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| fund raised, before annexation, by
popular subscription. They held sew
eral meetings, always at the Y. M. C
A., to determine upon the final dispo
sition of this fund whose raison d'etre
ceased to exist with annexation. II
! was one of those funds raised by
small contributions. Some had been
returned to the subscribers, but as
there was no way of reaching the 9th
ers, the trustees proposed to devote
| it to some charitable work. At one
! time it was decided to give portion
to the Y. M. c. A. as permanent
fund, the interest on which could be
used but with provision for return
Of such portions of the principal as
might be called for by subscribers,
Subsequently the Japanese took the
fund for an orphanage-a good work.
The Points at Issue. H.. ..
1t is said that these alleged secret
meetings were held at Inns house in
Seoul, three dates being given.
The record of the police examina-
| ton shows that servant Of Inns
testified that such meetings had been
Der 10, November Is and December 3,
1910 ....-..
This witness was not brought into
the court, though I'm, requested that
he be brought. I'm said that this ser
want was an ignorant man, sixty years
old, who could remember nothing so
far as two years back, and that If he
int hn
be able to identify one OF the men
other than himself. 80
The only other. witness" on this
point before the police was Kang. a
man who was in Baron Yuns employ
after the latter's arrest. Kang has
not been produced in court. All eff
forts to ascertain his whereabouts
have proved futile. All that is known
about Kang is that he went to the
prison frequently in connection with
having Baron Yun's. meals sent to
ed for kang and then closed on him,
and he has not been seen or heard
from since. There are rumors that
this mans hip was twisted out OF
Joint by the gentle questioning of the
police examiners, but in his absence
there is no possibility of establishing
the truth or the falsity of this rumor.
The police examiner reports to the
court that Kang confirmed the eVi,
dence of Inns ignorant old servant.
He is not produced in the court by
the prosecution, and the defense could
not, of course, produce him. Baron
Yum has fully established by docu-
mentary proof that he was in his
home city, Songdo, on each of the
three dates named.
Yang Ki-Tak was asked about one
of these presumed meetings, the
month but not the day being given.
He asked what day it was supposed
to have been.
In September" responded the
Court.
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was to arouse Korean youths to love
their country. and with this purpose
we published a magazine in which W.
put the pictures of famous people anc
wrote articles upon education" Tht
name of the society had subsequent!
been changed, but not the purpose.
/ WAS there not the purpose of re
storing your country" the Judge
asked.
: AT that time the Kingdom of Kores
existed" was the reply, land II was
my duty to inspire the minds of Ko
,rean youth with the idea of loving
their country. In carrying out the
purposes of the society l did only
this" 49,
| il Baron Yum denied that the society
had any such purpose of assassina
ton or that he had ever heard as
Sassination discussed. His testimony
shows that with the annexation he
accepted the inevitable and used hie
influence to induce all others with
whom he came in contact to do the
same.
you must have been indignant al
the annexation being carried out" in
terlected the court. did you not
form "a plan to restore Korean ma
tional ,rights?''
Il should never have found myself
in this, court had had power at that
time to formulate "A plan to, success
fully resist the authority assumed by
Japan over my. native country" was
Baron Yun's prompt reply. But" he
added, Il know it was useless
The establishment of a military
school in what Koreans call West
Dan Do, which is across the border
in China, forms the other count in
the indictment against the New PeO'
pies Society.
Such a plan did exist. The man
who. originated it is now wearing the
garb of a convict for the crime OF
having thought of the idea. He is
Yang ~Ki-Tak, once editor of the ko'
rean,sedition of the Daily News, which,
during the period of the "protec'
torate," was more than once thorn
in the, flesh to Japanese Officialdom.
When questioned by the Court about
this project, Mr.. Yang said:
why, yes. The establishing of a
military school was a new plan which
