South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18
KOREANS PLAN
To FIGHT JAPAN
To BITTER END
RativeS Would Rather Face
determination Than Sub
NIT to MikadO.

By 4ssor.lted Press
SHANGHAI Feb. 1-. The Ko- 1
reaus viii suffer determination be- I
fore they viii acquiesce iu the rule .
~ japan. declares Baron Kim Ko- 7
chin. formerly one OF Korea's elder .
statesmen. and officials who have
penetrated the japanese Gordon
around Korea lie Is now one Of
he members OF the little commun- .
ity OF Korean refugees who have /
found haven here in China.
There can be no peace" he said 4
The Koreans viii never waver /
rhey may not win fer many years. .
but they VIII never yield"
He declared that the people are
entirely without rights and without
political representation. All special
privileges are in the hands OF the
Japanese, he added. and they con
trO! all the sources of wealth an1
rapidly are acquiring ownership of /
The land. The Korean nation. he I
said is without a moutbpiece. for ne |
asserted. not one Korean newspaper /
edited by Koreans is permitted To- |
exist and public meetings are wholly /
forbidden
Ban Against Crowds
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 or japanese teachers
and the instruction Is given In the |
Japanese language from JaLanese
text books"
he said that the history that is
taught to children is garbled in
such a way as to glorify Japan and
discredit Korea
"Japan's course" ne declared. !
has been driving the people out Of
Korea into Manchuria at the rate
OF 100000 a year. This is because
the japanese have taken control Of !
everything They operate the rail |
ways, the banks, transportation lines |
and customs Offices and in those few
places where there are Korean Off |
Gals the japanese adviser is never !
far distant.
japanese Favor Coolies.
Even the japanese ricksha
coolies are favored for they are per
mitted 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 ex-
penditures in these homes and to
forbid any OF which they do not
approve and the Korean who de-
sires to withdraw money he has de-
posted in a bank must first obtain
permission from the police to do so
Since the revolution started"
Baron Kim said. 1.-The jails have been
filled 20 overlooking and thousands
have been put TO the torture. But
the people have never wavered and
this is why students have thrown
themselves upon bayonets with
barred breasts when police and mil
itary turned upon them. The people
may die. They will never yield"
Joins OficiaIdOm.
Baron Kim. who is "a years old.
came TO Shanghai to become a part
of the officialdom Of republic that
exists only in the hopes and prayers
OF the people OF Korea, for the lead
ers OF the revolutionists. with the
pattern OF a government made Up Of
officials chosen secretly last sum
mer. have grouped themselves to-
gether here with Shanghai as their
capital The connection between
this government and the people of
Korea IS a carefully guarded secret,
and Is a system not unlike the Gun
foreground railroad" by which fugi-
tive slaves sought safety I'm the
north IN the days Of the American
Civil war. II Is effective. however.
for the behests OF the exiled gov
eminent are swiftly transmitted and
are said TO be obeyed to the letter
by me masses under the Japanese
rule in Korea.
Through the decade that has fol-
lowed the annexation by Japan.
Baron Kim has worked for Korea's
Independence.
He said he escaped with a party
from Korea by a pcriloue march
overland. going by devious routes
through the toughest country and
travelling for the most Fart 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.