Show I V How s i y 19 i Japan apan Civilizes Korea Koreas i f The proclamation o of General U acting r resident general anti ano ant military commander In is JI one onu of oC frank announcements which al although although al- al though po possibly necessary onto create relt rel I t ings of or horror an and pity idt Horror Borror be- be i causa causo of oC the luthJe neB of the or order cl I I pity i because of tire the tragedies nn and sufferings suf suf- I that are ure Inevitable among the people Ov Over O lr r all al there hangs hans the su su- su I premo promo tragedy y the tire ho of ot the I struggle One Is la compelled to a admire I tire the misguided e patriotism of ot tho the people people peo peo- pIe who ho have havO determined t to strike a for tOI their country arid and ant die tile It I is time the ll highest order of or courage it I I is also I the tire most pitiful V fhe The proclamation or orders ers the tire destruction de tie- I of ot till all i uI villages where I humr-I I has hns taken place Such an 01 1 der should be the last resort of of ni all 1 01 for j it means time tho tl ing carrA-ing on of or war I against t women amm and children an and aged aed j I people It I means unutterable I able aUle U it I mean the tile murder o of the time de do- i I ra lut The situation its lla lI not eo so 8 bad aa as to really realy cause the tire adoption of oC extreme measures Gentler methods method I dould nuh have been on us used d to suppress the lie trouble truble and anti could ha have been in- in ind ti uld d ef- ef e- e The bitter biter winter whiter will wi soon toon I be Ic h here ere and the burning of entire vii vii- 1 J lages lacs and nd is towns simply simply As s a R la last l resort It I miGht have been I pal pardonable but ut in iii the present eon condl- condl lII l- l I II lion don of o affairs affairs it it l i Is a revival hal of or barbane barbaric bar- bar baric bane methods What hal I Is in the condition of things timings in Korea In Iii II the Uie s about 2000 people peo poo- pie have o risen n on arid and l attacked the Japanese Jap Jap- anese ariese oc l The rue majority of th them m mare are armed with ot old weapons Artillery Artl- Artl Artil Arti- lery they arc without To replenish their lock Mock of ammunition Is very dif dif- whilst their organization is of ofa ofA ofa a A rather low r r Against them we have trained Japanese troops with wih the latest m magazine inc rules with light quick quick- firing machine gun and with Infinite resources resource so sti t tam far as UI I re an and are art conC concerned Ilc If I it I is impossible for 01 the Ja Japanese anet with wih these advantages over tho the Koreans Korean to the r without burning to Lo the tire ground hun hundreds re s anti and thousands of ot houses then thel wo e Ave ha have u to say Imy that thal the tho lie army now In Korea Korea has s sadly l de deteriorated tic tic- In comparison wih with the tIle Jap Jap- anese who fought In Man Man- ll 11 a. a |