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Show Koreans Set Up a Secret Government and Name President SEOUL, orea, Mav 11. (Correspondence (Correspon-dence of the Associated Press) Lead ers of the Korean Independence league claim that they have secretly set up a provisional government in Korea with Yl Seung Man as president. The ; list of the other ' cabinet members" , contains the names ot Koreans who I have been educated in the United I States. Covenants uilegcd to have : been adopted declare that the form of the national organization is a republic, re-public, that the national policy is that of respecting the liberty and rights of I the people and ot developing the peace and welfare of tho world and that the people aru under obligation to pay tax and give military service. Tho statement issued declares that 26 persons representing the 13 provinces pro-vinces of Korea have voted to demand Japan to hand over the right of ruling Korea and to withdraw troops from Korea and that Koreans shall refuse !to pay any kind of taxes to the Japanese Japa-nese government. Provisional government 'orders" Insist In-sist that the people shall obey no or-jders or-jders from Japan and that each village must organize a temporary self-governing body to preserve public peace J and order until Korea Is taken back I from the "enemy," Japan. |