The age when Korea was dramatically enriched
That is the book,
"The New Korea by Allen Ireland,
is a time when Korea has become dramatically richer."
Author Allen Ireland (1871-1951) was born in England.
He is a special member of the Royal Geographical Society
and an expert on colonial management .
Before writing this book,
the British rule of Burma-Malaya-Commonwealth
of Straits-Sawarak-North Borneo-Hong Kong,
the control of the Philippines by the United States,
the control of Java by the Netherlands, the control of Indochina
by France, etc. It have published 3 books.
He taught at Cornell University, the University of Chicago,
and the Lowell Institute.
Experts in colonial studies
spent most of the 1922 ruled by Governor Saito on the Korean peninsula
to investigate the situation of annexation between Japan and Korea,
" A rare scene where a civilized nation ruled another civilized nation "
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This book is
an attempt to introduce in some detail the purpose, method,
and results of Korean rule by Japan .
After reading this book,
It realized that there are too many things It want to convey as articles,
and It often thought about it.
Therefore,
It would like to evoke the curiosity of the reader in the form of quoting
and commenting on places that particularly impressed me.
Politicians,
critics, bloggers and others as much as possible get interested in this book
by this article, get a detailed understanding of the situation
and values at the time by obtaining and perusaling,
and evaluate the Japan-Korea merger correctly It decided
to use it as an introductory article
to receive it as one of the necessary materials.
This book can be read in both original English and Japanese translations,
so it is highly recommended for Korean readers who can read English.
The writings on Korea already exist like a mountain,
many of which are very interesting and important.
However,
most of them fall under one of the following two.
That is, depictions of countries and people,
and controversies such as attacks or admirations
on Japan's Korean rule based on materials selected for any purpose.
(Omitted)
These reports contain a great deal of valuable commentary and a great deal
of statistical data,
but as a result of careful reading of the reports for the past 10 years,
the kind of work I've imagined is only from those materials
It came to think that It could not write. (Pages 11-13)
In the area of international policy,
Japan's annexation of Korea is a good place to dispute at the bifurcation
of political beliefs, ie imperialist or nationalist.
Readers depend on which school they belong to
" Japan has the right to control Korea, "
Or " Koreans have the right to be an independent nation "
And will tell myself.
The word "right" is generally used in this context,
but it has made the real problem very ambiguous in the controversy
of both imperialists and nationalists.
This is because, in a particular situation,
which of the tenets is " right " (meaning that "right" also means right)
can only be determined by referring
to the circumstances surrounding the situation . (Page 33)
"To argue for imperialism or nationalism,"
It is a surprise as well as a harvest that there was an opinion contrary
to imperialism from that time.
When we think of the present age,
" The premise that it is natural for developed countries
to colonize underdeveloped countries during the era of imperialism "
It tend to think at.
This sentence suggests that it was not necessarily the case .
The Japanese rule of Korea and the structure
of the opposition nationalists' opposition are good examples of this point.
The Japanese are proud of their achievements in this regard.
(Omitted)
The above is an irrevocable fact , which will be substantiated
by the materials described in later chapters.
However, Korean nationalists make malicious meaning to these facts .
According to them,
the purpose of the road construction is to speed up the movement
of Japanese troops, and the education system is only a clever trap designed
to destroy Korean ethnicity.
(Omitted)
The situation thus created
is well known to those engaged in colonial government research .
In other words,
"It is a mistake for the local government to set up construction of roads
and schools, because the motive is impure."
"It is also wrong that the administration does nothing.
This is because it is an obvious responsibility
for imperial rulers to give such benefits to the member states J
(and so will be blamed anyway). (Page 39-41)
Because Japanese politicians understood the situation well,
It did not expect that whatever economic policy was in Korea,
It would not escape criticism from Koreans and foreign experts.
Japanese settle down on the Korean peninsula where they invest capital,
encourage commerce, industry and agriculture,
give huge tangible assets to Korea, and contribute much to Koreans' health,
happiness and prosperity. Even so,
critics must blame North Korea for its development
for the benefit of the Japanese . (Pages 445-447)
Whatever good government the colonial government does,
no matter how rich or happy the natives are,
it is what the colonial government does for its own benefit
and that any good conduct is subject to denial It
a view that goes through the very modern Korean government .
Should we be sad that we today have not made
as much cultural progress as they did 100 years ago?
It am not convinced that economic development,
whether it benefits or not, is a measure of social progress.
However,
with regard to Korea, during the period shown in the above table ,
Japanese rule in Korea was established to improve Korea's profits,
rather than the benefits that governments
other than Japan brought to any country in the world.
It can be said that the contribution made is greater . (Pages 531-533)
Koreans should look straight to this fact,
and Japan should not shout out this fact.
Because Japan was hoping that the Korean government wanted
“United States,” what was finally done was
“Annexation,” and there is no denying that there may be a national
“deception” by Japan. It is from.
We Japanese think that the Korean government
should develop Korea and bring happiness and hope
to many Koreans in the conclusion theory.
Last but not least,
it is not the form of the government (the democratic country or the colony)
that the author Mr. Allen was focusing on,
but rather the administration that is the content
of that It think that it was about the effect .
Therefore,
from the perspective of those educated in Korea,
there may be something that is not acceptable
for the "facts" or "evaluations" that Mr. Allen has described in detail.
Still,
I hope that you make an effort to accept it calmly as a fact.
Also, for many Japanese,
It would like to keep in mind that it is necessary to keep in mind
that there was a negative opinion against Korea-Japan annexation
(or imperialistism) in and out of Korea at that time as well. think.
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It have always insisted on this, but now,
“THE NEW KOREA-a time when Korea (koria)
became dramatically richer (time)” (Sakura Flower Publishing)
is acquired and strengthened its thought ing.
This large book on page 695 is a book published
by Englishman Allen Ireland in 1926 (Showa year),
translated by the Sakura Flower Publishing Company into Japanese,
and questioned the world in the form
of a Japanese-English parallel translation. Thing.
At the time,
he was one of the leaders in colonial policy research
and published three books on colonial policy in addition to this book.
Why did you study Japan's Korean rule?
He writes,
"It shows the rare scene that one civilized nation
ruled another civilized nation."
"It is true that when Japan annexed the Republic of Korea in 1910,
the realities of life on the Korean peninsula were extremely disastrous."
However,
it is not because of the inferiority of the people of the Korean Peninsula,
"The foolishness and corruption that has
almost characterized the Korean dynasty over the past 500 years",
In the meanwhile, it has spread steadily
He analyzes it because it is
" a system that is covered
with the brutal acts and corruption of the dynasty ".
He tries to take an objective point of view to study Korean rule.
The first goal is to clarify through facts
what the Japanese government aimed at and what kind
of method was adopted in Korean rule,
regardless of either imperialism or nationalism. It is said that.
As a result, the title of the book became " new Korea ",
and it is also written that the title itself is the key
to read the contents of this book.
There are many points that It feel in this book.
One of them is the high praise for the rule of the Korean governorate.
We Japanese people tend to look back on Korean annexation
with bitter feelings.
However,
in recognition of the black spots in Japanese rule,
researchers in third countries have a completely different view
from the view of “dark rule of violence and exploitation”
planted by Japanese in postwar education. do.