The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-12
Japanese Brutality
Tn Korea
American Missionaries Make
Statements Of Action Of Police

Correspondence Associated PreSs)
Seoul. Korea, May S-The two Am
erican Methodist missionaries, Henry
Appenzeller and Miss B. A.. Smith,
who were dismissed by japanese Off
Gals in Korea from their positions. Of
principals of private schools, Were ac=
cused of failing to comply with the re-
quirenaents of the japanese to pre-
vent pro-Korean demonstrate by
students alleged to have disobeyed the
government order.
Statements issued by representatives
of the Japanese government and by
Mr.. Appenzeller indicate that both
missionaries refused to investigate de-
inonstrations of some of the students
in their. schools on the anniverary Of
the Korean independence movement
or TO punish students who participated
in them The position taken by both
missionaries was that such action. by
them would involve political tis-s
ment and that they had been warned
from the American council general.
not to interfere in political matters na
Korea, Mr.. Appenzell@ declares that
he obeyed the government order to the
extent Of warning his students against
demonstrations and had told thefn
they would be punished if they dis
obeyed ~
40 statement has been obtained
from Miss Smith, principal OF the
;Paiwha girls school The sovernmenl
agents assert that She did not warn
her students against demonstrat::oa
as directed by the government s.un-
der the plea that the problem was. ro
liticaT in, nature and an educatioaaI-
list ought not to interfere with it. The
authorities admit that Mr.. Appenzel-
Ter, principal, Of the Taichai scaool
warned the students. against :f.smon-
strations but state that when they had
shouted long live Korea an.1 tie.
police had placed cordor aronni the
school he declined to investigate the
affair or punish the students.
Mr. Appenzeller declares in :. state
ment that he told the government Of
ficia1s that he was ready TO teal with
any offence against school ,;isclpli,-e
but that it seemed to him tnat :. Eoii-
tical element was involved which
transferred the Responsibility for the
investigation from the principal (hin
self to the police. Having done all
in my power to prevent :,ny>spch &C.
curence, I ought not to~be called up
on 10 search out offenders Gf that
sort" says Mr.. Appenzellsr. He eX-
planned that if he had searched for
the offenders as a government agert1
demanded he would have Eee:t re-
garded by his students as y tool of
the police" Mr. Appenzeller adds that
the police conducted their own investi-
CATION, excluded MIN from the inquiry
rooms and took fronlNthe school one
teacher and IA students He contin-
uesi
'As had heard that the inquiry had
been carried on in a brutal fashion, l
commissioned the teachers to gather
facts Concerning the police inquiry.
I have detailed statements in my pos
session and they show total. of Al
students who were, maltreated in one
or more of the following ways-slap-
ping. punching, kicking. wrists twisted
an object inserted between the fingers
and these pressed until the blood
started. One student is said to have
had a. finger broken This had been
done IN the school,
1t is alleged by some foreigners that
the Japanese officials in Korea tend to
interpret the school regulations in such
a manner as to make .educationalists
coadjutors of the police to an unwar-
ranted degree. It is a matter Of re-t