/ conceived on the next day after an,
nexation. The convict garb which |
now wear is in answer to this"
The case of the prosecution as this
is made out in the questions to which
the prisoners gave assent-they de-
clare under torture-in the police ex-
animation assumes the leaders of the
conspiracy to be Baron Yum, Yang
kiTak and four others-Im, An, Ok
and Vi. These men are charged with
having held frequent meetings at Inns
house in Seoul at which plans for
assassination were made. All the men
concerned deny that there ever were
such meetings.
Baron Yum, Mr.. Yang and several
others were trustees of patriotic
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permitted to have a gun of q pistol.
or such fiimsy stun Is this case, rs
presented to the Court. made. Con
fessions, !" openly srepudiated in court,
with charges of birth under torture
furnish the only plausible explanation
fer their existence. On no essential
point is there any effort to present
corroborative evidence.
There is no pretence that there was
any attempt upon the life Of the Gov
ernor General. There Is nc claim That
there was untoward happening OF HnY
kind upon his visits at any OF lese
place..
A thinner fabric than that presented
by the prosecution could hardly be
imagined. There is Crazy Kim. who
repudiates himself at every turn, save
in so far Is his testimony involves him
self, in insane desire to do sonnet arg
Zig and get his name before the
world as An, the assassin OF Prince
Ito, did. His dream of going to Flu
rope to kill the president OF the Hague
tribunal reveals the character and
trend of his mind. Out of such brain
anything might come.
Then there are the confessions"
imagine before the last is. heard Of
this case the Japanese authorities con-
cerned will be as ready to repudiate
Those 1confessions' as the men who
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The object Of the society,": as ex
planned by the promoters and as ties
titled in open court, was mutual, help
The idea back of its organization
seems to have been to create an as
sociation along the lines of, the Y. M
c. A, which does such excellent worl
in Korea, but whose membership il
confined to Christians. The promot
ers of the New Peoples Society con
templated an association of somewhat
the. same general character in which
any young Korean, Christian or non
Christian, might be a. member. q. -
They also admit that one of the
aims Of the society was to instil pa
triotism in the hearts of the Korean
youth. ~. -.- =.
At the time of it's organization
Prince Ito was Resident General. II
was part Of his policy to hold out to
Koreans the prospect of real. indepen
dence as soon as their countryis gov
eminent had been properly reshaped
under the beneficent, direction OF
their best friend" Japan. The sug
gestion that Japan had any intention
of annexing their country was de-
clared to be merely the invention OF
the wicked New York Herald.
With these assurances, the promot
ers of the New Peoples Society felt
it certainly no crime to incorporate
love of country among the cardinal
purposes of the society.
So far as known, the society never
amounted to much. Its membership
was never large, nor is there any
proof of it's existence after annexa.
ton. If it had amounted to anything
the fact would have been of common
knowledge; these things ae never
kept secret for long in Oriental coun-
tries.
The theory of the prosecution, as
disclosed in the trial, is that this New
Peoples Society did continue to exist
and that it was in reality an Assassi-
nation League. AS Presiding Judge
Tsukuhara put it to a witness, Pyen
In-Syo, who had denied membership
in the society and who said he knew
nothing about its objects:
Eyes you do. You know its object
very well. 1t is to assassinate high
officials. The headquarters of the So
ciety are at San Francisco, where it
publishes two newspapers. There is
another organ of the party, published
in Hawaii, while the society has a
branch at Vladivostok. In Korea the
affairs Of the society have been man.
aged by Baron Yum, Yang Ki-Tak,
An Ta-Kuk and Xii Chin-Hyong. You
were the man in charge OF the branch
at Ping Yang. You know all this"
Deny Membership.
This witness and many others said
they had never been members of any
such society and knew nothing about
it.
Baron Yum testified that he was
the founder of the Young Mems
Friendship Society, whose purpose
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but was there no dayy" aske

