KOREA.
BITTERNESS TOWARDS JAPAN. By Telegraph —Press Ann.—(iopyrleht. Tokio, Sep. 16. Eye-witnesses from Korea testify that Koreans are bitterly opposed to the Japanese owing to the punishments meted out for demonstrations in favor of independence. Since the spring rising 20,000 have been imprisoned ana thousands have been flogged with a ■wooden paddle, a barbarous torture used in old Korea. A correspondent states: "I have seen inany photographs of youthful students With, their flesh cut to shreds. Many died- 'Many other indignities have been offered to women students." Admiral Saito, the new Governor of Korea, is introducing more humane rule and promises immediate amelioration of conditions and eventual self'pfWrninent. He announces that Japan does not desire to eradicate Korean culture. Admiral Saito's administration marks the etod of the brutal military Tegime which followed the risings. '(Am-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1919, Page 5
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137KOREA. Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1919, Page 5
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