The San Francisco call., 1908-03-24
KOREANS DECLARE
WAR OF VENGEANCE
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forerunner of campaign of slaughter
to be waged in all parts of the world
by fanatical hosts of Koreans, who
have consecrated their lives to the
cause OF Staying the hated brown men
of Nippon and their allies at every op-
pOrtunity.
The righteous army" this band is
called. In Korea it is composed of 10y
alist natives who have taken a VOW to
die killing Japanese.
This army has issued a manifesto
20 Koreans in all parts of the world.
calling upon their countrymen to join
the sacred cause The manifesto
reached here on the same ship which
brought Stevens and the attempted as
sassination of this man, the most hated
in Korea, was the Immediate result.
The proclamation is signed by Gen.
eral E. Vie Lin Yung, general of the
Korean righteous army, and is as fol-
lows:
MANIFESTO
ITO All Koreans in All Parts of the
World:
Loyalty to his nation and fealty to
his parents is the primal law of man s
nature The right to live and the right
to die for duty is also the rule of
nature
But alasl Grievous times have come
upon Korea. our compatriots We who
have been educated by our 500 year
old dynasty and raised up by our 1000
year old ancestry, have come under the
domination of the barbarous savage
islanders-the japanese. They have
swooped upon our country and are in
dulging their barbsrous appetites with
cruel heart. 1t is so much we could
not say it with our tongues nor could
we write it with our pens.
The Japanese have abdicated our
emperor, destroyed our villages, killed
our brethren, robbed our land, seized
our dement's and are the enemy not
only of Korea, but of all the world
for they have violated the peace OF
humanity.
"Compatriots. we must unite and con-
secrate ourselves to our land and re-
store our independence. We are sure
our God will help US. We must all
do our best to kill all Japanese, their
spies. allies and barbarous soldiers.
TELL ALL THE WORLD
Now, all our fellow countrymen in
more enlightened countries, we must
tell our terrible story to all the world
and let them know the conditions pre-
vailing in Korea. You must urge the
people of your enlightened land to a
realization of the grievous wrongs that
have been done us. You must speak
our story TO all who will hear
Say to the officials of all foreign
powers of Europe, Asia ands America
that the barbarous japanese are the
enemies Of all the world by their cruel
acts. Say that we who have for years
been brought into a state. of slavery
under the kicks of the Japanese may
hardly presume TO make an address OF,
the subject of our rights and wrongs.
but that we find ourselves forced to APP
peal because we fear that the powers
nave not been made fully aware of the
true condition of Korea. Deceived by
the carefully prepared work of Japan' s
advocates and believing us to be foolish
and ignorant the world may not be
excited to pity at our unjust extinc-
tion, but it is hateful to think that the
Japanese may continue their cruel work
In violation of all the sacred laws of
heaven and humanity.
The world now holds us in conter,nt
as a cowardly and savage peopIe ana
we admit that we cannot escane tbe
criticism. for we have in the mast
shamefully neglected our opportunities.
Had we availed ourselves OF. the possi-
bilities that presented themselves
when our country was first Opened to
intercourse with the rest of the worIa
we should not be in our present pitiabIe
condition. We lost an opportunity such