The Mena weekly star., 1921-10-27

AR1 Ic..,11 Korean mission is now as <, lrScI;nu f.2ss1iesion to inject the n IfrnubIcs6Ine issue into the inter- ~ q4f,,@f;.rs1 <s44{erehce here next s lnnon}I. {he fo1lowing article is of S 8y Henry Chung,
 i9ss o.<xHta..s o< the Korean Mission x. krf{IeI. f1T {1fefnational News SerVice saa5s wasbinxton. Oct. 20.-This disarm- lssiI, E,...z IA pAcific conference will
 ve q fer nore important bearing
 nor f5s sI<airs of the Far East than
 Iad tie P6ris conference of two
 I4nr~ 1oo. At Paris it was com |s~. f;v.s1sl 4i,anle matter for Japan to
 |a;n h1r cos1csssions in the Orient, as
 h4 had 6v<rvfhing pre-arranged by |sr~et Sc1eements with the European :. Eoveruxnel1(S fo support her claims v lI that sA6 had to do was to insist 1hknon fkS fulhllment of promises ande to her bv the allies. The part nS E hcr d{uIomatic success at Wash nofon VII not be as smooth as it was
 Kor51 fo Become Issue. pl One of f6e auestions that is bound Eo bo hro1,czf tip for discussion at the Al eorf feren<S IT 1tae problem of what is bo be don6 with Korea. Japanese dip- Iou&ta. no doubt, will put up their fani1fax er4ument that it is domes- Eic n{{nir t0 ba settled between Korea End Jap1n. But, in this day and age, ; hatiouS E1x6 right to insist on fair .l lbettl6rnont If the questions that dis $ Eurb th6 ne&co of the world.
 EuxIo86 hox already extended the 6lixe br&ncn 10 her apparently ire |co1ci1ieb|6 HeIand. In this connec- Ition we 1II0oId not lose sight of the fact tint <1e Korean question is Ieom e#hat diHerent from the domes- |tic iashea of other powers. Korea at \ preSenf. fl nn Ireland of nearly 20,- NJ 000. 600 p66oIe and no Ulster. Ire | land kns neTer had an individual king dom. but Korea has had one for 1,500 yearS aud knows what independence means ThE Koreans have a civiliZa- tion as &reat as China's in many ways and Hreater than Japan's in l J6pH Establish Selves.
 | M<X 1{lullk Ol tilc huooo-1dP~ auese MI Japan and Korea were all 1 lieG Ln treaty concluded on Feb ss:.s..s. s. & f&a4, Article III, reads: Ih6 {mDerial government of Japan dednit9IV guarantees the political in- doQ1Hdence and territorial integrity of fhc H5rean empire"
 In return for this guarantee Korea alIoW&d 1ouan to use her territory as | q b0Go 1I military operations against Ru11i1 oWever, as soon as the war W1G 0[1 apanese troops remained
 At W {I1ne of the establishment of the I@6ese alleged protectorate over X4E16 the Japanese government 41Io<ed <1e outside world, and espe- cl1IIx <<6 Korean people, that the pxot4 N<o was more or less tenn pQEGxX 1o&4sUre to insure peace in tn and to assist the Korean m until the latter should be
 1<lidy of the Strong.
 Fur4heft it was explicitly provided the Ja0anese government should
 Guertnf<e to maintain the security and xe909cf the dignity of the Korean luVe<l<1 1psehoid,' but these pledges Wex1 14oEt aside when Japan forced S;S= 's<=<<..<snss of the former Korean c!nr4k6E 1907, and finally annexed the <clIu<fy to the Japanese empire H 48< Lt is clear case of the per noX LIE strong.
 19 ean people know this. They n4x4 U<ed the alien yoke with pa- t1<u9t N41 toleration until finally the Wnql1 14klon revolted against Jap a1lez< xule in the spring of 1919. This fsYolt as crushed out by the Jap axltse nz]lIfary forces.
 hprea4 Vearning for political free dom iz coupled with the sudden set NnK eH of all the accumulated hate, cFueltx- tyranny and injustice of Jap anese A4Ha:nation that have been pHaFtised during the ten years since the an114xation
 3o IonK as there is a Korean left there #I be a cry for independence.
 Ai1s[Iea IS not without responsibil- oi <1t Korean question. Koreans Stlil e4Asltier the Korean-American tfea<X Qt 1882 as binding, in which AMe<l1a pledged good offices in case 6Qfea Expressed by third power.
 IS# of all these facts it will be !1tsfz5I1nE to see what President Iaz1!1E and Secretary Hughes will Qo HEH regard to the Korean oues- <1oH E zhe coming disarmament con