Tainan, Formosa, Oct. 29.
BLOODSHED and an uprising of the savage aborigines inhabiting the central part of the island have ominously marked the 800th anniversary of the arrival of the Dutch in Formosa.and the beginning of modern civ' on on the island.
'A large force of aborigines suddenly descended on Musha, in Central Formosa, an important centre of the Japanese police administration and burnt down the police stations in the area and slaughtered the occupants.
"The attack was made on October 27 after telephone communications had been cut.
It is impossible to ascertain the number of casualties but it is believed that at least 100 Japanese have been killed.
Troops have been sent from Taichu to suppress the uprising. This is the first outbreak of the aborigines for many years.
Tokyo, Oct. 28.
Press reports from Formosa state that a widespread uprising has occurred among the savage tribes in the Taichu district, in the centre of the Island, where the tribesmen are attacking {isolated police posts and inflicting a number of casualties. Troops are reported to be mobilising in order to deal with the situation, An official report received later by the War Office states that the Formosan tribesmen attacked the police post at Musha and massacred I the occupants, A company of infantry stationed vat Taich has been hurriedly despatched to deal with the insurgvents, while aircraft have been sent to reconnoitre.
Poor communications and lack of} transport facilities in the district where the tribesmen have risen are Punun tribes which have the most primitive existence on a plateau some 3,800 feet above the sea level.
In this connection it is recalled that a party of Japanese soldiers was annihilated some 40 years ago by the aborigines in the district when the Japanese army started an expedition against the aborigines.
At present there are a village school, a postal agent, a hotel and police' stations established by the Taichuu prefecture and some 30 Japanese families consisting of 180 men and women living there. In view of the difficulty of communica-ons, itis anticipated thatthe sub-Jugation of the tribes will difficult. As this is the first ups ing during some 30 years of peace in Formosa, the Tokyo authorities watching the situation with much attention—Rengo.
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