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Show missionaries' have 101 BEEHRrlSIED SEOUb, Korea, March I No Christian Chris-tian missionaries Have been arrested In Korea and the jepnrts of tho persecution per-secution of Christian convorts are absolutely ab-solutely without foundation, according accord-ing to tho statement of an ofllcial hero today Ho also pointed out that Lieut. Gou. Count Teruchi, tho governor gen-oral gen-oral of Korea frequently has supporc-ed supporc-ed the Christian missions. The prisoners arrested in connection connec-tion with the plot against the governor govern-or general are examined slowly and carefully by the medium of intorpcr-tcrs. intorpcr-tcrs. The plot was deep rooted. It was connected both in fact and in spirit, with the conspiracy for tho murder of Durham White Stevens, the advisor to tho Japanese ombassy In the lr'S., who was killed In San Francisco Fran-cisco by a Korean in March 1908; wM thine th-ine assassination of Harbin by n Korean Ko-rean in October 1909 of Prince Iton and with the attack on the Korean premier, Yl Wang Yong, who was ptnbbed by a Korean at Seoul in De-corabor De-corabor 1909. .- . |