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some IS or 100 prisoners being
brought in from the country. OF
course it's to be expected that they
will be arrested if they shout "Ko
rea forever" or bring QUITO the Ko
rean flag, but we do protest against
such cruelty and these German meth
DDS of torture.
Il Mr.. saw crowd of Ko-
rean women and young girls being
taken to prison. There were more
than seventy of them. Some, no
doubt, had been found with flag or
had shouted "Korea forever!" and the
others were taken because they dared
not resist. Our hospital physician has
an inch-long bullet taken from the
back of a 12-year-old boy who was
running to see procession. In one
was shot down in the street and while
her husband was helping her into the
house he, too, was shot and killed.
All schools are closed-not only our
mission schools, college and seminary,
but the government schools as we'll,
for the Korean students are asking
for Korean teachers.
Many of you know that our Pres
byterian mission has never conformed
to the wish Of the Japanese govern
ment in its desire that we cut out
all religious teaching from our mis-
sion schools. The time given for US
to decide to conform or to close our
schools is now almost up. Repeatedly
we have heard the men and women
who are in educational work in our
mission say that when they can no
longer teach Christ in our Presbyte-
rian schools there is nothing for them
to do but resign and leave the field.
| Dear people, in the home land, we,
out here in Korea, cannot conform.
1t is true, as you frequently quote to
US, that the Methodist North have
done so, but it was done through their
bishop and not the unanimous decision
Of their mission. This bishop, who
has been for some years retired, was
for many years missionary and bish-
. OPP in Japan, and was for short time
. bishop in Korea, and made frequent
visits over here. This same retired
bishop-and a dear old gentleman
too, he is in his way-has been sent
by the Japanese to represent Korea
and Japan in the Peace Conference
The Koreans hope to have a fan
hearing at the Peace Conference. Ir
a grinted communication sent out by
the governor general in Seoul, he
says:
| "It need hardly be said that the
sovereignty of the japanese Empire
is irrevocably established in the pen
the future" and "The government
are now doing their utmost to pu
an end to such unruly behavior, ant
, will relentlessly punish anybody dar
: ing to commit 0ffense against tn
peace"
Two Japanese were overheard talk
ing. One said:
eff all Of these missionaries were
out of the country and all of theil
Christians, it would go we'll with
Ius."
II Two ladies of the NJ E. Mission
while walking on the street, were
struck with guns in the backs by
soldiers. One of our own single la
dies was on the street-not in 6
crowd-when two soldiers deliberate
ly crossed the street to where she was
walking and first one and then the
other pushed her with his shoulder un
til she all but fell into the ditch be-
low.
II AS DR.. Moffitt tsays, "We are no,
in politics." Nut how long we car
keep out while we are seeing things
that make our blood fairly boil is 60
ing to be question. We have
among the Japanese, great many
warm friends who deplore what is
being done, but they, like we, must
keep out. We know that our letters
are being opened and read, and ir
some cases destroyed, but l have writ
ten nothing here that everyone does
I not know, neither have | any fear OF
the public at home reading anything
that this letter contains.
We have seen and we know, but
the people in the United States will
not believe that the Koreans are not
happy under Japanese rule, as she
now rules. 1t may not come this
time, but some day we hope the Ko-
reans will again be free.
Cordially vOurS