Show KOREA kEA EDUCATION IS STUNTED BY BYC JAPANESE C Children hildren Given Garbled Version of History in in Lesson Books I IBy r By Charles Edward Hogue Hague Hoguet t- t N. N E. E A. A Staff Correspondent SHANGHAI March 12 It is through the educational system that the Japanese have haye been making their strongest drive to wipe out Koreans and assimilate them as Japanese Korean history is not taught as such in the schools of Korea Immediately Immediately Immediately Im Im- Im- Im mediately after atter annexation all books and literature deal dealing g. g with Korean history were confiscated and de destroyed de- de Today it Is a crime in Korea to have haye su such h a a- book In ones one's possession possession posses posses- posses posses- sion Houses were searched systematically systematically systematically and in some instances persons found to to have haye Korean historical historical historical his his- matter concealed were arrested and cast into prison GET GARBLED HISTORY Instead of ot a true history of ot the years ears of Koreas Korea's existence the the pupils In the schools are given an Unscrupulously Un un- scrupulously garbled version prepared by bythe bythe bythe the Japanese This book is calculated to tomake tomake make male the Korean orean child take a contemptuous contempt contempt- view of his own country and to see sea Japan in a glorified light It goes to the extent of oC saying the emperors emperors emperors em em- of the two countries were once brothers and that the whole world is a aBort sort Bort of oC offspring from Nippon temporarily disinherited but eagerly awaiting restoration restoration restoration resto resto- ration to its patrimony under the fatherly care of the heavenly father the emperor of Japan Japanese versions of history and In Insistence Insistence insistence In- In that nothing but Japanese 1 be bespoken bespoken e spoken in the schools are not confined to the government public Institutions It ItIs itis I Is thrust violently upon the tho private schools as well most of them institutions I supported almost wholly by American money PETTY PERSECUTION And none but Japanese instructors are allowed to teach history In these In Institutions In- In This applies to all schools even Chosen college d. d Christian Institution Institution institution tion at Seoul supported Jointly by AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican missions Petty persecution Is being applied to the private schools particularly those supported by Western capital c. with the obvious Intent of making conditions so 80 Irksome that they will be driven from Korea That the Korean child is la discriminated against cruelly in the school system is shown by the fact that facilities for Japanese out of ot a total population of are provided while only oDly Korean children out of ot a population of ot may attend The public schools And the Japanese get a a course of six years whereas the Koreans may have only four tour years in school school PRISONERS IN IGNORANCE IGNORANCE The Korean student cannot go to any other land save Japan The passport passports I s system stem is designed to keep him a prisoner prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner In ignorance I Jap Japan n has pronounced a sound high ing policy which includes the fostering of industry In Korea In fairness to the Japanese it must be said that roads have supplanted paths I drains have been laid laid- bridges built streets widened a good railway now crosses the country telephone and telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph wires are everywhere waste land has been reclaimed a and d hills that were I barren are now covered with trees But these things it is Is' Is recognized al almost almost alost al- al most ost at a glance have gone to further Japanese Interest rather than to make conditions better for the native people of ot the land The richest rice lands are Inthe in inthe inthe the hands of the Oriental Development company which company which Is in reality the Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese government the government the forests forests' are owned by a Japanese syndicate the fisheries are Japanese controlled the profits from re reclaImed reclaimed reclaimed re- re claimed lands go to Japanese Jap nese banks and I import houses throughout the land bear the names of ot Japanese firms I Ithe SHIPMENT DELAYED Railway shipments on the Japanese controlled roads are delayed Interminably except for Japanese shippers This was proved In the spring of ot 1919 when there therea wax was a a drouth Manchuria had much grain at a low price Korean and Japanese dealers rushed there at once and bought large supplies The Japanese shipments were delivered at once while prices were high The Korean consignments laid at atthe atthe atthe the Manchurian stations until the prices fell tell fellIn In this country a mans man's home is not his castle since the Japanese came For ForIn Forin Forin in the domicile of ot every Korean of means a Japanese steward is installed by the police This steward supervises every purchase made by the family and if It he happens to not approve of a proposed expenditure he he has the authority and power to exercise an absolute veto Up to March 1 every Korean had to get a police permit before he could draw a dollar douar from his bank That drastic police police po po- i lice regulation has ben modified somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what but even now the man who wants I to take out 1000 yen about from his bank must fill till out a form which is J lengthy and impertinent and If it the po police police po- po lice do not think his reasons are sufficient sUfficient sufficient po-I po they can forbid him from getting his money |