The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-02-08
PLAN OF MURDER INKOREA
BOXER MOVEMENT GREATER
THAN SUPPOSED.
Simultaneous Killing Of Foreigners in
Asia-Missionary Writes of Decree
in Korea.

X has probably never been hereto
| fore known in any part of the civilized
world before that during the months Of
November and December Of last year
plot existed in Korea, similar to the
| Boxer movement i'm China to murder
all Korean Christians and foreigners
simultaneously throughout the kingdom
on the night of December 6. There
are more Americans in Korea than in
any territory Of the same size in the
Orient. In addition to the missionaries
there are merchants and miners. The
richest mines of the peninsula are own
ed and operated by men from Ohio and
the States west of the Mississippi. The
movement to destroy the lives and
property Of all Christians and foreign
ers was undoubtedly fomented by the
Boxers of China. Reading between the
lines of remarkable stories that have
reached Honolulu it would occur that
the willy, Boxer MOngol had carefully
planned a war of determination, not
only in his own country but in con-
tiguous territory, notably that of Ko-
rea.
The reason the Korean part of the
vast Oriental conspiracy has not come
out Is that newspaper correspondents
were drawn away from all quarters to
the warmer war center in China. In
all of the reports from the far east in
| the past several months there has not
been one despatch from Seoul, the cap
ital of Korea. This in itself is signi-
ficent The mails have not been spe-
cially disturbed, however and letters
giving accounts of happenings are now
beginning to come through. BY the
last steamer j. NJ. Webb, proprietor of
the Golden Rule Bazaar, received a let
ter from his sister who is a missionary
at Pyeng Yang, Korea, giving addition
infnrmg nf h4 Of
fairs in that perturbed country. This
letter, together with other information
received in Honolulu, shows that had
the powers not so quickly put down the
Boxer uprising not native Christian
or foreigner would have now been left
in Korea to tell the story. In her let
ter the lady says:
In November, we had quite a scare
In the last of October there were many
rumors afiOat. The legations are ever
on the alert, especially the United
States Minister DR.. Allen. He finally
went to see the King and his cabinet
To all the Doctors questions it seemed
that the King and his cabinet could
answer nothing. They said they knew
nothing. A very short time after
however, DIR. Allen had word from
several different sources that a decree
had gone forth to all the different ma
gistrates, sealed, signed by the royal
seal and in the name of the two highest
officials next the King. DR.. Allen soon
had a copy of the decree and with
members of the different legations
sought audience with the King and his
Cabinet. They showed them what
proof they had of horrible plot which
was at midnight of December to
simultaneously murder all Korean
Christians, missionaries and foreigners
The decree was date November g. The
CHASTITY work was to be done by the
'Peddlars," the Tom haks" and the
Confusion schools. The ministers faced
the King and his cabinet but the Off
Gals stoutly denied that they knew
anything about the decree; that I'M
doubtedly the royal seal had been stol-
en- for the purpose and then returned
he would try to find the guilty parties,
etc, etc,
DIR. Allen and those with him de-
manded of the King that he should
send out and Specifically annul every
decree of every magistrate and see to
it that nothing evil came of any of
them. The foreigners and missionaries
throughout Korea received kilograms
and letters from the different legations,
so all were warned in time. Here in
Pyeng Yang We had watchers out and
took every precaution.
1.-THE Koreans are different from the
, Chinese. At the same time they can
not be trusted. especially if led by the
Chinese, and it may have been a wave
of such influence that brought about
this cOnSpiracy."