The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-01

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KEENAN,, explorer and lecturer recent, :
~. communicated To the National Ge1-
graphic Society at Washington. u. G.
the Information that Korea built steel
clad battleships $50 years before the
Monitor ana Merrimac were created.
The Hermit Kinsdoin was using mov-
able type and astronomical instru-
ments from the twelfth To the fifteenth
centuries, and employing explosive
bombs long before they were known
in Europe, He points out that the
famous Japanese Satsuma pottery was
made originally 10y Korean workmeu
who were imported into the Afikado's
kingdom
These facts are cited by Mr. Kennln
To show the terrific downfall cNpcrieu-
ced by Korea. He traces her course
from her pinnacle of civilization to
the depths of deeeneracy. and express
cs great hopes for her future. under
the guidance of Japan.
The Decline of Korea.
While Korea was sinking. Japan |
was rising, until the island kinsdom. !
all by her own efforts. became such a /
world power as To defeat great Eur /
opean nation he says. THE Koreans
were a mainland people They had |
taught the medieval Japs all the civ
iltzation they had. But. by reason of II
their geographical location. they wee 4
invaded by vastly inferior peoples. the
Aonsols ana the Manchus Korea was !
influenced to establish demonology as
her religion, her blood was weakened
by being crossed with that of people
vastly beneath her and her spirit was
broken by the indgnities heaped upon
her by the more powerful invaders.
She was under the influence of China.
which adopted the semi-sacred books
u Confucius as its national system of
EDUCATION 1000 years ago. The knowl-
'dge of his works and the ability 10
'ecite long chapters of his WRITINGS !
we're made the chief requirements oft I
spirant for honors AS result. the
tudy of the sciences, mathematics ana q
ne phenominia of nature was dror-
ed' the memory was ovcc-cultlvatrd &
nd the reasoning power stultiflcd. The I
ab'ts vi the Koreans bcya,ne un- +
'ranly: they grew Indifferent to dirt y
nj :mellS.
Why Japan Succeeded. !.
Japan, on the other hand. was uoyer
ivadcd in her history; her blood was y
ever intermingled and her stock was =
lowed to remain pure. Her national Z
laracter was developed without out
de influence. The Shinto religion If I
lie empire has as its cardinal princi- E
his purity of body, spirit and envir- l.
iment. Japan was not exposed to the y
ourges and plaques that Korea's &
IT and filth brought upon her. The Z
udal system sprang up in japan, 4
using authority TO be respected and "
scipline to be developed. y
IN 1910. Japan annexed Korea ~
'ior To that time as many deaths asIC
U day had occurred i'm the city of N
'oul alone; shortly afterwards not as ~
any people died from the plague in n
G whole KINGDOM i'm one year. jan q
forcibly vaccinatcd 100000 pcople II
one year one hundred and 6S r.
urts were established. giving au- ~
GRITTY To $4,000 gcndarmes. Hun IN
eds OF miles Of roads are being built &
loreStation on an extensive scale is ~
ing carried on. To Encourage the 81
k worm industry 100000 mulbcr- ~
tree seedlings were set out i'm one ~
ar. state and private banks were 81
The postal savings sya- n
n was installed and one In every six 81
miles has savings account. The III
ople, at first suspicious, have learn ~
u that they will get their money -
OK Whenever they ask for il. ~
Model Villages Are Built. III
In the first year after the Japaneso ~
'upancy, the rice crop was doubled. ~
/ ~.