CONDITIONS IN KOREA.
BARBARITIES ALLEGED. NEW REGIME MORE HUMANE. A. and N.Z. TOKIO, Sept. 16. Eye-witnesses from Korea testify that the Koreans are bitterly opposed to the Japanese owing to the punishments me,ted out for demonstrations in favour of independence. Since the spring rising 20,000 Koreans have been imprisoned, and thousands have been flogged with wooden paddles. Barbarous tortures have been employed.
The correspondent states : —" I have seen many photographs of youthful students with their flesh cut to shreds; many of them died. Many other indignities have been offered women students.
" Admiral Saito, the new Governor of Korea, is introducing more humane rule, and promises immediate amelioration of. conditions and eventual self-government. He announces that Japan does not desire to eradicate Korean culture. Admiral Saito's administration marks the end of the brutal military regime which followed the risings.-"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17268, 18 September 1919, Page 7
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