Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11

eerned By IT. and England is now trembling
1T the possibility of It's results upon her
Indian empire. This little land of Corea is
the key to Eastern Asia. II the car gets
his hold upon 1t, CHINA will probably be
subjugated by the Russians, and a door will
be opened for Russian army into Hin
1oostan and Burmah. COrea is within only
few hours sail of Japan. 1t is separa ted
from China by a wall of stakes. The lower
boundary of Siberia touches 1t, and Russia
Japan and China would all be glad to call
-orea theirs The most famous statesmen
Of the japanese empire were, 1t Is said be-
bind Kim Ok Kiun's rebellion and IL ia
charged that japanese led the rebels in
me fights with the kings troops Of a few
days ago
To Corea's Advantage.
The rebellion of ten years ago and the
rebellion of today are in the interests of
modern progress, as far as the japanese
are concerned, and there Is no doubt but
that Corea Will come out Of the fight in a
better condition than she has ever been I'm
the past Kim Ok Kun got his idea of
charging the Corean government and Of
the Introduction OF western civilization
through his residence in Japan. He saw
whas had been done there, and he tried to
clay the same game in Corea. Less than
q generation ago Japan was In almost as
barbarous condition as China is today
1t was ruled by feudal lords, and their
soldiers went about maltreating the common
people as they pleased. The mikado was
merely a puppet in the hands of the army
and the real ruler was the commandment
chief Of the troops. Now Japan is one of
the civilized lands of the face Of the globe
II mas postal system as good as ours. 1t
has adopted the national banking system
Its common schools and universities are
everywhere. Its people have their parlia-
n.ent and every Japanese has his rights
Inc cities turn out newspapers by the mil
Hen year, and property is safe The
country Is making money. 1t is one of the
richest on the globe, and its public debt
Is practically nothing. The story of its
Change Is the most wonderful page of his
tory. There is nothing like 1t. In the space
Of less than thirty years it has jumped
further on the road to civilization than
any other nation has done in centuries,
and today IL Is more civilized than any
country outside of Europe, except the United
States. 1t has a fine army and a powerful
navy. and it is giant which may make
China Notwithstanding her millions knesl
rms revolution was accomplished by jap
enese statesmen. men who held such posi-
lions as Kim Ok Kun held in Corea and
II was from them that Kim got his idea
Of reyolutioniZing bis own country
Core1, Ike Japan. was for years shut out
from the rest OF the world. Foreigners
dared not land upon its shores. No one
knew anything about the land, In fact
rntils twelve years ago. when our own
Admiral Shufeidt made the first treaty and
opened the country to the civilized world
Commodore Perry, you know, opened Japan,
open COreI and that il has always been
friendly to the country is one Of the rea-
sons why the king would like to have the
United States step in and help him in his
present trouble. Before Corea had been
opened, however. Kim Ok Kun had told
the king, Of the wonderful changes that
were going on in Japan. He had fed there
secretly in order to study it's civilization,
and, in connection with another Corean
named So kTang Pom, had spent some
years In the country. They came back
with the idea OF inducing the king to adopt
the new civilization. At this time. how
ever, the kings father was practically
the ruler Of Corea. He is a bad man. and
he hates Christianity and western methods
He killed thousands Of native Christians,
and he charged Kim with trying to intro
duce Christianity into Corea. The result
was that Kim came near losing his head,
and ne had to fee. The kings ia ther in
fact, fOmented a rebellion, and during this
the Chinese troops were called by him into
Corea nominasly to protect the kingdom.
lie had all along favored China, and dur
Tag this rebel.0o he Uisd to have the