The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-02
FORTY KOREANS
SHOT BY JAPS
Futile Attempt to Resist the
Order for Disarmament
of the Army.
PRINCE vi I'M NEW YORK
COMES TO PLEAD CAUSE OF HIS
COUNTRY.
PRINCE vi IN NEW YORK

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y received al the state department =
= from Consul General Thomas Sam =
= mons at Seoul, Korea, says that forty y
= Koreans were killed or wounded to- 4
y day in fight precipitated by the =
y disarmament OF the Korean army. =
y Casualties on the Japanese side, the =
y dispatch adds, were slight y
\ Seoul, Aug IA Korean battalion y
= mutinied this morning against the y
y disarmament order and engaged in y
y fight for several hours with the Jap y
4 anese troops near the consulate quar-
= ter with rifles and a machine gun. y
3 The casualties are unknown. Z
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New York, Aug. I.-Hoping to induce
the American government to intervene
and prevent Japan from obtaining fur
Their domination in Korea, Prince TJyonB
Oui VI and vi Sen Sui, two of Korea s
delegates to The Hague. who were denied
admission to TIE peace tribunal, arrived
here today upon the steamer Majestic
Il and my companions" said Prince vi,
who speaks English, represented the Ko-
rean government by authority OF the en-
peror, but Japan used all her cunning to
show that we appeared at The Hague
without any authority. We blame our
treatment i'm Holland entirely to the Jap
aneSe- Korea will never agree to Japan
csc domination. and while there have
been no disorders. yet, unless something
Is done, there will be a serious uprising.
Korea Always Peaceful.
I'VE knew before we left Korea that
Japan would force the emperor to alb
dictate. Japan seeks 10 drive US from our
land and destroy our kingdom. Korea has
always been peaceful nation. We have
no guns. arms or powder, and we expect
the American people in their fairness and
justice, 10 interfere The United States
does not realize what Japan's policy is
in the far east and what il pOrtends for
the American people. The japanese
adopted a policy that in the end will give
her control oVes the commerce and indus
try in the far east. Japan is bitter
against the United States aud against
Great Britain. You III America do not
realize this, but if the United States does
not watch Japan closely she will force
the Americans and English out of the far
east.
Il shall try TO see President Roosevelt.
but when cannot say. 1t is my pur-
pose &c visit several of the large cities
OF the country 10 make my plea for my
people, then l shall return to Korea where
death awaits me. The japanese have
passed an edict of punishment against
me, and l am officially a dead man. The
Japanese NAV kill me. but they cannot
XIII the cause iOr which l am fighting
The only way Japan can dominate Korea
is to kill all my people"
Prince vi is a dapper young man, and
dresses in European fashion.
Mr.. Sui said that his fellow delegate
to The Hague. vi TjOmi, was so over
come when he learned that Korea would
not be permitted TO appear before The
Hague tribunal that he died of a broken
heart
Prince vi was deeply affected on hear
ing that forty Korean soldiers had been
killed or wounded while resisting an at
tempt OF the japanese 10 disarm the Ko-
rean army.
The death of these soldiers declared
the prince, marks the baptism in blood
of KOrea's final efforts to throw off ia
pan s domination The Korean army will
resist Japan's disarmament steDs to the
last, and Korea, responding to a great
national sentiment, will rise up and fight
for her liberty"