Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-05-02
KOREA FALLEN
FROM OLD PLACE
HERMIT kINGDOM BllIT -TEEI
CLsD asTTLEsHiiN CIV.
TrRIEs AGO

sHlNGT0N. u. G.. MaY -
George Keenan,, explorer and leciuf
er. rece entity conimnnicated go the Ma
tloual Geograp ale socieiy. ai Wash
ingt0n. u. G.. the information that
x rea built stesl-elsd batileships 2i0
years before. me Monitor ana Mcr
nmac we're created The Hermit
Kingdom was using movable type
and astronomical instruments from
the twelfth 10 the fifteenth centuries
and employing explosive bombs long
before they were knoNn loo Europe
he points cut thai the famous Jap
anes- saisnias potter nls made Or
igiuaily by Kdrean workmen vino
aers imported into the Mikado' 81
kngd0m
Theses facts are cited uy 20 Ken
nan 90 show the terrific do"niall
experiences b. f0rea. lle traces her
c0urs. from mr. pinnacle of cig!liAa-
ton 10 the dsTlhs OF d"grnera'y ami
expresses great hopes iof her future.
under the guidllnte OF Japan.
While Kofen vas sinking Japan
was rising. until the Island kingdom
an by her Ogn efforts. became such
I q world power ~ Ia defeat a great
| Euiopsan nztipn," he sast ih"
Koreans were h mainland people
They had taught the medlu''ai Jap
all the civilization they had bnt
py rsason az their geographical 10
wiun. they we're Invaded bl vastly
/ Interior peopies. the MOuruls ana
the Nanchus korea was influenced
| a. cstablish drinonolofS ar her 70
| igion. her bip0d WIS weakened hy
| being crossed With that Oi penpi"
/ vastly peneaih her aud her spirit wat
broken BY the indign ties, heaped up
on her hy the more powerful inyad
cr, She vas ander the influence OF
/ CHINA. which adopted the somi-secrah
/ hooks 81 CaniufiuH as ~ national
Z .ystem Of education 900 Years ago
/ The know ledFe 81 his work and th"
ability Ia retite lone chapters Of hia
WritinEs were made the chiel requif"
mont Of the aspirant Tor hou0rs. A.
result. the study at the sclenCef
mathematics and the phenomena ni
nature was Dropped mo memory
vas oyer-cutita ed and tho reason.
INK power stuiiilied Il" habits oil
me Koreans became uurl'anly. ihe'
grew Indifferent 20 dirt aud smells
Japan ca the other hand, va
newer invaded in her history heI
blood was never inirrminEiod and htl
stock was allowed 20 remain pure
Her national character Mas Developed
without outside influence The
Shiuio rehgiln OF the empire has as
its cardinal mrinciples purity ct body
spirit aud environment Japan was
not exposed 10 the scourges an'
.plarups that Korea art and iilth
broueh, upon lher. The luedal sys
lem prane uwn lapan. causing an
thority "a be respected and discipline
. 200 b" tlcyel0pN
I'm lal0A >Apnn annexed Korea
i-~ iSse -. may. d"Ash'
Iae 700 day ID occurred IN TN
city of Seoul none shortly after
wards not as many people died lror
the plague Ia the whole kingdom !
one wear. japan forCibly yaccinateI
400. 900 peopl" iu one year ON
hundred and 60 courts we're estat
Hshod. giving authority To l3,nt
pondarmes hundreds OF miles q
I, roads are built Afforostation on e.
extensive scale " being carried OF
To Encourage the silk worm industr
i3 .OO0 600 mulberry tree Seeding
we're set out in one year State aul
private banks we're established. ia
postal savings system was ins'alle
aud one in every six families has
savings account The people. ,
first suspicious. have learned tina
y thpy will get their money back whei
ever they ash for a. la the fir.
wear after the japanese occupanc'
the rice crop vas doubled. and IN
u wheat and harley crops grew trol
% 900 00OO o. $4,000 600 hu-hel
n The Japanese have built q mode
d Village Ia ever province and are 81
20 .ouraging the people e. build simiia
n Villages throug out the Kingdom
Nr KEENAN, points ont That kore
u laa me same geographica adyan'ag
c as a great portion OF the eastern pal
=, of Ihe United states. She IS iusi 4
~ we'll ntted 20 be- he home a healthy
pro porous and happy people.
81 say. She Is located similarly
= me territory hrdering ON the a
J. 1ulr Coast from Portland, Me.
e Charleston. S. g.. and extending in
B. ward TO ALBANY n. V. HARRISBURG
Pa lyuchburr Va, aud Columhi.
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