/ "But was there no day." asked
Yang.
mo date" was the Courts reply.
Since there was no such meeting
there, probably was no date!" replied
Mr.. Yang with laugh.
turned r for End add statesman of ;.
Most of the men arrested belong to
the north, at Ping Yang. Syon Chun
and near these two places "
The theory of the prosecution makes
the six men named the leaders of the
plot. 1t is necessary to fine sore con-
Meeting link between these men at
Seoul and the preachers, teachers, stu
dents and others up north. The prese-
cution seeks 60 SOW that An and VI
served in this capacity. Not only Is
this denied by all the defendants, but
both of these men furnish testimony
that seems to prove alibis.
AS evidence that there was plot
against General Terauchf's life the
prosecution said these conspirators,
numbering in all, including those on
trial and those released and banished,
about one hundred and fifty, were
gatherer at the Syon Chun, Ping Yang,
Shung Tu, Kwak San and New Wiju
railway stations, armed with pistols
and<knives.
Kim, The insane.
One witness, named Kim, who has
generally been regarded as insane,
testified that he had bought twenty
five pistols at Mukden and had subse-
quently sold them at Antung: In all
the so-called testimony this is the only
tangible reference to pistols in any
quantity.
This Kim deserves a letter to him.
self. 1t is sufficient here to state that
his testimony reads like that of a man
suffering from paranola, who, after the
assassination of Prince Ito. felt it was
ur to him to do something big. ne
talked about going to Europe to Kill
the president of the Hague tribunal,
but being without money and not re-
fishing a tramp through Siberia and
across Europe, he did nothing.
Kim'S story was so rambling and as
conflicting that even the Judge up
braided him for his manifest incon-
sistencies. AS it stands, it is difficult
te see how any court could accept
this mans testimony as of any value
whatever.
There is no testimony to cOrroboT-
etc his statement that he bought TWEEN
ty-five pistols at Mukden or that he
ever had twenty-five pistols. The other
Koreans, despite the grave character
CT the charges against them, treated
Kim as a joke His testimony, IL so
far as it involved anybody but him
self, was pronounced a lie. Although
his, role was that of star performer
fc-' the prosecution. re repudiated in
court most of the statements he had
made in the police examination and
before the Procurator.
twenty-five pistols for one hundred
an6 fifty men spells pretty long nlvf-
sion. There is much talk in the po-
ice statement of many revolvers be-
ing handed over to missionaries to l."
hidden. but no attempt to show how
other Koreans had secured pistols or
where. Under the law no Korean Is
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speed the departures of friends add
ing materially to the railway reve
nues. es--.|
Nothing of a sensational character
no untoward happening of any kind
nothing in the shape even of un.
friendliness, occurred at any of the
stations at which the Governor Gen
eral stopped, or anywhere else.
At the stations he returned the
greetings of officials, walked the
length of the platform, returning the
bows of the greeters, shook hands
with foreigners when any were pres,
ent, and usually addressed a few re,
marks to the students.
In October of thel next year, ten
months later, about forty of the teach.
ers and students of Hugh O'Neillq Jr.
Academy, at Syon Chun, were arrest,
ed and taken to Seoul. 1t was stated
by the authorities that these men and
boys were being detained merely as
witnesses. A few weeks later the
Governor General visited Syon Chun
on his second trip north. This time,
as before, he greeted the students and
took occasion to compliment the prin-
cipal of the academy, the Rev. G. S.
McCune, upon the fine showing made
by the students and the excellent work
of the institution.
Basis Of the Case.
Those first arrests, it soon devel.
oped, were the precursors of a large
number of others. Just how many
men have been in tolls is not clear.
A few were released after being ex-
amined by the police; nine against
whom there was apparently no testi-
mony were banished under a years
sentence; 12S were finally placed on
trial
The charge against these men is
that they were involved in a con-
spiracy to assassinate the Governor
General. The case is based upon
their supposed membership in or con-
nection with a society known as the
Sin Min HOi, or New Peoples So
ciety.
Before annexation, at time when
Japan was giving Koreans assurance
that their country was independent
and that there was no possible inten-
ton to incorporate it in the Empire
of JAPAN there existed here an or
ganization known as the Young Mems
Friendship Society. Later, also be-
fore annexation, the name was chang
ed to the New Peoples Society.
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OF such worldwide importance are
the issues created by the remarkable
Treatment of American citizens and
the wholesale charges Of torture in
the course of the trial in Seoul that
the legal issues presented by this
conspiracy case become of secondary
Interest. And yet for an understand
ing of the relevancy of these several
issues, If for nothing else, succinct
review of the case as made out by the
police and the public prosecutor and
presented in court is necessary.
Governor General Terauchi- took
two trips to the north-one in Deem
Der, 1910, the other early in Novem-
Der, 1911 In the official summary of
the case given out for publication a
few DAYS before the trial there SEEM
ed an inextricahle mixing of occur
rences bearing upon these two visits,
hut at the hearing before the court
is developed that the allegations
against the prisoners, with one ex-
ception, had to do with the Governor
General's 1910 trip.
On his way to inspect newly open
ed section of railway General Terra
nchi stopped at Ping Yang, Syon
Chun and other stations, and, as is
the practise in Japan, the students of
various schools, along with local Off
Gals and celebrities, were lined up
along the station platform to greet
the distinguished visitor.
In Korea, as in Japan, all railway
stations, even the smallest, are en-
closed and closely guarded by the po-
lice. Nobody can obtain admission
unless he has a railway ticket or a
rplatform" ticket, the sale Of these
to persons going to welcome or to
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Charges y Made That
American And Christian Con-
verts Have Been Grossly NAL
treated By Japanese

