Evening star., 1919-08-22
Second Step Into Siberia.

This 10 her second step into 81
IBERIA. The first was when she placed
an excessive quota OF soldiers In
Siberia commanded by an officer hold
ing superior rank to the commanding
ofdcers of forces of other powers, ex-
acting the courtesy claimed for her
ranking commander by putting him
in command Of all forces. The ap-
pointment Of Kato as an ambassador
and his being sent to Siberia. it seems
to me. should open the eyes Of Amer
lea. We in Korea who have been
close to Japan have noted Japan's in
tent and ambition to control the far
east, and after the far east the world.
She has taken Korea. She has taken
Shantung. She Is taking Manchuria.
moves toward taking Siberia. In all
this there is the Same menace to
America that there was from the am
billions Of Germany. If once she as
sumes any kind of a mandatory over
Siberia it means that She will, step
by step. take over Siberia as she has
Korea The same things will happen
in Siberia as have happened in Korea.
The Same things will happen in Shan
tung and Manchuria as have hap
pened in Korea. America should wake
up to these conditions. They should
be stopped.
SPEAKS 1of Korea.
Speaking for Korea-the cable
means nothing. It is simply substi-
tuting other individuals for those pre-
viously domineering Korea It does
not mean that Korea will have any
real reform. It is simply the same
old style Of circular diplomacy that
always begins and ends the same; or,
to give a more accurate Illustration, 1t
hA
Of warfare that nrst starts one In
dian on wide circle around the OBJ
ject OF attack and then 1T intervals
adds another Indian and narrows the
circle.
This cable means only that they
have added another governor to Ko-
rea. civil governor, subordinate to
the military governor. It certainly
does not mean the withdrawal of q
military government in Korea and the
establishment OF civil one, which
Japan promised. The appointment OF
civil governor IL merely one OF
those face-saving diplomatic scheme,
OF Japan. To those unsuspectinx
well-meaning people of the west ii
may sound like q fuldllment of ia
pans promise for a civil government
In military rule. But to the people
OF Korea 1t does not mean anythine
OoS So0ou USUAL motnoQ OF make
believe diplomacy.
Complete Freedom Dedred.
"Kereans wiz not be satisfied with
anything less than complete fnde.
pendence. They do not want reforms
either military or civil. emanatinE
from Japanese. They want the right
| TO govern themselves, In their own
way. by representative form Of gov
ernment. They want self-determina-
ton. They are entirely competent
to do this. They governed them
selves over 1000 years and to their
own satisfaction. They do not want
| to be the instrument and tool of some
| other nation to further it's ambition
and desire to be . world power Their
country is their own. They want to
govern it and In their own way.
Reforms for Korea cannot grow
out Of japanese control Of Korea in
any manner or form, or In any de-
gree. That control was not inaugu-
rated and is not continued for un-
selfish reasons. Japan acknowledge
that she needs Korea to further her
own plans and ambitions Japanese
control Of any kind is for Japan. OBJ
viously, Korean independence would
be for the benefit of Koreans, and
1t 10 their country and their nation.
Twenty millions Of people in Korea
on March / asked for their indie