ISLANDERS' PART IN RIOT AT MANZANAR UNKNOWN; DISPATCH IS DELAYED

Undoubtedly members of the Island's evacuated Japanese colony were involved in the "Pearl Harbor Day" rioting in the relocation center at Manzanar, Calif., Sunday, but The Review was unable to contact its correspondents in the camp late last night.

Whether declaration of martial law by the Army at the camp had prevented the correspondents from sending their usual weekly dispatch to The Review or whether the dispatch was delayed by the Christmas mailing rush could not be determined immediately.

(Editor's note -- The Review will attempt to obtain a first-hand account of the riot and the part Islanders played in it for next Thursday's edition. At that time also The Review may have an important editorial declaration to make concerning the situation.)

Regular press services carried stories Monday that told of wild rioting by a small group of anti-American Japanese members of the colony who shouted, "Pearl Harbor, banzai!" The unruly mob severely beat several pro-American Japanese and threw rocks at military police.

A strong wind foiled the use of tear gas to quiet the riot. Finally soldiers fired, killing one anti-American Japanese and wounding nine. The dispatches made it clear that the majority of Manzanar residents were loyal to the United States and attempted to stop the fight.

Islanders at the center number about 275. There are 10,000 internees at the camp. All but the Islanders, so far as The Review could learn, are from California. Other Northwest evacuated Japanese are interned in centers in Idaho.