Korean Move Nipped in Bud by Dairen Police Dairen, Mar. 30.
All Dairen is agog over the alleged Jdiscovery of a plot on the part of 23 [Korean malcontents to assassinate the Emperor Kang Teh, of Manchoukuo. who is due to leave here for Yoko-Jhama on April 2 in the 35,000-ton, Japanese battleship Hiyel, "The would-be assassins are report-Jed to have designs not only upon the [Emperor, but also upon many lead ing Manchoukuo and Japanese civil Jand military oMcials. They are also [said to have laid plans for "nationwide acts of destruction."
The conspirators, who are alleged to have belonged to a Shanghai gang. fare stated to be waiting aboard junks in the hope of entering Manchuria undetected at various points.
First warning of the reported plot came in the form of a notification som Changehun to all stations to keep a close watch for the alleged "The warning has stirred the police Jot the Kwantung Leased Territory [into considerable activity. The ]waters between Dairen and Japan are being searched for suspicious-looking leratt, while all passengers aboard incoming ships are being subjected to close examination.
Emperor Kang Teh, who is leaving for Tokyo on April 2 on a formal visit to the Imperial House of Japan, will be accompanied by a retinue of 2 persons, including the Minister an¢ Vice-Minister of the Imperial House hold, the Lord Keeper of the Privy [Seal, the Minister of Forelsm Affairs the Commander-in-Chief of the River Patrol Fleet, the Director of the General Afiairs Board ud other Tt will be his frst trip abroad since his accession to the throne, on [Mares 1, 199%—Reuter.
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