The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-12
Villages Burned.

Villages Burned.
Other certificates tell of the muir
der OF hundreds Of helpless Korean
men, women and children, of the burn
ing OF villages. and the destruction
of property generally by the Japanese
police.
one such story OF particular inter
est is that in connection with the
town Of Chai-Amm-N Nj. In this viii
lage according to the report, the
police assembled all of tho native
Christians in the Methodist church.
under the pretense of delivering a lee
ture to them. When the men had as
semhled. thirty~six in number. the
police opened fire upon them through
the windows and in this manner muir
dered all of the Christian men
They then set fire to the church
and also burned the residences of the
people whom they had murdered The
report further says that wives of the
murdered men gathered on the hill
sid to hcwail their loss In accordance
with Korean customs. whereupon they
also were shot by the police
Many Of the Investigations upon
which these reports were based were
made in connection with the consul
general Of the United States stationed
at Seoul and the representative OF
the Associated Press, -. -.
Koreans Refuse to Use Force.
Through all OF this persecution, II
| IL stated that the Koreans refused to
/ take up arms or to exercise any de-
gree Of force whatever, In all OF the
/ proclamations and documents issued
ny the revolutionest. copies of which
were GENT to the board by the mis-
sicnaries, il Is asserted that the move
ment is a peaceful one. but will he
persisted in until Korean independ-
cnce tas been gained
Missionaries Not Involved
Special information WAS asked as
to whether the missionaries them
selves had taken ary part in the dem
/ constructions. or whether foreign in
Eucnces were back OF the indepenj-
cnce movement In ko.ea
A document submitted by the mis-
sionarics says that nearly all OF the
police reports which are sent in from
the villages after a massacre has oe-
CURED. state that" christian rnssion-
aries and native Christians have been
responsible for the outbreak The
! missionaries themselves. however
! state that such has never been the
case and that the interior police make
these reports only to justify their ao-
ton in numbering the Christians and
burning their churches
1t Is pointed out that Mr. Kapsuo
/ Csami, the director OF internal affairs,
and Mr. Sangai Kokubu. the director
of judicial affairs. have both issued
B statements showing that missionaries
and foreigners are in no way con-
cerned with these outbreaks.
In spite of these official denials
hon lta f.,z (, IT,.
sionarics and Christians became SC
marked that the American consul
general in Seoul officially requested
/ the missionaries to refrain from
! travelling in the country districts I'M
I'll such prosecutions had ceased. and
/ he also made representations to the
I Japanese government concerning such
/ persecution.
Among the records submitted to the
! board of missions there are state
ments from many women and girls
which declare that when they were
arrested for waving the Korean flag
they were taken to the japanese
| police station. stripped OF all their
/ clothing and subjected to unspeak :
! able insults and horrors
| Another statement tells OF the muir
der of five children before the eyes
ment from leading physician to the
effect that he treated a large number
! OF people who had been shot and
/ kept for TWENTY-FIVE hours In the
police station before their wounds
were dressed or they were given any
food or drink.
Korean Grievances Against Japan.
The. grievances which Korea has
against her Japanese oppressors is
! thus stated in one OF the documents
presented 10 the board Of missions by
an American missionary:
Korea has learned through the
years gone by that the machine which
benevolently governs her is OF the or
der OF the Hun. It makes laws, It
fixes and regulates everything under
Verhoten this, and Verboten that. It
keeps tab on your every motion. 1t
has spies and police, gendarmes and
soldiers at its beck and call. Rats
listen back OF the wall at niEht and
birds catch thoughts during the day
and convey them to the chief OF police.
Your house Is searched at any hour
by barbarians who walk all over the
center mats with their boots on ana
then wash their dirty hands in your
drinking water at the door. II you
get in their way they promptly give
YOU the gun butt back of the ear. or
drive their scabbard into your stomach
In a way to make you sec stars. They
wear hobnails, ready to kick or tram
pie any man. woman or child who falls
foul IF them Thav n n "a Ck nf thAysS