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'FRISCO LISTUMHCES,
Business Men Alarmed.
A Japanese Protest.
LONDON", May 30.
The leading merchants, manufacturers,
and. property-owners of San Francisco have
formed an executive committee consisting
of 75 of their number, with the object of
endeavoring to remedy the existing con
ditions of unrest in the city and to cheek
the forces of disorder lest the continuance
of the present state of affairs should result
in the loss of business and of confidence in
the stability of the civic government.
Th'e statement of grievances issued by
the Japan Association of San Francisco
ends with a demand for special police pro
tection to Japanese citizens in order to pre
vent further trouble and possibly blood
shed.1 The document emphasises the fact
that *be Violence which has hitherto been
resorted to is largely the result of prejudices
of the Hooligans of the city, who, while in
sulting and attacking the Japanese, spare
other persons, from .interference and annoy
ance
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