New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1919, Page 15

HOREANS WANT 10 HAVE INDEPENDENGE Inside Facts Concerning Revolu- . tion Prepared hy American Shangha ence of T shed March 2 (Correspon- ociated Press).—Light the Korean insurrection, 'd development, in the rditions in the “Hermit vritten by an American r and forwarded to the Amer- minister at Peking, a copy of which correspondent of The and refer- ence to another lom was seen by a which was in dispatch a few days ¢ The American, in his eorers the first two weeks of the out- break—from March 1 to March 15— ind whi prepared for trans- department at gives what are inside facts as to the (e revolution. He mmors regarding the miss « e state Wiashingtor o be the death Imperor Yi, that Korcans believed he the hope of avert- of his son, Prince nese princ Hash- supposedly apo- January one week be- ne set for the wedding. d Korear Manchuria, Chir kept constant agitation nst Jap rule in Korea ever occupation of the the observer reports. “When revolution - broke out simultane- ously in many parts of Korea, how- toek the government completely surpris d former niany ingz Kon S8 imcto lied, of plexy, on up a nese hy - Work Quict and ‘About Korc flective. 15, some in agitators had come se- to ihcir native land commitiees to begin ment for e-tablishing fhe nation's in- dependenc r work was quict nd heir piun was to be- evolution’ in which to be damaged or persons, not even the Ko- Tebruary and or- move- effectiv ive nd no harmed. If s we ten, or they were to take thoir without mplaint even han bring punishment suffering reproach on After time of « people subinitting his dc had that tur, up to the from Korga the ziously observed the the ay that the move- covenant nf E Anuerican chserver g really precipi ment for liherty was a report that the peace cenference in Paris was to adiourn permanently..on March and that uniess the Koreans presént- ed their >vances. and. claims seif-determir before that date, that fter would be ,compelled to their peace and remain under yoke of the tion orever hold the Koreans pressor.” Resent “Domination.” President Wilson's “fourtcen points,” he'said, were well known to all edu- ated Koresns and the sclf-determin- ation for nations featurc made 1 sirong appeal to them At the same ime, it was reported that the peace Japanesc small their prices in/fimerica D4 $4.85 Oxfords are a matc any $7and $8 models in town, in town. ‘We ask nothing more than the chance to show them to youand let you judge for yourself. You've paid high prices enough to be able to tell at a glance. Nearly four mil- lion others in the U.S. A, wear them. Why not you? Sea them tomorrow! “Newark Shoe Stores Co. | LARGEST RETAILERS OF SHOES IN THE WORLD, NEW BRITAIN STORE—32 1 MAIN R. Crossing.) story which | purport- | reiter- | penin- | almost | of | imprisoned, | for | op- | | SHOEforMEN E make this flat, positive, un. qualified statement, namely, that NEWARK high Shoes at $3.95 are the equal of any $5 and $6 shoes in town; that our , and that our $5.85 high shoes will duplicate any $9 value of shoes Open Monday and saturday Nights. { confercnce .nad sent a $pccial dele- ! gate to the Far Bast td inves | ! and report on Kore The Koreans, therefors, themsc! the bitterly they resented Tapanese lom- | nation ” Although never officially | crodited as such an envoy, John Jay | \hoot’, representing large American | nancial interests, about this time was reported on the way to investi- | sate conditions in China and the hit upon the was the rep- | conferees. residence has | but outside Japan bestir es to show envoy how imediately | hypoth s that Abbott | resentative of the Paris “Foreigners whose i been in the East | proper,” continued the report, ‘are | g rally well acquainted with Japa- | | nese s with other nations. The same methods of intrigue, deception, | hrew-beating and force have heen fol- | lowed in Ch Formosa, Manchuria, and recently in Siberia. The | people who have been so unfortunate | as to cross their path have invariably | suffered.” Meanwhile, says the re- port, “the Japanese show themselves adepts at ‘pulling the wool' over the | ey £ tseers. Foreigners who | live in Ko and elsewhere in the | Orient, are discredited if they refuse | | Korean | Korea to approve *his miserable business of deception. We condemn it but with- Kule of Japan. Japan's cording to ! informant, advantages. built fine 1 occupation of Korea, ac- the state department's Tas not been without its The government has public buildings, school houses and roads, introduced im- | vements in agriculture, reforested ste Jands and done scores of other | things to banefit the country. On tho | other hand, Japanese rule in Korea | the past ten years, charged, has | been character ey and | intolerable severity “and the Tokio goverament shows no disposition to coirect it.” has not been held 4 ministered for the benefit of the Ko- reans hut for the benefit of the con- querors,” the report alleges. “Ko- { reans tve 1 bondage so hard and un- | ! endurable that insurrection —must, | break out frequently in the future. | ! The amalgniion and assimilation pro- | is at 2an end. Bitterness | { tween the {wo peoples daily grow- | ing more pronounced. The passive revolution. if continued long, must develop in‘o forceful resistance.” Alleged Maladministration. | Among :ne allegations of malad- ministration made against the Japa- the Koreans, according - to ean’s report, are denial to Koreans of the right of petition | denial of the right of the peak their own language race discrimination in Japanese, both socially and public affairs, | ure of Korcan crown lan the dispossession of native tenants and their sale or lease to Japanese; the | virtual pronbition of issuance of passports o Koreans desiring to travel and ihe absolute lack of means | { by which che Koreans may obtain re- dress of grievanc | “The country is ruled by the most autocratic military government in tt world,” the rcport states. “There no appeal from its decisions or laws i to the ment in Tokio or to the i governor-general of | as absolute as was the czar in his palmiest days. This militarism forbids and prohibits every expres- sion of freedom. Its motive power is brute for People are ruthlessly =hot down killed and, for the cess nesc the the ov appead. Koreans to in th favor of th 1d in busin schonls, and The Model llustrated bove is 1761 Mahogany tan custom bench made Oxford ; new streamline English” last. h for 4.85 This is S No. 1754° Mahogony tan customh _bench made - Oxford. Blucher cut, medium , toe! long REET— (Near | people, | dependence was read, most triviai offenses, 1re imprisoned for long teimns “The Korcans are i possess a homeogeneous single spoken | language, literature and authentic history extending back thousands of years. Notwithstanding this the J ibed the finest | wry works, forbidden Ko- . in the schools and tried Korean histori dealing d:fficulties hetween Japan | Meanwhile they are en- to ke young Koreans only Japanese and in other to assimilate the nation.’ Represent “Low Class From annther source, a diary writ- ten by a Korean in Pyeng Yang, who relates certain incidents which oc- curred during, the first five days of | the revolution, it is alleged that on the day after the proclamation of in- he and nine- teen other prominent Koreans had | been called into the Prefect’s office and requested to sign a paper stating that the declaration was prepared by “a low class of people and did not at all represent the sentiments of the | real Koreans.” The disclaimer, they were told, had | been drafted in Seoul where it had been widelv signed by prominent Ko- i reans and would be sent to the peace conference. 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