Show 1 KOREA EA A GREAT CREAT NATION lONG AGO Built Steel Clad Glad Battleships In Sixteenth Century EXPLORER MAKES REPORT Explains Why Advancement of Nation Has Been Retarded and Why Japan Has F Forged to the Front Front Expresses Expresses Great Hope For Future Under Guidance Guidance Guid Guid- I ance of Japan k Washington George Ceorge gC I explorer explorer ex ex- and lecturer recently co communicated to the National Geographic society socIety society so so- at at Washington on the thc information that that Korea built steel c clad ad battleships years before the Monitor l and Merrimac Merrimac Mer Mer- were cl created The Hermit rm t Kingdom Kingdom King Kin dom was usi using g movable type and astronomical astronomical astronomical as as- instruments from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries and employing ing explosive bombs long before they r were known In lu Europe H lit lie points out that the famous Japanese Satsuma pottery pottery- Was vas vas made originally by b Korean workmen who vho were imported import ed cd into the mikado's kingdom m. m These facts are arc cited by Mr l Kennan Ken Ken- lian nan lean to tp show the thc terrific downfall experienced ex experienced perien ed by Korea Korel lie fie Ie traces her course from her pinnacle of civilization hW I Iy y a aY at t Y J t ty t y 4 s r s sa a n GEORGE KENNAN to tl the depths of of degeneracy cy an and ex expresses ex- ex X presses ge great t hopes for her future under under un un- un- un der the guidance of Japan Korea I orea was w s. s sinking Japan was lisl lg tb the island kingdom kindom all b by her own own efforts became such a world po ch a as to to defeat a great European European Eu Eu- nation lie he Koreans says The were vere v va a li people They had hal taught the u Japs Jap all the civili- civili Cation lI lIth th they il But it by uJ re reason isun of ot their their geographical location they were i invaded 1 by br vastly inferior p peoples the Mongols l and the Korea was influenced to establish demonology demonology- as her religion her het blood was weakened by being crossed crossett with that of people vastly beneath her bel and her spirit was broken by the indignities ties h heaped aped upon her ber by the more powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful invaders She was under tile the influence of China which adopted the red books of Confucius As s its national nai system of education 2000 years years' ears ago The knowledge of his works works' and the ability to recite long ch chapters of h his s writings were made the the- chief requirement of the aspirant for honors As a result the study of of the sciences mathe mathematics an and the phe- phe of nature was dropped the memory memory was over cultivated and the reasoning power stultified The habits of the Koreans became uncleanly uncleanly- they g grew ew Indifferent to dirt and smells Japan on the other hand was never neer invaded in her history Her blood was never intermingled an and her bel stock was allowed to remain pure Her national character was developed without outside outside outside out out- side influence The Shinto religion don of the empire has as ns its cardinal principles prinI pies pIe purity purity of body spirit and environ ment meat Japan was not exposed to the scourges and and plagues tb that t Koreas Korea's dirt and filth brought upon her ber The feudal feudal feu fell dal system sprang sprong up in Japan cans caus lug ing authority to be respected and anil n us to be developed In 1010 1910 Japan Tapan annexed Korea Irl or to that time as many deaths as 1100 a day oC occurred in the cit city of Seoul alone Shortly afterward pot as many people died from the plague In the whole kingdom king in one year Japan lapan forcibly vaccinated people In one year One hundred and sixty eight courts were e established bed giving ing authorIty authority authority author author- ity to gendarmes Hundreds of miles of roads are fire being beinA built on an extensive scale is iR being bein carried onTo onTo onTo on To encourage t the silkworm Industry industry indus Indus- try mulberry tree seedlings were set Ret out in on ono one year ear State anti and private banks hank were established Tb Tho pt postal tal savings system was installed lId one in hi every r ei six families s has a n savings s account The people at first fir suspicious suspicions have hate learned that they will viii get get- their money mone h back k whenever er they ask sk for it In the first fint year ear after the Japanese occupancy O the rice crop rop was wa doubled and 11 1 the wheat and barley In crops grow grew from 1 to j hu bushels Th Japanese have t built amodel n a model village In iu every an awl ani 1 pre ore in the I to build similar villages e throughout hout fh the I dom doni y j 1 f l. l L. L 1 1 3 y 1 |