The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-24
DANGER LURKS
IN JAPANESE
Prof. Au|burt Speaks on
Yellow Peril

UNLESS something is done to stop
the rapacious greed with which Japan
is overwhelming the Orient, the ulti-
mate result will be a war, one of the
| and the leader in this war will be
| Korea" said Prof. Homer B. Hulburt.
confidential adviser of the emperor OF
Korea, ambassador to the United
| States on a mission to arouse the COM
, mercial interests to awaken to this
| danger of Japanese entertainments in
| the far east
i Prof. Hulburt has been in Korea for
! y years. In this country of 13 mil
! lion people, he was for years the head
! of the department of education for
! the government. Two years ago he
resigned his position to become the
| confidential adviser of tfH emperor.
! His mission here is to get the United
| States to adhere closely with it's treaty
; of protection which it made some time
ago with Korea, and which the Jap
anese are doing their best to get the
| United States to abrOgate
The japanese are not really an in
! tellectual and educated people, he
said in his speech at Whitman college
chapel this morning. "They merely
J have the outward appearances or 81
being, while really they are ignorant,
! unciViliZed and brutal.
"Manta1lv tho KOraanc aro aVprxy hit
the equal Of the Japanese Physically
they are superior to the islanders. They
! are much finer physically. They are
the equals of nearly any nation in this
respect and their mental ability is
demonstrated to be more than that of
i the much lauded Japs.
| Jap Policy One of Greed.
! ''The policy the Japs have been fol-
lowing in their treatment of Korea is
one of conquest and greed; in no
sense is it one of moderation or Glenn
ency. ailiny in diplomacy, for the
! Koreans beat them easily at this, the
resorted to force and by this manner
have overrun the Koreans.
I Neither do the Japanese favor the
| Introduction of Christianity like they
are supposed to. In fact, they are op-
posed to it, and stick to their old pa
gan religions. The Koreans on the
other hand, welcome Christianity as
a civilizing and unifying> influence.
They are eager to learn and take ad-
vantage of all the educational oppor-
tunities offered.
THE Japanese use force, are intol-
Grant and oppressive to the Koreans.
! They seize their land, rob them of
their money and do everything to de-
grade and oppress the Koreans.
The Japanese, for instance ran d
railroad 600 miles long through a part
of Korea. In doing this they seized at
lease five times the apount of land
necessary for the purpose and did not
give the Koreans one cent for it.
1T was robbery pure and. simple and
the Japanese simply grated the land.
Americans Are Respected.
Many Koreans have come to ME
asking me to buy their land for one
penny. In this way they are able to
save their land. l am an American
and they know the Japanese will not
tamper with me. So at a nominal
price l purchase their land and hold
it for them. allowing them, of course,
the privilege of farming it and doing
whatever else they wish to with it. l
have a stack of these deeds my arm
would not reach around. 1t is simply
bluff on the Japanese government,
but they cannot get around it, or
rather, dare not.
The japanese are rapacious and
dishonest, but they cannot, | think,
conquer the Koreans, if the latter rise
! in concerted action. l think there are
not enough men in the Japanese En-
pire to do it. The trouble with th4
Koreans up to this time is that they
! have not been able to unite and stand
up for their rights. But they will soon
if the Japs do not soon cease this per-
secution and unnecessary and unright-
to be a bitter war, if the Japs do not
change their policy and l doubt very
much if they will unless they are COM
PEELED to-
With the other things the Japan
ese have on hand, they cannot reduce
the Koreans They are not numerous
! enough to do so. l admire the Japs
They are the NapOeons of the Orient
Like Bonapart did the Europeans. they
are doing the Asiatics. They are rid
| ing roughshod over the people but it
cannot last. In the history of the
! world it never lasted and it will not
| in this case.
Sample of Japanese Policy.
q know of one case where a Korean
deposited $500 with a japanese banker,
| taking his note of hand. expecting to
draw it out in a few days. When he
had made some purchases, he went to
draw the money and was inforrnof 4;