Show FINGERS GER FOR PATRIOTISM Over in Corea Cores where th the rebellion of ot ofa ota ofa a few thousand natives naties against the harsh rule of the Japanese has brought br U bt upon them at the hands of their masters mas ers a deliberate war of extinction patriotism runs In weirdly oriental channels How HowIt Howit It was that seventeen s E enteen students of showed their devotion to o Country by cut cutting cutting ting off ot one finger linger as a memorial n offer offerIng offerIng off er Ing lag on the altar of the lands departed freedom recently appeared in translation from rain the Dal Dat Han Mat Mal II U a Co Corean Corean Corean rean paper edited by an Englishman in Seoul It was this translation which was en entered entered entered as an exhibit in recent r court pro proceedings proceedings against this same same Englishman one E T Bethell who through a ver vernacular vernacular er and azid an English newspaper has hac been causing the Japanese all aU sorts of ot trouble The Japanese resident general recently had bad h d Bethel Bethell up for fore trial before betor the British resident for violation of a r of ot council prohibiting an Englishman from printing seditious mat matter matter matter ter in a foreign country countr On the strength of ot his article about the fingerless erless i students and others other of like nature Bethel Bethell was as Im Irn Imprisoned and fined by b the court of t his own says the tb iQ YorK Sun Here Es the seditious article In all an its wealth of exotic eastern phraseology How great Is the finger r blood of at t the ilie seventeen students How brilliant mt Is the tho finger blood of the tho seventeen s students s At this blood t we gesticulate at this blood we dance dnn for jq j joy AH men And w women men you should gesticulate and dance at this blood At this blood we sing flIng and at this blood we wall wail All AU men and women in Corea who have the power of ot tears you should sing and wall wail at this blood What blood Is the finger blood of the tho th seventeen students It is tho the blood of ot f patriotism It Is the blood of Indignation It is the blood of ot anxiety for tor the times it Is the blood of madness How brilliant Is i the finger blood bl Od of ot the seventeen students A few f w days das ago a traveler from Ham heun heung cune came into our jour ole with Uh tears streaming from his eyes e recounting ml the hl ton of ot the seventeen std stu students dents blood This Tills Is what he said On the fifteenth of the first moon spring having bavin returned to the northern continent when the th moon was full over tift fifty stu students students students dents of or th the school of village in the district of ot ng as assembled assembled assembled tO singing a song 6 ns of or pa patriotism pa patriotism patriotism The subject of ot n was The Heart Which Preserves the th Home Should Be B Transferred to the Coun Country Countr try tn tr Their feelings torched tot hed bv hr the scenery and the terrible end to which things hall had come having Increased their resentment they burst forth Into sobs nd consoled cons leJ and Pond exhorted each other In tn or of sor srn sorrow Borrow row and Par pain Seventeen of them overcome over ovir come by their fervent feelings pointed to lo lothe the blue skies and made a 30 vow ow saying We will certainly recover cover 1 our Corea Co e We will vili certainly take back our ur mountains and nerSo 2000 H Ii and we will c add to our our history pf Ot of years So saying they each cut off one of their fingers with the swords they were ere wearing we and with he drops of blood they tile wrote a covenant How great is the blood of ot these seven seV seventeen l teen students How Ho extraordinary ry is the thi th finger er blood bood of these seventeen students We Ve dare to praise this finger linger blood as 83 asa asa a harbinger of freedOm m and a forerunner of civilization and a flower lower of ot the world of ot education edu atlon Students Students Stud You should take care of ot yourselves What hero h ros s have left glorious monuments meats ments m In history except through blood g for instance ance cut his elbow in inthe Inthe inthe the earnestness earn of ot his seeking after truth ruth iapu out of his devotion to religion cut his neck Oki cut off oft his arm In the zeal to attain fame while whilo his enthusiasm to serve sene his country made dye e his hair black Nothing can be done without blood The bowels should therefore be filled with blood the eye should always shed tears tealS of ot blood the body should bathe in blood in ia rivers and seas of ot blood and the hearts should hould be polished by b contact with will mountains and arid rocks of ot blood In this way the people will become a people of ot blood and this country a country of ot blood bloo Then there will appear national heroes of great greatness greatness ness and grandeur grand ur The finger nn blood ol of o oth the th seventeen students will look 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