ABSTRACT
WITH THE end of World War I, in 1918, the preparations for the Peace Conference, and Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, with their emphasis on rights of self-determination and national autonomy, raised new hopes in Korea. Even the Churches and other organizations that had opposed violent resistance were ready for peaceful demonstrations, and as most of the activists were already in jail or had been forced to flee, further protest became more dependent on their support. The exiles in Shanghai sent agents to help to organize moves in Seoul and Tokyo while those in America were planning to send representatives to the Conference at Versailles.
