KOREA PAYS SMALL SUM FOR DAMAGES SEOUL, Korea. June 20. (Correspondence of ihe Associated Press.) Tlie . government of Korea hus paid to the British consulate the jquivalent of ?2500 In compensation for injuries lecelved by the Ilev. John Thomas, in eonnec-!ion eonnec-!ion with the Korean independence movement. " Although a British subject, Mr. Thomas is representative here of the Oriental Mission so-rietv. so-rietv. which has its headquarters in Chicago. 3e was arrested at Kokei, Korea, . March 20 ind was beaten by Japanese civilians and struck ly a policeman. In the criminal court here four Japanese rtvillans concerned in the attack were fined and Jie policeman whom Mr. Thomas charred with lKR!tult was punished by disciplinary measures. Mr. Thomas declared that he was arrested rlthout provocation, kicked and beaten. The olice seemed to think he was an American, he raid, and would not allow him to subslaiitiate lis claim to British citizenship nor to show his lapers. Finally, at the police station the mnt-;er mnt-;er was arr:mped. The police admitted they tad made a mistake and expressed their regrets.