Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-22

| from the Otner and must not 90 across.
Il am therefore much pleased to hear
your assurance that the christian
church as q whole. adheffng to this.
principle. has steadily and continuously
counseled submission to the new gov
eminent. and further assurance that
violation Of Law. sedition. or any form
OF criminality, either within or with
out the church. can not be condoned BY
you. On the contrary. you stand ready
to support the authorities in inflicting
due punishment if any member OF the
church or any church officer is shown
by a fair trial to be guilty Of such con-
duct
| you say the rumor IS current that
the government believes the Christian
church Is honeycombed by sedition.
| II is unnecessary to contradict such
absurd rumor. which has not even the
slight foundation. It is not wholly UNI
! reasonable however. for ignorant or
| ill-infurmed Koreans to conclude that
| because arrests have been made OF the
members of the Christian church or
schools the authorities had suspicion
Of the church
"But. as a matter of fact. that such
| had no concern whatever to the church
itself. or any religious belief of the per-
sons so arrested. would be easily un-
derstood by men of even ordinary in
telligence."
! I'm the letter received from Ambas-
sador Chinda, June 5, by the board of
/ foreign missions. the Ambassador
! wrote;
| I'm view of the fact that the state
ments made therein by the governor
j general cover to a great extent the
ground contained in your communlca-
! ion ahov alluded to- it is needless for
me to say that, from the very nature
! of the case, the japanese government,
or any other government would not
| certainly feel disposed to, or, even II
disposed, enabled TO. give formal ana
! full reply respecting a criminal case
involving grave political offense and
; pending before the competent )udlclai
authorities.
! In the New York sun Mr.. Nolan X
Best. editor of The Continent (Ch'ca-
| so,. gives a review Of the troubles
which affect Presbyterians prlnclpaaiS
because that church has been in active
| operation in Korea for twenty-five
wears. and the majority OF the prison.
ers are its members. He says:
| Il, is almost a year since complaints
came from Korea that the Japanese
military authorities there were arrest
ing christians on trumped-up chafse
) of conspiracy and tcTtHr'hs t!ielh III
/ prisons to make them confess piol>
against the government Inc il.tsston
| ari.s N Korea are so fearful of being
| charged with interference Win tne
| government that they waited
! months before making any genera.
! complaint For six months now .hes
have been making very careful ana re-
snectful protests 10 Count Ierauchi'
| tho Japanese eovernor-general az
Seoul. Korea. IT. these protests 'ne
| missionary board in Ne" 1orh Ias
beer. patiently backing them up n-
only reply they have succeeoea III s
! ting from the government IS seheia
denial OF fortunes and a genera! al
drmation of the guilt OF the accuseu,
! But the missionaries CONSIDER lie WI.
| Of their Korean converts sooo oeA'
| better than the word OF the Japanese
military authorities.
| The missionaries insist tnal the
iKoreans arrested are in almost every
| case important leaders in-ihe chulch
| One of the chief prisoners is Yum IN
Ho. formerly cabinet minister u
Koa. and now president OF a Methoois.
college at Song-do said to be the lIios'
eminen. Korean now alive. In sven
Chun all the Korean teachers OF ms
stonarv school were arrested and the
school had to close. a church III north
Korea saw all it's officers arrested and
,mnrisoned. 1t then elected new Off
GERS and they were arrested and I'M
orisoned When a third set had been
elected and likewise dragged on to
! decided get along
without officers.
| Count Terauchi denies the practice
Of torture of suspected prisoners. This
IL said TO be according to the japanese
code. which forbids any treatment OF
prisoners which breaks the skin. But
! the Japanese are alleged to have de-
vised many painful methods OF break
ing the will of prisoners which leave no
bodily marks. especially plan OF hang
ing men up by the chin so that their
toes barely touch the ground
Or. Buckley Leaving Journalism.
Religious journalism "has just lost
one of It's most brilliant ornaments
SAYS The Episcopal Recorder (Phila-
delphia) in the retirement OF DR.. James
NJ Buckley from the editorship OF the
New York Christian Advocate. The
use Of the word Ornament in this
tribute to the Methodist editor is to be
construed "in it's widest and best
sense" this journal adds. BROAD in
sympathy. but relentless in investiga-
ton, DR.. Buckley was not only a great
editor, but a peerless ecclesiastical
statesman" He might at times have
lappeared "autocratic" to his weaker
brethren: but then. it is added, none
had better right. and time has proved
that his positions were almost lnvari-
iably right" This tribute from the
journal OF a sister denomination Is
naturally seconded by the Methodist
papers which review his great work
lfor his own church. The Central Chris
tan Advocate (Kansas City, declares:
"Dr. Buckley has been known, feared,
trusted, revered, followed, loved, for
lwell-nigh two generations. A master in
dialectic, with powers OF dissection SO
labsolute as at times to seem merciless;
so faithful as to favor none; without
fear and without reproach; Indifferent
to blame; uninfiuenced by praise: with
an unappeasable appetite for knowi-
edge: with a memory that seized, clas-
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