The Case of Korea by Henry Chung

Author:Henry Chung [Chung, Henry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Asia, Japan, Reference, General, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, Regional Studies
ISBN: 9781136927218
Google: 3anHBQAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-11-01T15:53:30+00:00

and Yi Sang-jai. Pastor Kil for many years has been the pastor of the largest church in Korea. His name is a household word among Korean Christians, and his moral leadership was recognized by Christians and non-Christians alike. Yi Sang-jai, once Secretary to the Korean Legation at Washington, was now a Y.M. C.A. leader, but he was held in universal esteem, not only by Koreans, but also by Westerners in Korea.

As the plans were being completed, the Japanese officials evidently had an inkling that something was brewing, although they did not know what it was. Orders were issued to the police all over the country to take due precaution for what contingencies that might occur on March 3. The Korean leaders promptly changed the date of their independence demonstrations from March 3 to March 1, thus getting ahead of the police.

When the day arrived, plans were completed, organization perfected, and the stage set for the demonstration of what Valentine McClatchy, the Publisher of the Sacramento Bee, who was in Korea during the first week of March, calls “The Greatest Example in World History of an Organized Passive Resistance for an Ideal.” On Saturday, March 1, at two o’clock p. M., the Independence Proclamation was read to expectant crowds gathered in every city in Korea, with cheers of Mansei, Mansei, Mansei!

The Independence Proclamation follows:

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