Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-09
government order.

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 Statements issued by representa- tives of the Japanese government and
 by Mr. Appenzeller indicate that both
 missionaries refused to investigate demonstrations of some of the stu dents in their schools on the anriver-
 sary 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
 q political element and that they had
 been warned from the American ul-general not to interfere in political matters in Korea. MT. Ap- penZeller declares that he obeyed the government order to the extent of
 warning his students against demon. strations and had told them they would be punished if they disobeyed.
 No statement has been obtained from Miss Smith, principal of the Paiwha girls school. The govern
 ment agents assert that she did not warn her students against demonstra
 tions as directed by the government "under the plea that the problem
 was political in nature and an edu
 cationalist ought not to interfere with it." The authorities that MT. Appenzeller, principal of the Taichai school warned the students against demon nstrations. but state that when they had shouted "long live Korea," and the police had placed cordon around the school he declined to in- vestigate the affair or punish the students.
 MT. Appenzeller declares in state ment that he told the government of ficials that he was ready to deal with any offense against school dis cipline, but tha tit seemed to him that political element wa sinvolved which transferred the responsibility for the investigation from the prin cipal (himself) to the police. "Hav- ing done all in my power to prevent any such occurrence, I ought not to be called upon to search out of lenders of that sort" says Mr. Ap- penzeller He explained that if he had searched for the offenders as government agent demanded heI would hay been regarded by his stu dents as "tool of the police." MT Appenzeller adds that the police con- ducted their own investiga tion, ex. cluded him from the inquiry rooms and took from the school one teacher and IA students. He continues:
 "As I had heard that the inquiry had been carried on in a brutal fashion, I commissioned the teachers to gather facts (concerning the po lice inuuiry). I have detailed state ments in my possession and they show total of Al students who were maltreated in one or more of the fol- lowing ways: Shaping, punching kicking. wrists twisted ,an object in- serted between the fingers and these pressed until the blood started. One student is said to have had finger broken. This had been done in the school"
 It is alleged by some foreipners that the Japanese officials in Korea tend to interpret the school regula tions in such manner as to make educationalists coadjutors of the po- lice to an unwarranted degree. It is matter of regard that Americans engaged in teaching in Korea are specifically enioined by American governmental regulations from talk ing any part whatsoever in political matters in Korea. This was brought out at the time of the independence demonstrations last year when the American consulate-eneral mailed copies of instructions intended to guide Americans in Korea. These instructions had come years before the state department in Washington
 At the time of the independence revolts Japanese officials sought to induce the missionaries to exert their influence to restrain the insur- .rA, 1~,.A T clined to take any action on the ground that the matter was political. In the present cases the Japanese au- thorites contend that the matter was one vitallv touching school dis cipline and that the missionaries should have acted.
 Tom Terrall, candidate for governor, paSSed throuph Pine Rluff and Spent