The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-27
A RITUALISTIC CHURCH.

into modern days, there has been no assimi-
letion and no change in the depth of their
hatred and distrust of the people who
surround them. Japan. always jealous of
Chinas claim as suZerain over Korea,
jumped at the chance in 1855 to free Korea.
Internal trouble in Korea gave her an OPP
portunity TO throw her troops into that
land, precipitating war with China. Korea
did not resent Chinese suzerainty, for it was
only nominal, and she did not ask want
Japan TO free her from China. And this is
a remarkable fact that cannot be forgotten
to-day-throughout the Japan-China war,
in which Japan freed Korea from China, the
sympathy of the entire British populace of
the far East was with the Chinese and
not with the Japanese.
In that war Japan's armies swept up the
Korean peninsula to the Yalu and drove the
weak Chinese hordes back to the Liao-Tung
peninsula there on the tip of the Tigers
Tail, they captured Port Arthur the Gibral-
tar of the Yellow sea and northern China.
The cry then was ION to Peking! At
this point Russia and Germany stepped in
and bade japan pause. Not only that; they
demanded that Japan give up every foot OF
soil that her armies had conquered-Man-
churia and Korea. The reason was that the
possession of these regions would ever
be menace to the integrity of China
Japan acceded and received an indemnity
and the Island of Formosa and the free
DOM Of Korea.
JAPANESE AID UNWELCOME.
The Koreans hated their liberators-from
yoke they never really felt-wth per-
1ect hatred. everything Japan tried nom
estly, but enthusiastically, to do for Korea
made the Korean hate her worse She in
stituted a reform Cabinet about the Korean
Emperor; these and various other we'll
meant efforts at reformation were not well
received by the wholly corrupt band of
plundering Korean statesmen-or official
bloodsuckers, TO give them a more fitting
name-and what happened? The Empress
Min soon suspected of neutralizing all
the japanese carpet bagging plan of recon-
struction in Korea; a band of Infatuated
Japanese desperadoeS broke into the palace
on the night OF Oct. 3, 1895. and murdered
the offensive Empress. The act received
as great condemnation officially and public
ly in Japan as in the outside world. but
from that morning Japanese influence was
| nil in Korea and the Emperor of Korea fed
| from his palace-to the Russian legation.
BY her insinuatng policy of fiattery Rus
| STA had, at an early day. made good friends
| with the Koreans in northern Korea. In
| coming across Asia she had had good
| deal of practice in ingratiating herself
| with new peoples; for instance, she pub
| lished korans at her own expense for cir
| culation among the Mohammedans of CEN
| trail Asia at the same time that she was
/ running 10 the ground and imprisoning the
| followers OF the Prophet in European
| Russia: and one of her tricks with the
| Chinese was 70 cast coins for general
| circulation with the image of the Chinese
| on the other. With the Koreans, she in
/ stituted trade regulations that were OF dis
| tinct advantage 10 both parties. Her policy
| with Japan has been OF the same nature,
| and you will find the Mikado has received
| every decoration and honor-save the