Sam-Il tul
(33 moves)
In his encyclopaedia General Choi told us:
Sam il denotes the historical date of the independence
movement of
What I’ve discovered
Sam=3 i.e. March the
third calendar month Il-1st
It had become clear
that the students of
The former emperor of
It was therefore
decided that an independence march would be held on 1st March, when
large numbers of Koreans would
be present awaiting the funeral of the
emperor.
The Koreans had
decided on non-violent protests after hearing of the principle of
‘self-determination of subject people’, announced at the
Conference of
The 33 movements
represent the 33 signatories of the movement, who were immediately arrested
after a demonstration in
Demonstrations
quickly spread throughout
The Japanese reaction
was decisive and bloody 7,500 were killed, 16,000 were wounded and 50,000 were
arrested.
Order was not
restored until May.
For
sources of this information please see the bibliography section of the site.
Website Copyright Zoey Fendt ©2007- no unauthorised copying allowed.
