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in the interior where there are no foreigners to cHroaicle what
ie happening. The Japanese are now becoming so scared at tho
kiaowledge that the foreigners are gaining of their cruelties
that they are trying to prevent the Koreans from entering mis¬
sionary hospitals. They do not want the missionaries to know
hpw they bayonet, shoot, or beat the Koreans. But they have
thotight of this too late, for vrtiile in future they may pre¬
vent the Eoreajas from receiving foreign treatment, they caimot
a?efBute the evidence of the past.

It is a black and damning picture that continually faces
the Japanese they themselves realize at the present moment and
for the sake of appearing in front of the civilized world with
Qlean hands, now that they are trying to secure mandatory powers
over new territories, they are willing to do anything.
It is impossible for the Japanese to ■understand that it is impos¬
sible for them to mislead the world all the time. Truth will
come out, and the methods they have followed in Korea shows that
they are not fie to be trusted with the care of tether nations.

In Korea they have abused the trust that has been placed in
them. On their otm showing^ they fought for the indopendenco
of Korea when they came in conflict with the Russians, but that
^as proved mere empty talk. From the time that they murdered
(bho queen and then burnt her history has shown that the inter¬
est of the Korean people has not been considered when it came in
conflict with Japanese interests. How easily the Japanese could,
have handled this situation and made the Koreans their
friends is realized by everyone except the Japanese themsel¬
ves. It is their utter lack of -understanding of the situation that
hj^s brought about the present state of affairs. They are and
have been trying to make the Koreans their slaves, they do not
want them to know anything about their wwn history, because they
kjiow that it will diminish Japanese prestige. The Japanese do
not want tb have to admit that they owe much to this country,
eoncexning their religion, art, written language and laws.

They are indeed trying to denationalize them. They will not
Qij^low them to read up to date literature, including foreign
newspapers. It is the object of the present regime to prevent the
Kprean from becoming too conversant with world affairs and
the history of his own people.

As far as the Japanese are concerned the Korean is not
thing toore or less that a slave, and as such they intend to
treat him. But the Korean is beginning to realize that he haa
certain rights and that he is entitled to have a say as to how
and by whom he shall be governed. At the moment they both hate
0ach other with a hatred that it is impossible to describe. The
Japanese considers that the Korean is beneath contemptJf while the
Korean is of theoy opinion that it is impossible to trust the Japan¬
ese, as up to the present he has met with nothing but falsehood
and misrepresentation, as far as the Koreans are concerned the
Japanese Government may sencl in all the soldiers she possesses,
and while they may be thoir brutal treatment force them to
aubmission for the time being, the hatred will still exist. Ihy
the Japanese to not l?ry to come to a reasonable understand is l)*-
yond the imagination of the ordinary foreigner.

Continued cruelty will only increase the hatred of the Koreans
(for the Japanese and it is to be hoped that the Bovemor Gen¬
eral will take such s.teps as to make his recent statement good.