竹島

or the Yaeyama polke， Nakamoto，chief POlice ofncer，
Kanna，poHceonicer and others moved promptly to the
island.工n 194ふJunich]YJllato and Nagaoki Hokama，
stafs of the lshigaki Meteol‘)gicaI Station visited
uotsuri-jima on a Feliminaり'su1｀V昭mission to constl'uct
there a meteologieal station. ln ]945， a ship carl｀ying
150peQp】efl'om the town oflshigaki to Taiwan， rdugees
rrom the hosUIﾕ1ies jn thig al･ea was attac･ked on route
by Americlan anl nghtells. They reaehed the uotsurljima.
For thejr rescue， a腫am of police lnen and jn111tal･y
stans were sent to the 沁lalld(50 persons out ・themwel'e
dead of hung昨on uotsu]'l･jlma.)
　　 Ep訟odically， onc may ldel｀to an o]d shlpwl'eck in
thiS a】'ea.ln 1919， 31nshell-men and-WOlnむn h･Om the
Province of Fりuchou，China，sufered wrQck near the
uotsuriづima. and took rduge here. They were llesc゛ed
hy Koga and other persons. They were transported to
the Vjlla阿e of lshlpkifor nledkalca1'ts，and丘nully
sent back to their naUve land. The Consul of the Republlc
of China M Nagasakl pllesented thefo1･malln誂rumentQf
gr飢1tude to YQshisuke Toyokawa， thQ Mayol' of lshigakl，
and Zaj1 Koga and two oth゛persQns，appl'eciatjng thejr
dl4lnguished j･61ein the l'escue adivlties、The Chine.se


Consu1卵eci恥d in the same instrument of May 20， 1926
that趾s nationaS had been wrecked “oa way6jilna withln
the Senkaku lslan(ls，(belQnglng to)the Yaeyama County･
(I)el'taining to)the oklnawa Prefecture， the G即atJapan".
ln山ls context/‘Wayo･jima" 向notes the uotsurりima.


　 IV.The Lagaj Status of the Senkaku blands
　　　 after the Second lVorld War.
　　 ln tel･ms Qr Article 3 of tlle Peace TI･eaty between
lhe Allled Powel･s and Japan， signed at San FI‘aneisco
ln 1951 an(l in force on Apr11 28， 1952，the Senkaku
lQ]ands wc･1'ePMむalun(lerthe Amerlcan AdministeMng
AulhU1･ltv as a part of the Nansei Shoto south of 29°
nol'th latltude ondu〔ling the Ryukyu lslands and the
Daito ls]allds).The A1･ticle 3 hel･e ln question (iid not
n加ntlon the Senkaku lslands lxp1･essly. But， theislands
were lneludl･d jn the Japanese抑n･itory covered by thjs
arLj(･】e.So many enaclll玲nts by the U,S.AdnUnistering
Authol･1ty have lestiaed to thjs fact. For examplel Qne
may q11Qk lheAme】'iclln enaはments tO Uus e汀ect，such
us tbe ordlnunce No. 肋(Provlslons of the Governme以
Qf tbe Ryllkyu ls↓ands･ pubnshed on February 29. 1恥2}
of Che U､S.Civjl Adnllnistrat10n taklng efect on April