Seoul, Aug. 23.
The police announce the di covery of a plot to bomb the Congressional party.—Reuter.
Tokio, Aug. 23.
The following official statement is issued by the Korean Police Bureau to-day "A plot against the American Congressional Party by desperate Koreans has been nipped in the bud. Some time ago thousands of leaflets, containing inflammable literature, were secretly distributed throughout Korea by a member of the Korean, Nationalist League, whose headquarters are in Manchuria. Extensive police raids in Seoul on the night of August 21 resulted in the arrest of a dozen desperadoes including the leader of the gang. Bombs and revolvers were found. The arrested men confessed that they intended to throw bombs at the Congressional Party on the occasion of their arrival at Seoul and also at the Government-General building and the police stations in order to create complications in the relations between America and Japan and also to plunge the Koreans into a state of unrest, thus accelerating the independence movement. More arrests are expected."—Reuter
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