Korea Japan s Oldest Enemy

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Japan's oldest enemy. The Korean know the Japanese well. For nearly 40 years they have occupied our country.

They have imprisoned and tortured and killed our people. Our soil is soaked with blood. We hate the Japanese as no people on earth hates another people. A million of us live in Japan. I live in Japan.

I am Korean. Though I have a Japanese name, we know every Japanese city. every street, every building, we shall be ready to act when the signal comes. Hideyoshi, the Japanese general, had 300,000 Japanese troops.

Invaded Korea in 1592, we fought and at last turned them back. After this nearly 300 years passed, before the Japanese came back to Korea again. Then a Japanese war vessel sailed into our waters. We fired on it from our shore batteries.

There was great excitement in Japan. The Japanese samurai cried for war. This time, we must go into Korea. Or it must be remembered, General, that Korea pays tribute to the Chinese emperor at a picking.