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u.   .oi^ i-h»t   iust after the annexation many Koreans went o-ver
and Burope,  others to Ohma,  i-niiiipniiico uiiv*      +>,„+ inrftlitv      In Europe

the merchants,   shopkeepers and others to send^fands to the Vlad^
orgainsation      The P^0P^«>^„^°Jf ^he otvii ^ve?Sor these men were pro-
ressioS! aStatJ?s'ol t^fworsft^l,\nd they were preying on the people
for their own personal gain.

The Korean societies in Europe and America as well as the people  in

i;rrntoL:r;/5S:;..'r.uss,SLSS^nrs:i«?»?^^

of Justice, which states that after investigation he has found,no siffl oi
the missionaries havi5p"5"nything to do witn the n-prising,.

(From Shanghai Gazette, April Sth, 1919)

"IKTSRVIEVJ '.ilTH THE CIVIL GOVEiuiOh OF KOifflA"
A Korean Reply

The Editor, Shanghai Gazette.

Sir-- in reference to the interview between your special Correspondent
and'the civil wovemor of Korea published in your columns yesterday I

?Ske^he opportSI!?^ to clear thi great '"i^r^'^'^^^f''Sinds°of%o^ r^d-
of the article in question is likely to produce xn the minds of your read-

^""^'l. The statement of the governor to the effect that |°^^^^^^^"?*f ^^^^^
nrosnered under the Japanese domination is nearly t^ae. But we can not
l^ttllule ?Sis seeming prosperity entirely to the f f°^^^f *^%J?:£f ^^°
government. In this connection we have to pfiint out t^^^t in the first
nlace the oresperity has resulted in enriching the purses of the Japanese
secondly! 1^ tof to the changing spirit of the ti?°=-_f-^^^," ZTlexl
u^heavel all over the world and surely the Koreans who have brains and per-
sevlrlSce couM not have allowed the Opportunities "^/"^"''■^^S^ *^fj^f ^^
to llin away as if there were no Japanese in the country. You must not
forSt ttofm^st of the Japanese innovations in Korea have been instituted