The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-09
The JAPANESE IN KOREA
How Marquis Ito Won Conces-
sions For His Country.
SYMPATHY OF NATIVES DIVIDED.

Tong Haks and Southern Rice |
Growers Are Opposed-KoreanE En-
peror Said to BE Entirely SUBJ |
servicnt to Japanese Demands.
Indifference of Koreans to Out !
come of the War.
A staff correspondent of the New |
York Post at Seoul, Korea, recently
sent to his paper the following article
on Japanese influence in Korea:
How it feels to be the bone Of con- ,
tention has been the subject of diligert
inquiry. Altogether it appears that
the Korean people 90 not care which
side wins or whether the established
thrown. This is because of popular
dissatisfaction with the dynasty which
has held sway for 511 years. Corrup-
ton that makes American boss meth
DDS seem like code. of political NOR
ais has thrived in Korea and grown
during authentic history which means
since 81 3. c. There Gan scarcely be
any preference for Japanese suprema-
cy over Russian, for this is the fifth
time that Japan has entered the coun-
try to it's damage. Traditions 400 years
old tell what raeages she has commit
ted in Korea, and she is still referred
to as that accused nation" Yet
such men Of consequence as I have
gained touch with declare that the
sympathy of powerful classes is with
Japan. 1t is not credible, even if the
emperor has expressed cordial sent-
ments to the Marquis Ito. He is capa-
bic of expressing the same sentiments
to Russia's prime minister, for he is
= an arrant coward, man who weeps
from mere apprehension, who looks
like the residue of a decadent line Gas
he nearly is, for his son, the crown
4 prince, can never have an heir), and it
n is not long ago that he escaped from
his palace in a woman's palanQuin to
the Russian legation to save himself
:, from japanese plOttings.
G The class which favOrs Japan is that
of the ofticeholders. They have made
guess as to the outcome of the war
It Tiger hunters of the north are anti
p Russian. They have attacked outposts.
Tong Haks of the middle prefectures
are anti-Japanese and within few
- days destroyed Japanese scouting
q force. Rice growers in the south are
frankly opposed to the island people,
for, besides legends, there is daily evil
dence of their innate brutality. Every
Il English person on the ship we vOyHGcl
by remarked upon the 'beastly way
the Japanese treated the Koreans at
the ports we stopped at. Indiana or
= Delaware would not offer negro SUCH
general indignity and rough usage
q You may infer what the emperOr's
G own secret human feeling is toward
- the Japanese by recalling the incidents
y of Oct. Z, 1895. That was the night
h that forty-five Japanese in Seoul, with
is the tacit approval of the Japanese min
W. lister, Mura-as afterward proved al
the trial-planned and carried out the
assassination of the empress. Accord
t; ing to General Dye, an American who
" was the emperor's military adviser anC
r was present in the palace, the Japa
-, = nese rushed the guard, some of then
u assuming Korean uniforms, pulled tn,
h palace women by the hair to compe
- them to indicate the whereabouts O
her majesty, threw some off the We
u randa roof, cut and kicked Others muir
dered two, slaSheu the crown princes
Ill with a sword and threw her downstairs
II The empress was dressing when the,
- found her. The minister of the house
80 hold stood at the door with hands out
spread to keep the Japanese back, AM
al his two appraised hands were chOppe
. OH. The empress ran. Out on the We
randa she was overtaken and stabbed
i'0 She asked if the crown prince wa
safe, "and Jap jumped on her brea st
IL and ran sword through her. The
lis her body. alive or dead, no one know!
no was taken to the deer park, sprinkle
with kerosene and burned SO that notI
ing remained for interment but on
ID. bone of one finger
III This woman was the emperOrs wifi
~, She ruled him, no doubt, but he care
~ for her. He refused to sign the edit
-o' which the Japanese caused to be pr,
nd pared reducing her to the lowest O.
I'd der" which is about the only admir-;
-, BILE action of his that one CASUAL
at hoors oho,,+ d. eoouoa - 49,
'nt thing except what was sent in a loci
ed box from the United States leg;
ton, and he had to fee at last to til
- Russian legation on account of anotl
'o' err edict which the Japanese caused I
me issue abolishing the topknot of ha
Ad- which Koreans have worn for 2,O(
years. He and the people resented tt
H. abolition as an attempt to make the
~ look like Japanese.
ler Is it possible that the compliment
asst to Marquis Ito have any lasting 81
OBJ nihcance?
The other day a north Korean W:
shot by Japanese as a Russian sp
In Itos prefecture people have su
fered much from the present invader
Phyongyong, FOR example, was reduc,
in the Japan China war from popul
ton of 20 900 to q nonulation of IL