The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-06
JAPAN is SAID TO HOLD
BACK KOREA'S PROGRESS
Domination Said to Be Inim-
ical to Natives and Others
Seeking DEVELOPMENT. ,

! New Orleans.--Japan's domination In
Korea is inimical both to the natives
and to foreigners seeking to develop
the country, in the opinion Of Charles
NJ. TRULY. who has been engaged in
gold mining near Seoul for the past
| twenty years. and who, because of Jap
anese opposition to foreign capital has
disposed Of all his interests there and
returned to the United States, coming
said:
| When ! went to Korea there was
| abundant opportunity for every one. ma =
| tive ard foreigner alike. The natives
were mining gold. but in the most
their mines because they did not know
how to keep out the water. Several
other mining engineers and myself
showed them how to do this, and they
were grateful for our help, aiding us
in the investment of our then small
capital and otherwise receiving us well.
We found them an honest people, anx-
ious to treat foreigners well, and ex-
pecting to receive the same treatment
In return.
"There are many undeveloped depos-
It's of gold in Korea, and there are
many other natural resources waiting
for development, but since the Japa-
nese took over the country It Is so diff
uuuit as 10 De almost Impossible Tor
foreigners or foreign capital to do any
thing. AS consequence all industries
show less production and much less adj
vancement in methods since the Japa-
nese took hold. Three big gold mines
are in operation in Korea, and all three
have produced about $4,000. 900 In the
metal. Tho ore, however. is of low
grade. averaging only about $40 ton.
While labor and materials were cheap
and the government did not interfere
IN at 70
production. gold mining was profitable.
but with the present Japanese inter-
ference. and the high prices Of labor,
material and machinery. the industry
Yet only by foreign capital can Korea
be developed, for the Koreans have no
large sums Of money of their own, and
the Japanese, even though they have
out Of Korea back to Japan. without
developing the country or its indus
tries.
'.Neither is Japan giving the Koreans
all they deserve along other lines. The
peaceabls and splendid. intelligent
workers. yet they are very dissatisfied
with the treatment they are being given
by Japan. At first Japan took over
Korea under a protectorate. but later
her own, and has retained It 80. In
my opinion, Japan will do the same
thing with Shantung and Sakhalin. |
ono often hears, the story that Japan
needs more territory for her growing |
population and for her national expan-
sion. This is false claim put forward
by Athe Japanese imperialsts. Japan
has hundreds of thousands of acres of
idle land in the northern part of her
own islands, as good or better land |
and, more productive when cultivated,
than any In Korea. The whole Of Hok-
kaido province, in japan, is virtually
unpopuIated, and the Toxic government
is making no attempt to settle people
in It or to develop it.
1.-THE truth about Japan, as I have
seen It exemplified In Korea, Is that
Japan is filled with the idea that the
Japanese are a superior people; that
the world In their cocoanut and that
they are going to get both milk and
meat. regardless OF what other peoples
in the world may think about It. They
are fond OF emigrating and Of estab-
fishing new colonies. but they invest no
money in their new homes. do nothing
TO develop the country In which they
settle. and never marry into the people
among whom they live Though they
dominate Korea, they hold themselves
aioof from the Koreans and do abso-
iutely nothing for the benefit of the
subject people, who, In every respect
Of honesty. Kindness. virtue and desire
10 advance their country, are greRtlyl
superior TO the Japanese"