The San Francisco call., 1908-03-24
STEVENS SHOT TO
START HOLY WAR

Continued from Page L, Coils. 3 and 4
the Korean mission. which has become
a headquarters of the parties that fos
ter revolution against the mikado.
Hence il was he who brought the pub
lished interviews Of Stevens 70 the
notice Of his compatriots.
When the meeting had been called TO
order and the proclamation read there
ensued a deathly. grim silence. The
full import Of the call from their
native land TO sacrifice their lives for
her sake had TO be borne in upon the
.-oreans by degrees.
Finally Lee arose. He pulled from
his pocket the Sunday Call and said
10 the assembled members OF the So
ciety that there was q man who had
just arrived from their native land and
whom IL seemed had been almost
providentially sent for slaughter. He
then rapidly translated into Korean
that Stevens, an American In the pay
OF Korea, had said that Japanese
domination was needed in their be-
loved native land TO civiliZe and edu-
cate their countrymen.
VOLUNTEERS TO LEAD THEM
Lee had not translated far before
his fervor had carried him away and
he had volunteered to be the leader
Of the party which was TO carry out
the sentence OF doom silently passed
upon Stevens. A dozen others brushed
forward to clasp his hand and offer
themselves TO the cause
II was decided that Stevens was TO
be given a chance for his life He was
70 be allowed to retract or deny the
Interview attributed 10 him. A commit
tee was chosen TO visit him at the Fair
mont. Two more were selected by lot.
These were Wong Cheang and T. S
Chung who carried out the work the
Committee had failed TO perform the
night previous at the Fairmont
Two of the party Of Koreans that at
tackled Stevens Sunday evening in the
Fairmont lobby returned to the hotel
yesterday morning looking for their
victim. They disguised their murder
Gus intent in the plea that they wished
personally 10 apologize TO stevens for
the affront of the night before.
Stevens was sought throughout the
hotel. but he could not be found The
Koreans then went on the search them
selves They visited the grill. hoping
10 find him there at breakfast They
sat at table muttering in low tones,
but in i'll suppressed excitement
They were told finally. on making
further inquiry at the Office, that Stew
ems was 10 take the 10 O'Clock train
left the hotel, not forgetting to pro-
test that all they wished was to make
abject apology. They Immediately
joined their confederates and the plan
for shooting Steyens at the ferry was
arranged.
WATCH HOTEL ALL NIGHT
The attendants at the Fairmont ho-
tel said Yesterday that all night the
house was watched by these Koreans
Several times they were warned away
by the house detective. Captain Glen
nan. and the night watchman. A
strict watch was kept on all orientals
attempting TO enter the house, but ow-
ing to the presence as a guest Of Chow
Tszchi, who, UP to the arrival OF Wu
Ting Fang. was acting minister OF
China in Washington, there was difi-
Guilty in discriminating between the
visitors.
J. w Paik. national president of the
Korean reform league. yesterday COM
mended the action of the conspirators.
Stevens met the fate that comes to
all betrsyers,' he said. He came into
Korea from America. which we have
always regarded as our best friend
among the nations He betrayed us. He
told US that the nation we most hate
must be accepted as our master. and he
told US that the two Koreans most de-
spised in their own land were the only
ones TO lead US as we should go. But
we are not fools nor dogs to submit"
TWO MOST HATED
who are the two Koreans most
I hated in their own landT' Paik was
asked
"Yee Wan Wong, the prime minister
who also is a Japanese spy. and Song
Pung chun. the minister Of agricul-
ture," he replied
And they will be laid low, too" he
added
There are 700 Koreans in the two
revolutionary leagues here and these
are working with a million more who
have fed into Siberia and Russia tc
rouse the courage OF their countrymer
10 the point of turning upon Japan and
driving her out of their land which
the patriots here say is being robbed
and pillaged by the brown conquerors
who wrested IL from China's protection
/ in 1ssz and became more arrogant and
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