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Show Koreans Given Bad Treatment By the Japanese Toio March 14. (By Mall) -News fri'in Korea of tho interesting sci ni -It idflf up to the proclamation of in-depend' in-depend' nc e. v.-uid March 1, Is being n-ceivcd here with the receipt of the cpv of the proclamation. One outstanding point Is the statement state-ment that two members of the Young Men's Christian association staff at Seoul, both Americans, were taken from the streot in front of tholr build Ing to a room Inside and subjected to 1 personal search because they were suspected of having been hniided a cop of the proclamation by a Korean on the street The search was unre warded and tho men were releasod. There Is strong feeling In Teklo cgalnst the missionaries, but on the part of Japanese who know Korea this Is discredited At least any intentional inten-tional effort on their pari at bringing on a revolt Is discredited. An Associated Press correspondent at Seoul, writing under date of March 6. gave an account received from an eye witm- of what took place In IVngyane. the second city In Import lane In Korea. Similar dlsturbknces have occurred generally throughout Koran, authentic reports of which are only now coming to hand. The apparent feature of the demonstration demon-stration everywhere was said to be ItM dealrc and inetnt of tho Koreans to uso only peaceful means. In all the ctsea of arrest and alleged assault Japanese dvUtana, as wall as sol-- sol-- and police, this ejo w1tna re-ported, re-ported, no Instance of resistance by a i Korean u reported. Many oung I girls who joined tho parade at Seoul j were dragged out. tied up ard beaten I across the rhoutdrr with 'h- -tbbard loners and often innocent byatard noi only by police but by Jap mono roughs, woro said to have add 1 bit tore to the attuatl a |