The Archive · 1930

Cause of Formosan Uprising

Aborigines' Dissatisfaction with Forced Labour Tokyo, Dec, 2.

Mr, Hitomi, Chief Administrator of the Formosan Government General, arrived here yesterday in order to make the first official report to the Tokyo Government regarding the recent uprising Formora. The Formosan offi yesterday met Mr. Matsu ter for Overseas Affairs, and made detailed reports to him. The substance of the reports as made by Mr. Hitomi to Minister Mateude is reliably reported as follows:

"The investigations as made by the. Formosan Government General have revealed that the main causes for the recent uprising were the dissatisfaction of the aboriginal workers against forced labour and some misunderstanding between the "The fact that the uprising had not beea the result of intentional

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