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!i ' fa© Independence Movement in lores,
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fhe-demonstrations whieh have been taking place througttt Koro.  '
since March 1 raise t?/o important questions, namely j Are the majority
of the Koreans satisfied with the Japanese rule? and; ¥ho are th©
actual participants ef the movement? A perusal of to.© following review of the actual facts will enable any fair Mn&ed person to com©
to the right conclusion. Broadly speaking the recent movement, which
is now generally known as the Independence Movement, are conducted by
the 4©int efforts ©f three only Korean organisations permitted by the
Japan.ae i«v«r__MMl. fteaeral* who is practically the emperor of Korea.
They are, christian churches, Buddhist religion and the Ghuntokio Churches.
It l«a it wmmt %e •eiPBssiwledgjedt rather unusual for such distinctly
religlou* organisations to ©oaluot what is purely a political toovw*-     (
meat but mm fact la Hurt S» It-TV* a© organisation of any sort, with    v,
the exception of the three abeve named religions, ia allowed for fear
f  that it might %• a wmam ssSfftvlently to enlighten the peopl© of
I  Korea t© r©#©*t th© ar^itWHqf *»l« ©f the Jameses© toveraor G-eneral»
\  In faa& imUm Japan©*© ©f_M©i*Ia» ©syeoially ta* military authorities,
1  hav© always jmpt th©lr «f©» ©fen regarding th© work ©f the christian
©hxa^sh©*, *a.lch ia lM^ii^.vlnwtioAai* It is a well known faot that
Korean oitrlstlans are coaaidered by the Japanese to be the Most dangerous people, who _auat evwatually b© p*& lorn at any ©oat* fhe con-
pfracy ©a's© was one of such efforts to destroy tho Korean christian
church. It was not'the fault of tho J&jpsnceo Uiut  tho atto-ipt did not
succeed«
She Christian Church*
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|; In no other part of the world has christian work made such rapid
•■          2S_S*_r*. »- ■    --rtneen t__i some thin, like 3C0.0CWoo™**. tfte ;
onlv about thl**-   years pioneer ..or!., ana  .he xaot  -ua-  ta.  ^policy .- ;
of the converts are mte*-taring the las* ton or so ye^re,  opu^G *or v
itself *    ?h© Methodic and the^Braiftytcrlua are the only to"; -   |
ohSrchcS, ^hich carry on missionary work .in Korea,    "too foi^or nje its |
working field ino&tlv in central pr.rto of __orea with it* huiui£uur.«.r8 J
i^Sfe.    It hae about 100,000 ^mbor, divided ««ms »ojo TOu church-
ee in various cities and villnfeoe.    _?_iocontru oi  v.ur._ o_   U. _._.e_iby- -
terian church is situated in E/en&yuiac. vath northeru p-.rtt.oi f
korea as its field*    Xt has about 2000 o_xu_rone& of bo*© t-ina lue a
S^is^ae5§c.eatBentio_\ed above these ohuroheft a&ve not been looked
won with any thtos like favour by the Japanese authorities as they
blltevamodtL education euch a_ given by thea to the Korpans^is detri^-,   .
al to Korean loyalty to Japan*    ©_er© is also an u»&i»e»]_ao_.e iom      :       ,-
on the part of the Japanese that the teaching off free tnrnking ,     .      ,3
and ©Duality,  eo dear to the western people, mi^t be  imparted < y
to the Koreans by the Missionaries from 2Surope ouo. Am©ra.ca «no 5.?
Ihusstart them, the Koreans, on the road to fi^t for freedom.    It
is therefore not un-mtm-al for the Japanese to have taken every
v»os*-ible meanb to cheek the spread of Christianity la^orea.
The ne* historic Conspiracy case of 1915 may be ouotoa as a
oroo.° to show how the Japanoeo autnori-cies would, traai. t, Korean
Christian Phen they could lay their hands on him.    Open persecution^
of Koreau christian is such au. ©very a_.y  ooovrenob   uhnt 1. ha,B c«h»ed
to produce sensatioa ia Korean, .,.,,-.     .„
tt  is -oorha-os also the fact that the maaon-.y 01  tne ^oreeui ^
ohrifctiaas are* on an ivvcrftse better etecatai t__a:a the oranv_ry ^.ors^Y ,
•'"^.liat has made the Japanese so l)i.t«r toward th&i_.    iioi-wai'i c__x'i_: ._.a^_./ ^