OUTBREAK IN KOREA
EFFORT TO OBTAIN INDEPENDENCE FIGHTS WITH THE POLICE (Bee. March 11, 10:50 p'.m;) Shanghai, March 13. On thei occasion" of the uneral ceremonies ot the latc ; Emperor of Korea a general outbreak to gain independence occucred throughout the peninsula. Tho movement was strengthened by the belief that the Paris Conference had sanctioned- independence. Thousands of Koreans paraded tho streets, and thero were collisions with tho gendarmerie. :-Hundreds'of arrests were made. • The disturbances continue in- thff provincial towns. The Koreans are raiding the '.police stations, resulting' in bloodshed on both sides. ... . ... Japanese reports' estimate that at least four thousand Koreaue, mostly student;, have been arrested. The .casualties are.'not announced. ' ' . Some Japanese newspapers, assert that missionaries ''instigated tlie' disturbances. -Keuter. .......
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 146, 15 March 1919, Page 7
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121OUTBREAK IN KOREA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 146, 15 March 1919, Page 7
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