Smashing their way through barred ates and doors, a Chinese mob, led By "pickets "of" the AntiJapeneso Association, at Wenchow, Cheklan Province, on Sunday afternoon looted the shops, godowns, offices and' staff
any, Ltd. and then set five to the tthe twal Yoko. Com= entire group of buildings, which were burned'to the ground, anising a total loss estimated at well over $100,000
Information of the outrage received here yesterday at the Toeal offices of the Iwai Yoko Company, Lids" at on "Hankow Road, one. of the largest Japanese importing and exporting firms operating in Chinty and was immediately reported to the Japanese Consulates General for shanghai. Mr K, Slurai, the Consule General, communicated at once sith the Japanese Consul at Hangchow, [which Is the seat of the Chekiang Provincial Government, and instruct:
him to register astern. protest with "the" Chinese. authorities and advise them that they would be held directly responsible for the affairs This step was taken inasmuch as when the. "Japanese community evacuated Wenchow for Shanghai on November 9, due to the threatening ened @ttitude of the Chinese populace, the premises of both the Iwal and yuki Yoko Company, another largo. Japanese firm, were placed completely "under the supervision of the Provincial Government, An acknow-Jedgment of the letter and accept= ance of the responsibility was received in reply from the Chinese For some time past Wenchow has been the headquarters for consider=
[Japanese report, and the evacuation able anti-Japanese propaganda, the of the town was deemed necessary to avoid a clash between. the two nationalities. Several days ago, the Shanghai office of the Suzuki Com pany was notified that its premises at Wenchow, which also contain con= siderable merchandise and property, had been left unguarded through the arrest by pickets of the Anti-Japans ese Association of the Chinese watehmen who had been left. on guard. The Chinese authorities had before a reply could be received.
According to the brief desexiptiont of, the affair legraphed here, the attack on the Iwai Yoko buildings:
Picket fare said to have harangued the crowd, which numbered over 5,000 fand, after urging it to "wipe. all traces of the Japanese off the face of the earth," Jed a dash at, th barred gates, With no opposition halt'them entrance' was soon effected and when the premises were completely looted of ' all property they were given over to the flames, Chinese soldiers and police are reported to have watched the pro. [ceedings without attempting to inter" fore and, when, the local fire brigade responded to the alarm, efforts are alleged to have. been confined to being that the blaze did not spread to adjacent Chinese structures, It feared here that if the Suauki godowns and offices have escaped damage so far, they may be the ext for anti-Japanese Violence.
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