The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-05
The National Emancipatory Movement
in Korea Against Japan

job by side with work
receive double that of the Koreans This inequality between the
the Japanese all
Thus with the exception of part the
all the social classes had towards 1919 sufficient
be dissatisfied with the Japanese This made itself felt
Revolution the Treaty Versailles
and Wilson's theses the rights of small nations undoubtedly
FASTENED the march of events.
proletariat time too weak to lead the
It did not then revolutionary organization
however weak this is proved that had become
class interests
The ptbougoosie took charge of the had hitherto
Ted the CenDoGhe he Heavenly Way)-a religious
nationalist organization mainly peasants However
hougeoe proved itself absolutely unable with its tasks
these March days The whole history its leadership is history
of cowardce and eachey the developed
only spite of its leaders, who fastened either fly voluntarily
Put themselves the Of the japanese and owing to the
famous burst of indignation of the who led fierce
struggle against the Japanese
The Japanese succeeded drowning the first outbu of the
people in blood All the they forced consider the
consider how to attract their side new strata of the population
which could be eventually used Japanese in tie emancpao
to whom decided make certain concessions In 1921 the fol-
lowing reforms" declared the military
placed by civil the replaced by
police show of sefgovenment created the mted joint stock
the geneahp military government
heard Of The socaed council attached the and
the provincial enjoy whatsoever and only
cbeden tools in the hands the auhoes) economic
yoke has been only slightly relieved all commanding posi-
tons of Korean remain before
However, spite of all the Righteousness of the reforms the
Immediately groped this attempt
patched compromise with Japan Part the bourgeoe e
Japanese Imperialism. The remainder would
opposed Japanese imperialism but feared however, lose that which
it possessed, avoided decisive struggle.
Hence the half position of this section of the bourgeosie
frequent ultra revolutionary phrases side by with
forms, the struggle for autonomy, culture etc.
1t would that all but in reality the
not altogether crushed the least the popular
evinced their willingness fight their oppressors
incidents popular indignation.
The Communist Party who had by that time into existence
ably took advantage of the mood of the which that filled
the streets number Tin Seu alone 40000 the
death of the late following the to demonstrate the
had hoped that by the solemn funeral of the
they would lessen somewhat the antapanee feelng As
result of the Communist Party activities their direction
this pub mourning" converted
for independence of Korea.
There Korea the time really revolu-
onary sections which ready struggle the end
tom the and the proetariat The peasan robbed
suppressed minute prepared
They however, position organize and win this struggle
their They lack organizing forces which only
the cities The proearat that force which capable organizing
the for the for national for the
FOR democratic freedom and at the time to organize together
with the the other social strata which have retained
Of revolutionary spirit Th events 1.-THE Hensan k
shown that the Korean poaa quickly growing that the period
action
gone the hand when the proearat
which fully understood historic
which capable Of leading the Korean revolutionary
ctory.