Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-16
Not Running-Prac-
tically All Work Is Stop
ped - Robbers Looting
Houses And Threatening
Banks Infantry Said To
Have Joined Spartacides.

march
ence of the Associated lPress)-The
Korean insurrection. announced as a
passive revolution against Japanese
rule, will be brought to the attention
OF the American government in a Sc
ries of graphically written reports.
One Of these has Just been read by
a correspondent of the Associated
car and recites the sensational events
from march, when the revolt began,
until March Is. when the report was
started OF its way to the American
minister at Picking. According to this
story, the Koreans who sought pub
licly to demonstrate their demands
treated, scores being killed and hun
dreds injured. The summary sum-
marizes these features of the insur-
rection as follows:
1.-The revolution began Saturday aft
ernoon, March /. in many large cities
of Korea and spread like wild fire
to the country. 1t was well planned,
the plotters represe1ting all classes;
signed by 33 men had previously
been issued. Twenty-nine Of these
men gathered in Seul or February %
and after the meeting where the proc
lamation was read, net at a dinner
party. Later they telephoned to the
police that they were ready to go to
jail, ~whereupon the authorities took
TN Seul and Pyeng Yang and other
cities where foreigners resided, the
military abstained from firing on the
crowds. but in the rural districts vio-
lence OF the most terrible description
has been practiced. Unresisting
persons killed and hundreds wounded.
Churches have been wrecked, private
homes entered and young men and
school girls in particular. dragged off
tt prison, flogged and held for trial,
Here in Pyeng. Yang. where the
treatment Of people has been much
personally witnessed br heard directly
from witnesses of SO many terrible
scenes that I a hardly bear to write
them. -
Five theological students. although
protesting theft innocence of plotting
against the government. were given
20 lashes.
"Two girls were dragged by the
hair from a house. tied to a telephone
post by their hair. beaten and ther
put intaatail.
One mar .ss years old,, was heeats.
then dragged of toward jail. Befor.
Of soldiers repeated the Performance.
and the jail. where the punishment
was continued, the victim collapsed
and was sent home in a 'Ricksha.'
while. the crowds were paradint
the streets the police >,and soldiers
ran their weapons deliberately int
bystanders.
I'm front of the projects office, on
defenceless Korean was run down ant
killed by two firemen armed will
pixies. The corpse was dragged alon,
the ground by the slayers.
"Old men. women n childrel
have been Unfortunately abused
beaten, cut down with swords, strucl
by firemen armed with pixies, official
ly flogged, pierced by bayonets, an
never q man has resisted the military
The passive revolt has been true t
its name here.
Because we foreigners have seel
all, we are not only persona no.
grata to the Japanese. but in rea
danger Of our lives. 1t is reporte'
that thugs are wandering about tn
city at night to waylay h the,
may. The foreigners may be attacke
and injured or killed by these mer
If they are the government vii
promptly disavow the acts. but tn
Objectionable individuals will. never
theless, be out Of the way. It is be
coming increasingly auestionabl
whether the foreigners can remain
here during the continuance OF tn
trouble"