AS week after week in the trial of
the alleged Korean conspirators goes
BY. international interest becomes
deeper.
From Seoul where the trial is in
progress, come the most sensational
reports, widely differing as to the
facts they present. The New York
Herald, which has been for many
years an authority on Korean af.
fairs, is declaring to the world that
Japan is wrong in her claims of a
conspiracy, and the Herald's reports
have stirred statesmen all over the
world. .... T.. 49,. -
A good statement of the whole af.
fair is given by the Herald's CORE
spondent, who writes from Seoul as
follows:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-12-13

La Bosnia. finalmente, no tiene pOr Ia
historic derecho alguno a la autonomia.
Fue sielnpre parte dc otras naciones:
primero de Pannomia. mego de Esca-
vonia, deSpues de llungria Y a1n cuan-
do tllvo SuS reyes. hubo de recOnocer la
soberanla hoy de los htngaros, manana
de los turcos No fue. ademas. RENO,
sno desIle el ano 1876 al 1443, Ell que
mur0 sin hijos yarones su segundo mo-
naca. La habrlamos de agregar la
poderosa naci6n tle los h(lngaros?
No qmer0 c0ntlnuar tan enOJosO eXa-
men Escribo para Europa, hondamen-
te remOVDda y amenazada con nuevas
guerras por el principle de las naciona-
lidades; y dejo a un lado al Oriente y
hasta las provincias aSaticas de Turquia
Y Russia. No hablare tampoco de Anne
rlca por mas que no deja de sentir la
pernicioSa Influenza de este principle.
America sc aplical,a facimente 10 que
Sc olga de Europa, y hoy, como siempre,
tomara de esta parte del mundo elem
plo escarmiento. Por la historic no
hallara de SECURE menos dificultades pa.
ra distribuir Ell grupos sus territories Y
sus pueblos ALI como aqui, la historic
| no es guia mas segura que las llamadas
| fronteras naturales y la identidad de
lenguas
Al final del magno libro, como con
clusi6n de su tests etnico -filos6hca. escri-
he ell gran pensador:
Europa esta cargada de peligros.
En- vano ha buscado por diversos medioS
un equilibrio que pudiera tranquilizarla.
Falta de acuerlo y sobre todo de reglas
| hjas de conducta, no ha podido impedir
jjamas ell incesante crecimiento Gle los
puebos rusos No los We va moverse que
no sc inquiete Y turbe, y hoy amenazan
caer sobre Turqula lIa renacido por
centesima vez la question de Oriente
La aplazo hasta aqui la diplomacia; Pc
70 apenas sabe va nj como volver apla-
zarla, nj como impedir Que Russia baje
al B6sforo y 81 Russia Sc apodera de-
Constantinopla. tqui6n ha de contener
I'm imperio que Sc extienda del Oceano
Glacial al Mediterraneo y domino en- el
Baltico, el mar Negro y ell Caspiog Flu
ropa, oh fatalidad Sc We obligada para
detener los czares a defender la causa
de los turcos ide los turcos, quienes
rechazan sus intereses de religion y de
razal, ide los turcos, aqul no menos
exoticos, que los arabes y los tartaros -
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La Drectiva del Centre lliSpano-
Puertorriqueno, de este pueblo. acord (,
celebrar I'm Suntuoso baile el dla 81 del
corriente, con el fin tle despedir al vieJo
Y reci5r Al nuevo ano bailando Bue-
Ma idea
Ese dia, al decir slel Presidente Di-
rectiva. Sc echara la casa por la ventana
como decirse sllele. al efecto, va Sc ocu-
pan las romiSioneS de Stls reSpectivOS
sleberes para que dicho baile sea una
gran fiesta social
Las senoritas estan confeccionando
sls valiosos trajes para lucir ese dia en-
| dicho baiIe, la elegancia y el buen tono
que tanto les caracteriza y diStingue
Esa noche. nuestro simpatico Centco
sera ln eden. saturado de embriagado-
res perfumes que eXhalaran las ricas flo
| res de maestro jardln caroieno Y las de
| otros puehIos que han ofrecido venir a
| aumentar este hermoso buquet
tQui6n que tenga corazon Sc resiste
| aculir e:5a noche disfrutar en- la con
| templaci0n de los encantos y de las gra-
cias de tan seductOras senoritas, cuya
| hermOslGra no tiene igualg
5QuiGn que sea amante de la Dlosa
TerpslcOre del Dios Cupido no ha de
contribr ir esa esperada noche, memora-
bic, me atrevo a anticipar sin tenor a
equivoca lme, a realzar mas tan hermoso
acto, con su presencia de joven irrepro-
chable y elegante?
FL Centre ha de ser ataViadO con ei
ropaje Y las galas de sus mas grandes
festivaless Y este undo a una bonita
| combination de bombiIas de radiante luz
electrical de dolores varios, no cabe duda
| de que presentara la concurrencia uh
| yo1pe de vi sta sorprendente que llamara
su atenci6n y lie kemostrara su vez el
buen gusto artlstico de la comisi0n de
adorno luminaci6n, que sc compone
de seiloras y senoritas de la mas rehna Ia
cultura
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-12-13

