Arizona republican., 1919-04-13
ATROCITIES IN KOREA TOUCHED
 FUR AND DDEN|ED
On Heels of Frightful News
 Comes Statement of Con-
 sul - New Evidences s Against Japanese Accum-
 ulating- Spy System Be ing Maintained In U. S.


 SAN FRANCISCO, April 12.-Japa- neSe began what was described as massacre in Korea at Seoul, the cap ital, during demonstration March 2S, according to cablegram received here today by the Korea national association from a native Christian pastor.
 The cablegram was filed from Shanghai, according to officials of the Korean national association here. The information was sent by messenger from Seoul to Shanghai by the assooi- ation's representative at Seoul
 The cablegram read:
 Japan began massacring in Korea. Over thousand unarmed people killed in Seoul during three-hour demonstra- ton on 2Sth. Japanese troops, fire brigades and civilians are ordered shooting, beating, hooking people mer- Cilessly throughout Korea. Killed sev- eral thousand since 27th. Churches, schools, homes of leaders destroyed Women made naked and beaten before crowd especially leaders families, the imprisoned being severely tortured. Doctors are forbidden caring for wounded. Foreign Red Cross urgently needed"
 A Service Is Authentic
 The information in this cablegram came from a native pastor known to be reliable and in touch with the situation, according to an official of the Korean national association. Previous mes sages from this person were said to have been fully confirmed. His integ- rity was vouched for.
 r. Ohta, consul general of Japan here, commenting on the Korean situ- ation, gave the Associated Press this statement:
 During the first stages of the Ko- rean disturbance the activities of the mobs were not so serious. Their dem onstrations were confined to the cities and towns and the authorities en- trusted the local police departments to control them by means of apprehend- ing the ringleaders and dispersing the crowd. The mobs however, taking ad- vantage of the lenient attitude of the government, have increased their ac- tiyities until they amount to lawless outrages and have increased the area of their operations over the greater part of the peninsula with accounts of the last three days showing that more than 200 localities are now affected, and large numbers of innocent people residing therein are suffering greatly. Some have been forced to join the ban dits and others are receiving immense damage to property and business.
 Ohta Explains Attitude
 Under these circumstances no one expects that the military forces will re- main supine. If the government allows the riots to take their course, the out rages will not only increase, but the movement will eventually ally itself with bolshevism, which controls the greater part of Siberia, to which Korea is adjacent
 'TmpeIled by this situation, the Jap anese government has decided to send to Korea a military contingent consist ing of six companies and 400 gen. darmes, hoping thereby to restore or der and bring back prosperity to the people as soon as possible"
 Consul General Ohta's statement discussed some of the alleged acts of the Japanese police and military .au- thorities and said investigation showed some of the reports to be groundless.
 AS a matter of fact" the statement said, "the gravity of the whole situ- ation in Kores has been greatly exag- gerated and overstated. It has not mer- ited the public attention which has been directed to it. There is every reason to believe the furry will soon be over and that things will resume their normal course in Korea"
 Many Koreans, MT. Ohta said, had been appointed officials, the Koreans had been allowed the right of petition and the treatment of the Koreans had been such that Japanese residing in Korea are accustomed to remark that they wish they were Koreans, in order that they might be so kindly cared for by the government"
 Nothing Unlawful
 Tn the present disturbance" the statement continued, there is no evil dence of the unlawful employment of weapons on the part of Japanese po- licemen- In certain localities, where siaa patrol is weak. the mobs have de-
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