Korea's Fight for Freedom

KOREA'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

I. OPENING THE OYSTER - II. JAPAN MAKES A FALSE MOVE - III. THE MURDER OF THE QUEEN - IV. THE INDEPENDENCE CLUB - V. THE NEW ERA - VI. THE RULE OF PRINCE ITO - VII. THE ABDICATION OF YI HYEUNG - VIII. A JOURNEY TO THE "RIGHTEOUS ARMY" - IX. WITH THE REBELS - X. THE LAST DAYS OF THE KOREAN EMPIRE - XI. "I WILL WHIP YOU WITH SCORPIONS" - XII. THE MISSIONARIES - XIII. TORTURE A LA MODE - XIV. THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT - XV. THE PEOPLE SPEAK—THE TYRANTS ANSWER - XVI. THE REIGN OF TERROR IN PYENG-YANG - XVII. GIRL MARTYRS FOR LIBERTY - XVIII. WORLD REACTIONS - XIX. WHAT CAN WE DO? - I - OPENING THE OYSTER

II. JAPAN MAKES A FALSE MOVE

III. THE MURDER OF THE QUEEN

IV. THE INDEPENDENCE CLUB

THE INDEPENDENCE CLUB

V. THE NEW ERA

VI. THE RULE OF PRINCE ITO

Act after act revealed that the Japanese considered Korea and all in it belonged to them. Did they want a thing? Then let them take it, and woe be to the man who dared to hinder them! This attitude was illustrated in an interesting fashion by a bit of vandalism on the part of Viscount Tanaka, Special Envoy from the Mikado to the Korean Emperor. When the Viscount was in Seoul, late in 1906, he was approached by a Japanese curio-dealer, who pointed out to him that there was a very famous old Pagoda in the district of P'ung-duk, a short distance from Song-do. This Pagoda was presented to Korea by the Chinese Imperial Court a thousand years ago, and the people believed that the stones of which it was constructed possessed great curative qualities. They named it the "Medicine King Pagoda" (Yakwang Top), and its fame was known throughout the country. It was a national memorial as much as the Monument near London Bridge is a national memorial for Englishmen or the Statue of Liberty for Americans. Viscount Tanaka is a great curio-collector, and when he heard of this Pagoda, he longed for it. He mentioned his desire to the Korean Minister for the Imperial Household, and the Minister told him to take it if he wanted it. A few days afterwards, Viscount Tanaka, when bidding the Emperor farewell, thanked him for the gift. The Korean Emperor looked blank, and said that he did not know what the Viscount was talking about. He had heard nothing of it.

VII. THE ABDICATION OF YI HYEUNG