The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-16

HnuCeu ana WOu1O mol De tOlefattu Dy tno
Government Is most gratifying.
"A committee appointed by a repre-
sentative meeting Of the foreign COM
munity waited on Gov. Matsunaga to
ascertain II they could assist In relieving
the sufferers from the late trouble. Tho
Governor outlined what the Government
was doing, and said that private Japa-
nese had also contributed. He was WILL
ing to receive foreign contributions,
which he would distribute and personally
give account for After thanking the
Governor, the committee withdrew to re-
port to the central committee"
Nine Police, 301 Corenns Killed.
In a recapitulatlon OF the numbers
of raids upon Christian meetings and
strongholds, the pamphlet says!y
"Oficial records from March to
April IL show that nine police and
gendarmes have been killed and 1Og
wounded, while among the Corsans 36l
have been killed and $50 wounded The
report OF police casualties Is doubtless
! accurate; that OF the Corean casual
ties falls far short OF the true hguress
and only takes cognizance of those Of
! fcially known to be dead and wounded,
and does not include those killed and
wounded by indiscriminate shooting In
the dark down village streets. Individual
cases reported in the Government press
have totalled more than 600 killed. and
I those do not include more recent shoot
ings.
Treatment of the wounded has been
most cruel. In many cases they have
not been allowed to go to hospitals,
Those brought to mission hospitals
have often been smuggled in secretly
by their friends. Our physicians can tcs-
tify 10 the fact that wounded men have
been taken out OF hospitals and beaten.
| and that others have been taken out or
| hospitals to prison before being us
charged by the doctors as cured
AT the Mission Hospital In Pyeng
Yang the doctors were tod that they
must not report patients as having died
of gunshot wounds, but that they must
say they died n natural death.
THE jails of course, overlooked from
the first day. Prisoners in most cases
received brutal treatment, though there
were notable exceptions. Wholesale ar
rests have followed from the first out
break. Examinations have been made
as rapidly as possible. and considerable
numbers have been discharged after de-
,tention ranging from one day to six
weeks. In some cases girls and women
have received considerate treatment In
prison. In others quite the reverse the
formly of the brutality of the women
ltailers and police officials. The whole
number reported under arrest varies
from 10000 TO 10000.
Trials according to Japanese law
ltave been proceeding throughout the
lpast weeks. the Corears for tho most
mart making no defence. but asserting
their innocence of any other act than
Ian expression of their desire for indie
ipendence. which they do not disavow.
sentences have been imposed. ranging
from six months to three years at hard
labor, while in numerous cases f1ogging
(Which cannot be administered legally
to Japanese) has been administered with
from fifteen to ninety blows.
"A was indicated above. flremen,
srmed with clubs and po.ehooks. were
in many places given free hand to do
what they wished to beat. scatter and
terrorize the crow Is. in other places
lcivilians apparently POSSIBLY the reser-
vists) were armed with clubs and hooks
land turned loose upon the Coreans, II
must be constantly borne in mind that
these Coresn c-owds/were unarmed. the
people having been disarmed nine years
ago.
They Wear Corean GRrb.
'The police paraded bodies OF armed
thugs Japanese In Corean clothing)
through the streets to indicate what
Knight be expected. Rumor freely Cir
,cuiated that missionaries were to be
beaten by them. Government officials
told n newspaper correspondent and an
American official that II they carried
lighted cigarettes at night they would
be safe from molestatlon, since they
would not be mistaken for missionaries
! 4 -.
: friendly officials to keep Off the streets
, at night. These thugs have since been
withdrawn. owing. 1t is said. to pro-
: test by the American Consul General
, THE Coraan demonstrations continued
! for over a month and hav" now almost
entirely ceased. The soldiers in the
: country districts. however. are increas-
iugly violent using fire and sword and
! terrifying the populace.
Throughout the country the police
Immediately began TO arrest pastors
elders and other church officers. Some
of these have been released after weelN
| Of Imprisonment and examination. Sen.
fences against others are being dailN
announced even In the case Of men who
T took no part in the demonstrations ra nR
ing from six months to three years o
penal servitude. OF course. no apology
3 Is intended for those who took part II
! the uprising deliberately and expectnl
! The consequences. We are emphasizn
; the fact of the wholesale arrest an,
! beating of Christians simply becaus'
{ they are Christians.
I'm some places the men and womeI
3 OF the village were called together: al
J. those who admitted they wero Christian
were matreated or arrested and tn,
e others sent away. Wayfarers met b,
= soldiers and gendarmes are aske'
:. whether they are Christians. and heater
r and abused on the admission of the fact
e Corean Christians remaining in tn
e villages are given all sorts OF announce
e ments by local police and gendarmes
/. They are told that Christianity is to b.
e exterminated, that all Christians are I,
I be shot. that meetings are to be for
|, lbidden. 1t has been stated that 'Chun
C ISyo Is 10 be completely abolished be
e cause 1t is native religion but tina
]. Christianity because of it's foreign affili
ations. while not being abolished, wi
d be reduced by legislative restrictions u
y half its present size.
J. There is of course no uniformity Il
= these announcements, but they are al
n evidently part of a campaign of intimi
: dalton. That they are not groundles
statements is evidenced by the fact tina
d nineteen churches have been partly o
d wholly wrecked by soldiers; bells. fur
e niture. Bibles and hymn books bein
y smashed or burned. Seven othe
e churches have been burned to tn
e ground. We have no record OF churche
h of other missions involved except a
n noted below