Endowments; Christianity and international relations; Missionaries--Political activity; Korea; Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Commission on Relations with the Orient; Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
[between 1901 and 1919?]
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 81
Note
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Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America
In July. 1919, the Commission on Relations with the Orient of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America issued a pamphlet entitled 'The Korean Situation : An Authentic Account of Recent Events by Eye Witnesses.' From the introduction to the pamphlet the following paragraphs may fittingly be quoted by way of introduction to the present statement : 'The Commission wishes to state with utmost clearness that as a Commission it is not concerning itself with the political questions involved in the Korean Independence Movement. Whether or not Korea should be granted political independence is not a question upon which it is called to express judgment. The Commission is, however, concerned with all right-minded men that brutality, torture, inhuman treatment, religious persecution, and massacres shall cease everywhere. The evidence of the wide prevalence of such deeds in Korea has become convincing. 'In dealing with this situation, there is need of an accurately informed and just public opinion, able in its criticism of Japan to discriminate between the reactionary and militaristic forces on the one hand and those that are liberal and progressive on the other hand. Wholesome and fair criticism will recognize the disaster that has come upon the whole world through the spirit and practice of militarism. Japan, too, has been caught in its meshes. But in Japan, too, as in other lands, there is a liberal, anti-militaristic movement, led by humane and progressive men who, we believe, share the distress of mind which their friends in America feel over what is being done in Korea.' Since the publication of that pamphlet events of importance have been taking place in Korea, in Japan and in America. The Commission is in possession of fresh information which it feels should be made public. Friends of Korea and Japan should not only know what the actual situation is but should have accurate facts on which to base their judgments and determine their actions. Conditions are rapidly developing in which are wrapped possibilities both of danger and of hope." [SOURCE: Commission on Relations with the Orient of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. The Korean Situation, Number 2. New York, Commission on Relations with the Orient of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1920, pp. 1. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/koreansituation00fede. Accessed 9 Nov. 2018.]