The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-11
TERRITORY, MONDAY
KOREANS ARE
STILL DENYING
Claim That the Reported Plot
Against Harris Was a
Japanese Lie.

The Korean League of Honolulu
scents mendacity of the most atrocious
kind' on the part of the japanese in
connection with the furore over the
stories OF an alleged Korean plot to
assassinate Bishop Harris, whose inter
view with the Hawaii Shinpo he has
denied in San Francisco and stated to
be misrepresentation of his views in
cable to the Koreans here, sent in
care of Rev ]. w. Wadman.
The following communication from
presumably representative Koreans has
been sent to this paper:
Editor Advertlser.-As the English
newspapers of this city have given
much space and prominence to sup
posed Korean plot to kill Bishop NJ
Harris, which statements are mere ere
ations, maliciously promulgated by Ger
tain japanese in this community, we
wish to make known the truth
The Japanese papers of this city
published a statement to the effect that
certain Korean anarchists had sent a
cable from here to the Coast to have
Bishop Harris assassinated. This was
later retracted by one of the papers,
but no retraction has been made in the
foreign papers publishing the same. The
following is a copy of the message sent
to San Francisco in the matter:
Honolulu, April 81, 1908, Korean
League, 392 Austin avenue, San Fran
ciseo.-After Bishop Harris left here
we read in paper he said: Good work
done in Korea by japanese. Koreans
favoring system of government inaugu-
rated. i will tell President about
them VIII you ask him.-KOREAN
LEAGUE -
The reason for sending this message
was that the Koreans did not believe
the statements attributed to Bishop
Harris, for whom they have great
personal regard, and they did not wish
him to be the subject of misrepresen-
tation. The following reply came from
the Bishop to Mr.. .Wadman:
"Assure Koreans press misrepresent
me. Letter.
The damaging statements have been
published by the press of this city that
the Koreans here are a band of anarch-
lists, and this is intended to do incalcu-
liable harm to the Korean cause. 1t is
important to the success of the Japan
ese to place the Koreans in a false
light They know that the Korean
government did nothing to justify
Japan in taking possession of their
country Her weakness was her only
crime, and IN order to justify their
measures they must resort to mendacity
of the most atrocious kind.
The Koreans do not believe that the
civilized powers of the world will ulti-
mately allow Japan, without any justi-
fication whatever, to deprive here of
her sovereignty. Now that Japan has
taken possession of Korea, she desires
to mould sentiment in such a way that
it will be more difficult for Korea to
regain her independence. Hence the
studious circulation OF calumnious re-
ports against Koreans.
In addition to this disreputabIe
policy. Japan is preventing Koreans
from going abroad to be educated, and
she is depressing Korea in every con-
ceivable way. She even refuses to ac-
cept the money which she claims to be
due her from Korea and which has
been subscribed by patriotic Koreans,
thus increasing the public burden with
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