JAPANESE AND KOREANS

Waikato Times, Volume 93, Issue 14535, 6 December 1920, Page 5

JAPANESE AND KOREANS

MASSACRES JUSTIFIED. INSULTS TO MISSIONARIES, VEILED THREATS TO EMPIRE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received December 5, 5.5 p.m. TOKIO, December 4. The Japanese Military Mission at Chientao presented a letter to the Chief of the Canadian Presbyterian Mission at Hung Chita, saying that British missionaries must either cease political anti-Japanese activities or get out. The letter reviews recent events in the subduing of Korean malcontents in .Manchuria, admitting the burning of churches and schools, and the shoo ling of many insurgents, but denied lulling without any trial or burning without justification. It says that it was possible that some innocent people were executed, but not knowingly, as the Japanese troops have strict orders not to imitate General Dyer at Amritsar. The letter reminds the Canadian missionaries that the British Dominions are also troubled by revolutionary plotters, and urges them not to give iegal excuses to Japanese Buddhists to go to India and assist non-co-operators or to Ireland and assist the Sinn Feiners. It says that the Japanese troubles in Manchuria have parallels elsewhere, citing the British-Afghan border and the troubles on the Ameri-can-Mexican border, while Japan entered only after the Chinese had failed to suppress the Korean plotters. It adds that British and Japanese have mutual troubles, and must show mutual sympathy. MISSIONARIES' CHARGES DENIED. WARNING AGAINST ASSISTANCE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received December 5, 11.35 p.m. TOKIO, December i. The Japanese Military Commission at Chientoa has written to the Canadian missionaries denying the lattcr's recent charge that Japanese troops massacred Koreans and burned villages. The letter states that the military expedition was due to the Chinese authorities who co-operated witii the outlaws, and insists that only active insurgents were killed. The letter gives a warning that any spiritual or material assistance that the British missionaries give the Korean malcontents, will lead to a breach of understanding between the two countries, also if the British Christians assist the Korean outlaws the Japanese Buddhists are entitled to assist the anti-British elements in India.