods, Legal action is to be instituted" against the Police.
Several of the women declared that their obis (sashes). which keep the kimono in place had been taken off roughly by' policemen and even the string which is generally tied the waist, They claim that a downright outrage, while Police declare that it always has been a habit of theirs to take off belts, sashes, strings and similar articles from men as well as women before looking: them up, for fear that they may use these articles to commit suicide. Startling revelations are promised when the whole affair is thrashed out in court.
New Ship Devices One of the newest of ship ilevices, known as the fathometer, an inven: tion of the Submarine Signal Corporation of Boston, Massachusetes, has been installed on three Japanese Government survey ships, sion of Mr.
Who represents the Corpora. tion, "The fathometer is used to sound the depth of the ocean and has greatly increased the ficiency of plotting the bottom of the sea accurately.
The principle fundamentally is very simple, that is, the fact that we are able to tell accurately just how fast sound travels in the air or in water. Reduced to the fathometer is, to. measure' the speed of this sound and thereby tell how deep the ocean is at any given location." It is known that sound travels at a speed of 4,800 ft. per second under water. This is about four times as fast as it does in the fir. To get the depth of the sea at any point, a sound is sent out from the "instrament. Within a short time, the echo of the sound will come back. If two minutes elapse between the time the sound left the {instrument and when its echo Comes back, then the depth of the ocean! thers cat ance which. sound etpective waves will travel in one minute, oF just half the total time elapsed, When asked whether there are] other things besides the bottom of the ocean which will. cause' the sound to return to the surface of the water, Mr. Smith's reply was that, theoretically, there are, but practically not. "It is true," he said, "that there.are some things which have a greater density than water and which would thereby! their homes. The Chief of Police thereupon pleaded with the farmers to return whence they came, dedo ing that he would do all he could to have a rehearing of the case. Otherwise, he said, the subsequent results might be extremely regrettable. The mob refused to listen, broke through the police cordon and rushed in the direction of the court house. Here another strong posse of police had been posted and 'a minor battle ensued, the mob being dispersed after a few casunities fon both sides. No firearms were used, but the police defended themselves with drawn sabres, The dispute is of old origin and!
one that has embittered the relations between farmers and Innd-owner for farmers refuse to ay their rents. In this ease, a landowner secured a writ and seized the. crops of certain tenant-farmers who had not paid their land dues. The crops were to be sold by auction and the local farmer? association, deeming this an outrage on their liberties, sought to assault the judge who issued the writ and to wreck the law courts,
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