New Britain herald., 1920-02-09
KOREANS IN REVOLT;
 JAPANESE RETREAT
ExcayatiDs Korea After Defeat
 by ReVOlutiOniSts 300 KILLED IN ATTACK
BoIshcviki Furnished Arms for ko- rCanS-Activc Rebellion and the Beginning of d Tremendous Affair is Feared in Consequences.

Beginning Of d tremendous tAidlf is Feared iu Consequence. Washington, Feb. 9.-Official dis patches received here today said a 1 force of 2,O00 Koreans armed princi- pally with equipment furnished by the Bolsheviki crossed into northern Korea from kirin, Manchuria. and at tackled a Japanese post of TOO men at 1 night killed 300 of them and routed the remainder.
 ; According to these dispatches, the attack was the initiation of an active rebellion in Korea. It was described as the beginning Of a tremendous af- fair
 Several other clashes have occurred between the insurgents. greatly rein forced by recruits from the natives of the district and troops foraging near Japanese frontier posts, the dispatch es said. In nearly every case the Japanese were outnumbered heavily and were forced to withdraw after suffering heavy losses.
 According to official information. Bolsheviki authorities are in close touch with the Korean leaders and are making every effort to provide their troops with adequate equip ment.
 1 Reports received here recently said l the entire length of the branch of the Siberian railroad running from ] Vladivostok westerly through north ern Manchuria had come under Bo1- ! shevik influence and that q move ment was on foot to organize the local Bolshevik organizations with the ! numerous bands of Chinese brigands f to invade Korea.
 1 It was calculated that such an in vading force would find large rein l forcements from the people of north : ern Korea who have been in q state ! of revolt against the Japanese. | London, Feb. 9.--Northern Korea has been evacuated by the Japan csc, 1 it is claimed in st wireless from Mos 1 COW today. quoting an Oms5 message. l The population rose to aid Korean 1 forces from Chinese territory, it is de- ! clared.
 The Omsk message as given i'll the | BolShevik wireless says than on Feb. 1 that the bands of Koreans raised in l Chinese territory crossed the border ! and attacked the Japanese. Masses of l the population are joining the insur- l gents it is added, the Japanese are l retreating and evacuating northern | KoreA
 | Several reports of renewed anti 1 Japanese movements in Korea have | been received recently. On January l q BolsheViki wireless communica- l ton from Moscow carried the report 1 of an outbreak of which no details 1 were given but on January , a cable : gram from Shanghai to the Korean 1 national assembly in Hawaii claimed 1 the crossing of a Korean national ! army from Siberia into Korea with 1 the capture of Enchin from the Jap 1 anese forces.
 1 Korea has been in disturbed state ! since last spring when the movement 1 for independence from Japan famed l into open revolt in many of the popu- 1 lous centers. The Japanese put down l the rising but the agitation has per 1 sisted in Korea and among Koreans in | Siberia. The activity of these Si- l berian Koreans was one of the req
 sons given by a Japanese official re- 1 gently against the imm ediate with 1 drawal of Japanese troops from Si- 1 beria. Last September an attempt
 l was made to asSinatet Adn1ira l
 Baron Saito when he came to take his
 ! post as the new Japanese governor of
 l Korea and other evidences of pro-
 1 nounced Korean unrest have made
 their appearance from time to time