Sc trata de construir un edifcio para
Teatro en- Ell pintoresco lugar de Ensan-
che, de este pueblo, por unos caballeros
de San Juan. 10 que sera un attractive
mas, para que Carolina no Sc detenga Ell
la senda lddl progreso que Sc advierte,
debido las iniciativas de su buena ad-
ministracion.
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A V L so

Sc espera que los viajeros los Esta-
dos Unidos visiten la Exhibicion de
Puerto Rico-New York, k,-5a. Avenida,
No. 500. Esmerada atenci6n. Facih-
lidades y ventajas. LIE convene Zanzibar
impresiones con Mr.. Mortimer Reming-
ton-Gerente.
Igualmente Sc lie tratara en- ei Bu-
reau de Information, San Francisco st.
No. 30, San Juan 81 desea exponer en-
propaganda alg1n articulo Sc lie con-
cedera local sufciente.
G.. F. Correa,
Jefe del Bureau de information
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ART|CULOS De FkMA
CINTAS MARCIA ideal DE CAR
TER.
TER.

rs facil comprender que cualquier
clase de tela debe ser eNcepcionalmente
'uerte para poder resistir los duros
golpes de los tipos de letras de las ma
quinas de escribir
En- las de Marca Ideal de Carter,
solo Sc usa ell mejor algodon de Sea
Island, tratado por un procedimiento
especial que previene hacer llenar dc
tinta los tipos de letras.
Los colores Sc entintan tan bien que
con 81 mas suave golpe del tipo sale
una escritura clara permanente.
De venta en- Ell BOLETIN MER
CANTIL.
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DE CAROLINA

IIa tornado possession del cargo dc Di-
rector de la Banda EScolar de este pue-
blo. el competente mllsico compositor
don Bias Laglna fundador de la misma
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Profecias de
Pi y Margall

Continuation de la 2da. plana.l J
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AnHncieSc en- ell BOLETIN.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-08
WHEAT DOWN, CORN
and OATS HIGHER
Rains in Kansas and Ne
braska Influence Lead;
Provisions Strong.

Chicago, Ills, June S-Rain last
night in Kansas and Nebraska gave
the wheat market today an easy tone
However, the moisture was light and
prices did not sag much. Opening fig
ures were Is TO Z TO g C lower Sep
TENDER started at S1O55s TO SL05$s TO
S105E. After rally to S1-061a the
price fell back to SLO5&.
The close was easy with September
at SLO55s to SLO5S4, just i c under
last night.
Demand from commission houses
found corn offerings light July
opened unchanged at 745s and assembled
to 751sc.
The close was steady at 74s4c for
July. a gain Of 3 net
Cash houses were good buyers OF
futures in the oats crowd July started
a shade off to Z to IS up, at SIS to
51K, and climbed to SIC.
Provisions showed strength in sym
pathv with the market for live hogs.
Initial sales varied from last nights
level to 21zc higher with September
deliveries $3.50 for pork; $11.10 for
lard, and S1O-621k for ribs.