ABSTRACT
To the unsuspecting Western peoples, kept ignorant by the Japanese Government of conditions in Korea, the Independence Movement of 1919 and Japanese atrocities in connection with it came as a surprise. But the spirit of nationalism, as exhibited by the Koreans in 1919, is simply a blaze from the smouldering fire that is and has been burning ever since Japan usurped Korea. The atrocities committed by Japanese are nothing more than a part of the system that has operated since the protectorate was established in 1905.
