The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
Interpreting
The News
. BY JAMES D. WHITE
Associated Press STAG ~

pan FRANCISCO, Sept. Is
- Koreans are pleased that A. Il
lean occupation authorities amer
sacked couple of theip nave
obnoxious japanese ad,l1; most
tors, the governor-generaI n .'l!s'ra'
chief OF police. anu The
Hut this can be only a ten,ro
stopper to the damned I-n ,'p So
for Japan which saturates : K aalled
thinking: his hatred comes NV t.s
having had the japanese in IRON non
mar tor more than half mi Ils
ium. ''l'llen'
Americans have four year, =,
intimate expert nee to think aS.. VI
inc Chinese can look back SI uno,
IS years Of trying to keen .rs apoa
away from their threats. Ko ppaa
the traditional stepping-stone 'f fres,
Japan to Asia, has been dir, ,U,ll
~ asallls' japanese cruelty .iDcs
before Columbus discovered ANY," se
lea. ~ -A''1ef'
First Drive On China
At that time japanese oir.+,.
outtltted by feudal lords, plrndsr'
ed the Korean coast But in N,.'
late 1500s along came Hidevo,S uF
the japanese war lord who I nnn
quered and unif ed his own cov
try. He tried to go through Koro,
in the first japanese attemnt -
conquer China.
After seven years fighting II,
Koreans finally beat back Hidpvn WY
shl's invaders, especially after
Korean invented metal.clad w.r
junk that is credited with bandira
Japan her first naval defeat
Hldeyoshi d ed, and his success
or, 1yeyasu. tried diplomacy. h
wanted to re-establish relations
with Korea so he could trade with
China. The Koreans ignored him
at first; but finally, after years Of
writing to Seoul and getting M
answer, Iyeyasu was able to get
an intermediary to the Korean
court. The Korean king replied.
korea has. rejected Japar.
ese) proposals because both the
government and the people have
felt Korea should ne Their maintain
her existence under the same skies
with Japan nor disgracefully as
sociate with a nation having the
standards and practices of Japan"
But the king agreed to resume
relations, pressing for japanese
restitution for greve-robbin and
other assorted crimes. Iyeyasu re.
patriated several thousand Korean
slaves the japanese had captured,
but nothing was done about sever.
al thousand pairs of picked Korean
ears which reposed in a japanese
shrine.
Granted Treaty
The Koreans granted trade
treaty which allowed lyeyasus
merchants to trade once year
at Fusan, the port nearest Japan.
Iyeyasu asked the Koreans to
help him get back into ChMas
good graces, as the Chinese were
aloof after couple of centuries Of
Japanese piracy along their coast
The Koreans refused anyway be-
cause, in the words of japanese
historian, 'they doubted the SIN
cerity and good faith Of Japan.
Iyeyasu carried his country into
a seclusion which lasted until l8o5
after which japanese agents soon
gloodeo into Korea and intrigued
against both the Korean throne
and China's protectorate over the
country.
They fought the Chinese in lSs'
over Korea, and emerged villa
their troops occupying 1t. The!
fought the Russians in 1904 ana
wound up with a protectorate laaI
legalized this occupation. In wv
they annexed Korea outright,
Since then Koreans have INe'
intimately with japanese poAG
terror and japanese ereea
Koreans have been murdered 0I
lied, exploited, drugged, ana u's'
to help drug and abuse 'he 10
of Asia. i,
A mi S o n airy, compalI
Koreans and japanese, once "
served: .,
"The Korean guards his psf'a
and his women folk from the ~.
lie with the most rigid exacus wv,
The japanese on the othel s 10,
goes nude without any thoug INV
obscen;ty. and his men ana WIN WI
en- battle together in a puoll' Nd ",
Wit all the innocence OF ~
ticellIs eve. This to hoIee ~,
the limit of indecency ana l'- ~,
ers him wholly Incapable u Nd n,
understanding the Japanese ~
of view" ,,s al
many important qualifying ,sa b.
of both Koreans and japanese nj,
# suggests broadly the vaS' y,
tempt which Koreans feel . W. ID
thew thts,pt think about their masters y
the past As years. :,. rsos,I
w when they learned their 'isnt 5' on
csc overlords would be KEEP ,,sy
while, they replied that y rs
rather be ruled Oy ;oht Jsa
dummy than the most op''S'
anese. ,..;o- and IL
c,: nr5 al that's the way w
fool about it.