The persecution of Koreans by the Chinese authorities has tended to exercise Koreans greatly here. Members of Korean organizations fare making preparations to launch antisChinese demonstrations if oppressive measures to which th countrymen are said to be subjected In Kirin and) Mukden pro Vinces does not cease forthwith. Yesterday, several hundred Ko-means marched in a body to the Chinese Legation and de~ manded that. the Peking and Mukden authorities promptly should alter their present attitude towards Koreans. After that, they went to the official residences of the Premier and General Shirakawa, Minister of War, and asked that proper protection be extended to their nationals in Chinese territory.
'The papers, while condemning the persecution of the Koreans, lay the lame for the Chinese oppressive measures at the door of the Pre-minier, whose "positive" China policy, they' declare, stirred up the enmity of the Chinese, who then proceeded the Koreans, simply be-happened to be Japanese subjects. The persecution of Koreans by Chinese landlords is in ce-operation with the Chinese authorities, according to the Japanese press, is of long standing and all shades of opinion insist that the: Government shall make every effort to seo that justice is done, other-_ wise the Koreans, despairing of any aid from the Japanese authorities will reinforce the ranks of the recalcitrants, thereby vitally affecting the interests not only of the royal Koreans in China, but the "Japanese and the administration According to Japanese sources, there are said to be about 41,500,000 Koreans in Manchuria and the Maritime Province of Siberia.
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