Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-13
Say Japanese Here Misrepre-
sent Their Activities in
Raising Funds
October ~. 1916.

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Dear Sir: The recent attacks made
on Editor Young VI. Park and Dr.
Syngman Rhee by ''well-known jap
anese" in Honolulu and a severe criti-
cism against the Koreans al large by
the local Japanese 0apers were. a
cause Of considerable excitement
among the Koreans. A mass meeting
was held last Saturday night. at the
Korean National Association building
and a resolution was passed to the
effect that q committee be appointed
TO reply TO the groundIess accusation
alleged by the Nipponese.
The object of Japanese papers. &C.
cording TO their comments, is only to
disturb our peaceful community and
TO insult our respectful leaders. They
saw Editor Park and Mr.. Rhee are
always squabbling for their personal
influence among the Koreans; these
two figures are dangerous factors IN
Korean Community; Park and Rhee
are anti-Japanese while the Koreans
at home and abroad are all pro- Japan
csc, thanking for the Japanese en-
| lightened administration and for the
roval marriage between the Korean
prince and Japanese princess: while
DR.. Rhee teaches the school children
to be anti-Japanese, Editor Park has
| a deeper theory to train his Young
| countrymen te be soldiers to fight for
| their Independence. but 80 per cent OF
Koreans in Hawaii have not such fool
Iish idea even in dream: etc. etc. =,
Object to Japanese Domination j..
| Judging from these statements, we
| Koreans are nothing more than rotten
grasses or senseless stones. except the
| two leaders above mentioned, Are
we surely the prO-Japanese Koreans
| thanking for the enlightened ad-
ministration and for the royal mar
riage2 Nay. we deny that until the
| last drop of our blood runs in our
veins. II there is any Korean in Ha-
[waii or anywhere else who is thank
Iful for the destruction of his own
| country by the enemy we wish the
| Japanese papers can pick out even a
| few men from the great mass. We
| would like to remain as the slaves
of Japan rather than to be the sub
liect OF Mikado. OF course. we know
that the Japanese are trying to make
! our race known to the outsiders as
! those who are utterly ignorant of poll
Itics or government. but we are yet
I political animals and we do know how
i to resist against the tyrannical ruling.
Since Japan annexed Korea what
was done. during the past six years?
Particularly in educational lines,
schools closed; text books burned;
general education limited to high
school grades; political theories and
law courses prohibited in teaching;
the Japanese language substituted for
1.-THE Korean mother tongue; no student
allowed to go abroad; and in no other
ways, newspapers and magazines en-
Etfrely abolished; Christians as well
as Confucians equally prosecuted; no
passports given to merchants or
travellers; old customs of, all the tor
lures restored one after one; etc. etc.
These are the so-called "enlighten-
ed administration" that the Japanese
people and their officials claim to the
world that they are reconstructing the
land of Morning Calm today. .-
Misunderstanding Cleared Up ~@.....
The local Japanese papers seem to
be quite worried over the alleged per
sonal squabbles between Editor Park
land DIR. Rhee," while there is no
squabble of any kind that neither Park
nor Rhee knew anything about. We
do not deny that there was some mis-
understanding among some Koreans in
Honolulu, just as other nationalities
are subject to misunderstanding at
times, but now il is only a history OF
the past. We all know that there are
constant squabbles among most OF
the Japanese papers in this city but
we take no notice of them and they
are not worried over them either. We
do not see why they should be Sc
lanxious about harmony among a
couple of Koreans that they should
make so much noise recently through
their papers. 49,. -. r.. .s.. -. :. . ? -.
They all denounee Editor Park and
DIR. Rhee as "anti-Japanese." What
is the ground for such a charge? The
term "anti=Japanese" is often toe
widely applied Every one who is not
Japanese either by birth or in heart
is called "anti-Japanese." When Am
orleans try to protect their interest
Individually or nationally, japanese
would always be sure to cry out anti
Japanese. All the patriotic Chinese
are also condemned under the same
category Koreans today have turned
everything into the hands of Japanese
either willingly or unwillingly. anC
have kept quietly under the Japanese
iron-heel rule. and yet when they try
to do something for themselves the!
are numerically condemned as anti
Japanese. If every Korean Christian
who would refuse to bow before The
! mikadO's picture. guided by his re
! ligious conviction, and every Christian
, pastor, who happened to preach OF
Thou shalt love thy enemy" be in the
!, category; we shall have to comics!
that we are. all more or less anti
Japanese. .. r =
Nearly all the japanese papers de
clare that the indeDendence of Koref
Is only a dream. Yet they are over
anxious about the so-called war fund
subscribed by handful Of Koreans
1t does not clear TO US why they
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