The Republican journal., 1919-07-31
Japan AS A PARTNER

considering a proposition to Join an in
ternational partnership for the purpose OF
making the world safe for democracy and
of insuring peace. Nations should be no
less prudent than men in selecting their
partners We do not claim that the truth
of the last of the above sentences was
evolved from the brain of the editor OF
the journal. 1t is a truth which was
known centuries ago. Proverbs XIV,
saws: "When thou Sittest to eat with
ruler, consider diligently what is before
thee" Verses 6, 7 and of the same
chapter counsel us as follows: EAT thou
not the bread of him that hath an evil
eve " "For as he thinketh IN his
heart so is he; but in his heart he is no
with thee" The mo.sel which thou
hast eaten shalt thou vomit up and lose
thy sweet words" Coming from any
source the above would be excellent adj
vice. but when it appears as a ScriptuTal
Injunction it certainly should not be re-
garded as being mere scrap of paper
One of our proposed partners IS Japan,
and before we sign the partnership agree
mert. common business prudence should
lead US to "consider diligently what
.Tanan has done and what she is now
doing for democracy and for peace Japan
is an empire. Her rulers constitute an
3utocracy as absolute as any that exists
anywhere. except in some small physical
divisions of the earth where conditions are
INT little better than tribal. History shows
that thus far in her national lie she has
done nothing for democracy, nothing Tor
world freedom and but little for the peace
of the world. What she intends to do IS
fairly and Enthusiastically SHOWN by WHAT
she is doing at the present time IN horea.
Rev S. A. Beck is a Methodist clergy
man who has been in Korea for 20 years,
as missionary and as an agent OF the
American Bible Society Mr., Beck re-
turned to this country about SIX weeks
ago. He testifies that he has seen hun
dreds of Korean men, women and chill
dren ridden down by japanese officers on
horseback, beaten into lnsenslblhty by
soldiers, bayoneted, slashed with swords,
manned, and killed because they had join
ed in an orderly and peaceful parade. lie
saw the body of man, one OF whose ears
had been cut off and whose body had been
pierced by % wounds, all inflicted by
Japanese officers and soldiers for no other
reason than that he had shouted 'Hurrah
for Korea
Another man had been branded in five
different places with hot iron which
had burned deeply into the flesh. Mr..
Beck also stated that in certain village
all the Christian men were compelled to
enter a church which was set on fire and
all who attempted to leave it were shot
by Japanese soldiers and those who re-
manned were burned to death, Letters
from other missionaries still in Korea
co-roborates this statement. Some
months ago the Presbyterian Churches of
Americ appointed commissioners to in
vestigate these outrages and to make a
report as to heir nature and extent. The
commissioners have made report of their
findings which covers more than 1000
pages Of manuscript and reveals atroci-
ties and fortunes too horrible to print
and which show that the Japanese in
Korea are 20 less barbarous than w re
Dat,r i
the first eleven days of April of this
year 1t is said that 36l, 200 Koreans
were killed and 800, 0OU We're wounded
The real reason for this appears to De
that Japan is killing Koreans to terrorize
them into se-vility. Her fangs are fast
ened IN that unfortunate country and she
intends to swallow it. Her claims upon
that country are pretexts. Nothing in
the history Of either country warrants
Japanese occupation. The SNUG Mlkado
will pledge Japan to the League of Ma
tons, and that country will be one of the
High Contracting Powers" but Japan
will serenely continue to prosecute the
Koreans till Korea is no more. England,
France and the United States dare not
interfere beca Use they know they cannot
raise an army for that purpose When
they protest Japan will smile Japan
abhors democracy and she cares not
whether the world has peace. She wants
Korea, Manchuria and Shantung and be-
fore many years she will have them.
Japan has shown that she is cruel, re-
morseless and rapacious. She will be a
partner in the League who will contrib
ute no capital, share in the profits, if
there are any, and by her acts has al
ready discredited it in the eyes OF the
civilized world. She 'hath an evil eye. ="
"When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,
consider diligently what is before thee. "
During the first four weeks of the
present session of Congress 7 694 bills
were presented. 1t is not possible that