The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-16
KOREANS WILL SUE.
FER DIFFERENTIATION
Before They Will Acquiesce in the Rule
of Japan, Says Baron Kim Ka-chin,
Formerly an Elder Statesman
of Korea.

Formerly an Elder Statesman
of Korea.
Shanghai, Feb. I4.-The Koreans will
suffer determination before they will
acquiescc in the rule of Japan, declares
Baron Kim Ka-chin, formerly one of
Korca's elder statesmen and officials
who has penetrated the japanese cor
don around Korea He is now one of
the members Of the little community
of Korean refugees who have found
haven here in China.
There can be no peace" he said.
"Thc Koreans will never waver, They
may not win for many years, but they
will never yield"
He declared that the people are en-
tirely without rights and without po-
litical representation. All special priv
ilcges are in the hands of the japanese,
he added. and they control all the
sources of wealth and rapidly are ac-
ouiring actual ownership of the land
The Korean nation, he said. Is without
a mouthpiece, for he asserted not one
Korean newspaper edited by Koreans is
permitted to exist and public meetings
arc wholly forbidden.
Not more than three people, even
for social purposes, may gather and
talk together he said. "All of the
schools of the country are under the
direction of japanese teachers and the
instruction ia given in the Japanese
language from japanese text books"
He said that The history that is
taught to children is CARRIED in such
way as to glorify Japan and discredit
Korea
"Japan's course he declared, has
been driving the people out OF Korea
into Manchuria at the rate OF 100000
wear. This ia because the Japanese
have taken control Of everything. They
operate the railways, the banks, trans
portation lines, and customs offices and
in those few places where there ARE
Korean officials the japanese adviser is
never far distant.
Even the japanese ricksha coolies
are favored, for they are permitted to
solicit fares at exits of railway stations
and other places from which the Korean
ricksha men are barred.
Japanese servants in private homes
are empowered to check expenditures
in these homes and to forbid any OF
which they do not approve and the
Kcrehn who desires to withdraw money
he has deposited in bank must first
ubta n permission from the police to do
So
'Since the revolution started Bar
on Aim said, "the jails have been filled
to OVERLOOKING and thousands Eave been
rut To the torture. But the people
have rever wavered and this is why
students nave thrown themselves upon
layone with barred breasts when pc
Ire md military turned upon them.
7 he people may die. They will never
yield
Baron Kim, who is a years old. came
to Shanghai TO become a part OF the
ofiicialdom of republic that exists
only in the hopes and prayers of the
people of Korea. for the leaders of the
revolutionists, with the pattern OF a
made up OF officials chosen
secretly last summer, have grouped
themselves together here with Shang-
hal as their capital. The connection
between this government and the PEG.
pie OF Korea is carefully guarded
secret, and is system not unlike the
underground railroad" by which fugi-
tive slaves sought safety in the North
in the DAYS of the American Civil war.
1t is effective, however, for the behests
of the exiled government are swiftly
transmitted and are said to be obeyed
to the letter by the masses under the
Japanese rule in Korea.
Through the decade that has followed
the annexation by Japan, Baron Kim
has worked for Korea's independence.
He said he escaped with party
from Korea by a perilous march over
land, going by devious routes through
the toughest country and travelling for
the most part at night. In their final
dash they waded through swamps.
crossed rivers in dugouts, hid through
DAYS in fields and slashed their way
through underbrush before they knew
they were safe in China