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Show MPS ADMIT FLOGGING OFFENDERS IN KOREA Assert Natives Often Prefer Sound'Thrashlng to Pay- a ment of Fine. 1 Japanese 'officials In Korea, In dls-' dls-' cussing 'tho punishment ndmlnlstcrc6 to Korenns In tho Independence movement move-ment there, say that tho old Korean custom of flogging has been continued by tho Jnpancso authorities. Ono renson given by tho Jnpancso for this was that tho prisons wcro In-snfllclcnt In-snfllclcnt to lodge tho largo number of prisoners arrested In tho revolutionary revolution-ary movement. Tho Japanese ofllctals also dcclaro that tho Korenns, them-Bdves, them-Bdves, sometimes preferred flogging to pnylng n line. Foreign newspnpers hnvo pulJIshcd 8tntcments from foreigners In lWhi alleging al-leging that several Korean men who were flogged In pursuance of court sentences sen-tences wero nftcrwnrd In scrlftus physical physi-cal condition. Mention wns pnrtlcu-Inrly pnrtlcu-Inrly mndo of flvo men who had entered en-tered a local hospital nt Seoul, who had received for threo consocutlvo days 80 blows each. It Is declared thnt tho flesh was terribly swollen and discolored dis-colored and that gangrcno had set In. Ono of tho odlclnls showed tho correspondent tho Instrument with which flogging Is done under tho orders or-ders of tho court. It consists of two slender pieces of wood tightly bound with hemp twine, Tho convicted person Is tied to a wooden bench, which is built something some-thing In tho form of a cross. |
