Evening star., 1920-01-26
ALIEN RULE MUST
GO, SAYS KOREAN
Yamaguchl Statements Are
Challenged-Conquest by
Japan Denied.

O1ISuStiSSN SOtlS1SSSs ~
Japan Denied.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Mr.. H. s. X. Yamaguchrs statement
that "a conquered nation Is never q
grateful one. although you may spend
place to live in." In reference to tho
Korean independence movement.
which appeared in your issue Of jan
uary II. Is quite striking. as well as
misleading. knowing the fairness OF
your institution. I desire to ask you
write q few words OF comment on
the same. When was Korea ever con-
Quered by Japan? The world knows
that Korea. instead Of being con
Quered nation" Is, in fact. nation
betrayed. robbed and martyred by
Great Britain or France had annexed
Belgium after the Germans were
driven out Of that country, 1t would
not have been half as wicked as the
Japanese annexation or Korea Ior
the latter was ,.ever invaded by the
Russians. who occupied Manchuria
during the Russo-JapaneSe war. while
the former was actually under the
German occupation during the recent
European war.
Mr.. Yamaguchi, like all other Jap
anese, desires to compare his country
with the United States. But how lu-
dicrous it is to those who know the
difference! Does he mean to say that
his government spent millions to
make Korea habitable land. as the
United States did in the Philippines!
When did the American government
or any of the American citizens ever
rob the Filipinos of their homes. lands
and nearly everything ia their possess
sion, as did the Nipponese In Korea?
America never prohibited the Fill
pinos from using their own language
or burned their history. Nor did she
ever burn down their Christian
churches with the congregations in
them or nassacred. bayoneted, stabbed
and tortured thousands of men. wom-
en- and children simply because they
expressed their love for their native
country. If the Japanese want to see
other peoples grateful to them, they
must learn some lessons In dealing
with their neighbors.
If it is Mr. Yamaguchfs idea that
there is IAN element among the ko-
reans that causes the trouble, ne
must go to Korea and see the situa-
ton himself and then come back to
write an article on the Korean ques-
ton. 1t takes more than IAN element
among the Koreans to trouble the
militaristic Japanese rulers. the
twenty million unarmed Koreans are
absolutely determined to drive their
alien rulers out of their land. and the
mikado's officials, with their l50,o0O
soldiers, in addition to their police and
spy forces stationed in that unhappy
country, find it impossible to suppress
them. If the island empire does not
want the trouble, the sooner she gets
out of the peninsula the better for he:
and for all others concerned.
"The Koreans are circulating anti
Japanese propaganda, we are told MI.
Yamaguchi must know that II there IS
any anti-Japanese feeling anywhere In
the world, it is due neither to the Ko-
reans, Americans, nor any other nation
ality, but it is due to the overaggres-
siveness and the greedy ambition OF the
Japanese nation and its own militar1stlc
government
Mr.. Yamaguchi's story Of a japanese
atrocity picture is extremely insidious.
In regard to a picture that appeared
in most of the leading newspapers in
this country some time ago, which
showed the typically Japanese pagan act
of company of Japanese soldiers
crucifying a number of Korean Chris
tians and patriots, the japanese propa-
gandists in this country have been try
ing to make the public believe that it
was not the Japanese, but Korean SOL
diers who committed the act. But it is
a well known fact that the Japanese
have been in the habit of crucifylng
the Koreans, especially Christians. In
''The Tragedy of Korea" by F. A. Nc
Kenzie published in 1905, one will find
picture showing the Japanese cruelty
ing the Koreans. The one which appear
ed in the press last summer is, however,
an entirely different one, and it may be
secured by applying to the International
Film Service Company of New York city.
1t is too well known already for the
japanese to make the world believe that
it is the Koreans and not their own
army that committed such a crime
against Christianity and civilization.
The Japanese writer may be right,
in one respect, when he declared that
there would be no war between the
United States and his country. AS
long as the former meekly withdraws
from Siberia, Manchuria, and even
from the Pacific ocean, and turns
Shantung and the whole of Asia over
never be any trouble between the
two nations bordering the great
ocean, the main commercial center Of
the immediate future. Nevertheless.
our friends of the island empire must
rest assured that if the United States
never raises her finger against Japa-
nese atrocities and aggressions there
will be host of other nations who
will not allow the Japanese policy of
peaceful penetration" to menace the
peace of the world. Just as the Japa-
nese crucified and murdered the Ko-
reans at the very moment when their
diplomats in Paris were hobnobbing
about liberty and equality of men
amongst the representatives of other
nations. so does this "hostelry stu
dent" pronounce peace and friend
ship" when the ink on the paper upon
which his government provided $S24,-
000, 900 for the mikado's navy alone for
immediate increase has hardly the
time to dry!
II I were a patriotic Japanese, I
would help my country by exposing
all the wrongs done by my govern
ment, thereby needing the responsible
ones therein; I would earnestly ad-
wise my government to change its
mistaken ideas, and I would humbly
pray to my God to forgive my coun-
try, instead Of trying to hide my
mistakes and to deceive tho
world, B. c, LYNN,
Private secretary to the pres.
ident Of the provisional
government Of the repub-
lie Of Korea