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Show JAP IMPERIALISM I HOLDS KOREA BACK TOKIO, March 11. That the Imper- talixm of Japan will prove as much an impediment to the satisfactory eolu- . tlon of her Korean qustion as the lm-nerutliKm lm-nerutliKm of Great flrltaln will be to thm, settlement of the Ir'sh. Indian and , f nar questions and thai of the cv I'nlted States to the solution of the Mexican prr.?.lem was the statement v0". of Karen Keikichl Ishimoto. a mining expert, -in en address before the Orl- t; cntal and wcldental Rellfrlon sx:lety. k,vi The chief subject of discussion at f" the meeting was the problem prevented 5- to Japan hy Korea, and B-tron lahl- -N moto's proposed solution of that prob- y cm is the granting of a larirer amount of ecopomic freedom to the Koreans. f; "It Is rejjret table that the ' pending questions between the Japanese and J Korean peoples should remain unsolved j : lecause of the Imperialistic policy of Japan," he said, "a policy which com- ! bines mllitariam and rapi taliam. However How-ever free and peaceful a nation may U appear on the surface, no real liberty can be enjoyed ao lonx aa the economic system of the rountry is under control rJ; of another nation. The emancipation; of Korea cannot be-achieved until theil economic yoke which restricts the free Ig activities of the Koreans Is cast away." I -- |