First Kaijan War
| First Kaijan War | ||||||
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| Part of Wars in Kaijan | ||||||
 United Sugar Company Workers detained by North Kaijan Police | ||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||
 Slokais Islands | Free Kaijan Union of Industrial Workers | Republic of Kaijan (1914) | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||
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Slokais Islands Alexander Lin, James Mott, Henry Dittmer | Mohammed Manaho | Hassen Danvao | ||||
| Strength | ||||||
| 20,000-50,000 | 10,000-15,000 | 1,500 | ||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||
| Civilians: 10,000+ killed, 3,400 Slokasian Soldiers killed | 6,400-7,000 | 300-500 | ||||
The First Kaijan War was a conflict in Slokais Islands within the region of Kaijan between 1913 and 1914.
History[edit | edit source]
On June 8th, 1913, 10,000 workers left their jobs at various factories around the island to protest not only low wages but also the continued policy of President Lin who supported closer ties with Kaijan. This strike was organized by the Free Kaijan Union of Industrial Workers or FKUIW. The FKUIW was met by armed guards employed by the United Sugar and Coffee Company. The USCC had a small force of militia armed with the latest weapons, and they clashed with the FKUIW at various street battles, to keep order the Governor of Kaijan, James Mott sent the Army to arrest the FKUIW and restore order in the countryside where revolutionaries had taken control. Most of the fighting was cat and mouse as the army chased Mohammed Manaho and his band of fighters. This chase was memorized in the folk song “The Yellow Cats in Kaijan” The song talks about how the “yellow cats' in the Army could not catch the “Brave Mice Manaho”. To this day this song is popular among Kaijan Nationalists. However in the end Maranhao and his gang were captured and killed by firing squad on March 2nd, 1914.