Independents understood that members of the Korean Provisional Government have issued or are about to issue a statement disclaiming res ponsibility for the unfortunate shooting affair and declaring that the two assassins are in no way connected with the Korean independence movement. Members of the Kbrean community express the opinion that the affair was more than unfortunate—that it was outrageous. They state that there is no doubt but that the two men ave Bolsheviks.
The following statement is made by a local Korean "Newspaper reports have contained statements that the men who committed this outrage did so as a sign of their disapproval of Japanese rule and to attract Dr. Schurman's attention to the fact that Korea wants to free herself from the Japanese yoke Of course, it is well-known that these are Korea's real aspirations. and the American Minister is no doubt aware of them. But it does not appear that Korea will gain her independence by taking up Bolshevism and using bloody terroristic methods. Neither America nor any other country in the world' wu tolerate such."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.