The so-called Independence Party is now in power and consequently there is a deal of sentimental talk about the independence of Corea. There has been no such thing as Corean independence for the last fourteen centuries'and there can be no such thing now. I am quite aware that many persons will disagree with me when I say that Corea is not independent, for Mr. Waeber says that it is and a number of people try to persuade themselves that he is right. I doubt very much, however, if they really believe it. There certainly can Corean independence until the Corean character changes. At present the height of every Corean's ambition is to hold office of some kind, regardless whether the Rus-sions or the Chinese are his masters.
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