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Show "FROM YOKE Good Offices at Peace Conference of United States Sought in Struggle Strug-gle for National Rights. Revolution in Subjugated Subju-gated Hermit Kingdom King-dom Likely to Sweep Whole o f Country. By Universal .Service. WASHINGTON", March 15. Fifteen million Koreans are prepared to undertake under-take a revolution against their Japanese rulers, if the right of self-determination and a satisfactory mandatory under the league of nations are not granted Korea by the peace conference at Paris, according accord-ing to facts disclosed by private advices received here today. The people of Korea, who have Been under the sway of the Japanese people since the Russo-Japanese war, have been organized from one end of the country to the other and believe that they have the strength to bring an upheaval as unanimous as that of the Russians, and one which will force the world to recognize recog-nize their right to independence. In a statement placed before the United States government through the state department and made public today, to-day, the Korean national association, through SIngman Rhee of Washington and Harry Chung of New York, has asked the United States to' prevent oppression of the Koreans,' by the Japanese. The declaration follows: TEXT OF KOREA'S APPEAL TO AMERICA. "We the representatives of the Korean national association, composed of all the Koreans residing in the United Stages and Hawaii, lay before you the following facts: "According to private cables received from the Korean headquarters, Shanghai, China, some three million Koreans, including in-cluding the members of the 3000 Christian Chris-tian churches in Korea, have declared the ; independence of Korea at Seoul. Tyang-yang Tyang-yang and other centers.. As a consequence, conse-quence, the Japanese authorities in Korea have arrested more thai a thousand men connected with the movement, inf lot ing upon them inhuman punishment. We take the liberty to ask you in the name of humanity to use your good offices with the Japanese government to see that these patriotic men shall not be cruelly treated or their lives forfeited unjustly." SEEK THEIR FREEDOM FROM NIPPON'S YOKE. In a communication cabled to the peace conference, the American leaders in the Korean association state that their countrymen coun-trymen seek the right of self-determination and that they cannot go to Paris and enter their plea in person because they are under the power of Japan, and , cannot leave the United States without 1 passports, which will not be issued unless un-less visced by Japanese officials here. They state that the Japanese have refused re-fused to aid them. Their statement recites that Korea is suffering the treatment accorded Alsace-Lorraine Alsace-Lorraine by the Germans, that; they are denied cultural rights, that the teaching of ChVist ianlty Is forbidden and that instruction in-struction in geography, ht?1 ory or the Korean language Is not permitted in the schools. From recent dispatches, it f believed tliat four Korean leaders will attempt to reai-h Paris from China. They will be Wi by yi Sang Cheai. who was secretary of the first Korean legation in Washington Washing-ton and who is now one of the elder statesmen of Korea. |