Korea´s Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Korea´s Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament When His Majesty, the King of Belgium, through M. Leon Vincart, chevalier of the Order of Leopold of Belgium, said in the treaty of 1901 that the good offices of Belgium would be extended to Korea in case of need, Korea knew that the honor of Belgium had been pledged. When His Majesty, the King of Italy, through Chevalier Ferdinand De Luca, knight commander of the Mauritian Order and of the Order of the Crown of Italy, decorated by China with the order of the two dragons, said in the treaty of 1884 that the good offices of Italy would be available to Korea in case of differences with a third power, she knew that she could rely upon the pledges of Italy. The pledges of Denmark were hers through the treaty of 1902, when His Majesty, the King of Denmark, through Monsieur A. Pavlow, commander of the Order of Sainte Anne, signed the treaty with Korea. What confidence must have been Korea´s when she read the proclamation of the President of the United States that "every clause and article" of the treaty of 1882 "must be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof." Can you say to Korea that these pledges are meaningless? That she can be annexed by her own ally, whom she assisted to win a great war? That against the will of her people she can be stripped of all sovereignty, freedom, and liberty? That her people can be taxed without representation, oppressed and annihilated, without even a protest? If you say that; if that is your position - can you expect to have world peace result from such a conference? Will any agreement that you make here have any more binding force or effect than the agreements that you have already made, and will the world at large, or even yourselves, have any respect for them? The United States should assist China, as she is doing. She is hearing China´s cry for justice, because in 1858 the United States pledged to China her good offices in the treaty then proclaimed by President Buchanan. (12 Stat., 1023.) For the same reason she should assist Korea, because in 1882 the United States pledged to Korea her good offices in the treaty then proclaimed by President Arthur. (23 Stat., 720.) An American writer of the highest repute has recently declared that - In the list of commitments, our pledged support to China and our guaranty of her territorial and administrative integrity, now greatly menaced, will bulk large. Our pledge to support China goes back to the treaty of 1858, in which we pledged ourselves to use our good offices in case any nation acted unjustly toward China. To-day that pledge is China´s main hope of salvation from the many dangers by which she is threatened. Should we be blind to our own interests, the appeal to our national honor will not be made in vain nor go unheeded. Korea, yielding to the persuasion of America, emerged from the solitude of her hermit life and timidly joined the family of nations. She differs from China to-day only in that the processes of foreign intrusion have fully accomplished in Korea what are still in progress in China. Confronted with their menace, Korea vainly invoked the covenant for her protection. Her "appeal to the national honor" was made in vain, for it went unheeded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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