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Korean National Information Bureau
P. 0. Box 1919 -Cable address: Konaticn
Honolulu, T. H., U. S. A.
November 2, 1931.
Honorable Ariatide Briand:
Twenty million Koreans in Korea and in the Hawaiian Islands
*humbly submit this appeal protesting the occupation of Manchuria by
Japanese troops under the pretense of Korean protection and military
necessity. They feel compelled by the common dictates of humanity as
well as by their patriotism to record their emphatic protest against
the unjust and inhuman methods that have been employed by the Japanese administration in the recent forcible occupation of Manchuris and'1
also against their brutal attacks upon those exiled Koreans in Manchuria.
The phrase - "Yellow Peril11 - much used since the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war has become a stern reality and we
call your attention to this menacing problem that overhangs China
and the rest of the world.  The Manchurian and Korean questions are
the vital Far Eastern problems that go hand in hand and as such they
should be considered at this moment by the Council of the League of
Nations.  In defense of the vital interests and welfare of the isolated Koreans as well as the Chinese Republic, in furtherance of the
cause of world peace in the Pacific, we humbly beg the League of
Nations and other powera to immediately demand from the Japanese the
withdrawal of their armies from Manchuria and Korea.  We dare predict that Japan will do everything within her power to delay the withdrawal of her army from Manchuria for many months to come unless the
League of Nations and the United States take a very decisive step.
The presence of her army vitally affects America and other world
interests guaranteed under the Open Door Agreement.
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