Death of Yi Jun

 1) In this situation, the analysis of the "Lee Sang-seol Il-Basic" The Confucian texts of the three previous works of Lee Sang-seol are considered valuable materials for studying his writings as well as his life dedicated to the independence movement. Among them, "Lee Sang-seol-il-base" is a five-month diary of Lee Sang-seol, which was owned by Lee Wi-jong, one of the three secret agents, and is a five-month diary from the departure of Vladivostok on May 21, 1907 to London on October 30 of that year. It is thought that the period when Jang Ji-yeon read Lee Sang-seol's diary, which was owned by Yi Wi-jong, and abstracted him was from February to May 1908 when he was in exile in Vladivostok and was a commentator of the "Jo Newspaper". He left the "Sea Harbor Diary," an exile diary at this time, and according to this, he frequently contacts Yi Wi-jong, who came to the Hague and worked there. Although there is no direct mention of Lee Sang-seol's diary in the maritime diary, there is a record that he frequently visited Lee Wi-jong's accommodation, chatted, and sometimes enjoyed beer and Western food.14) Since Lee Sang-seol was active in the United States at that time, it can be judged that Lee Wi-jong, who first went to Primorsky, kept Lee Sang-seol's diary. It can be interpreted that Yi Wi-jong is a record of Hague affairs related to himself, and that Jang Ji-yeon kept or abstracted the Hague affairs, respectively, emphasizing the meaning of the last salvation diplomacy of the Korean Empire.   In any case, the "Lee Sang-seol-il Foundation", which is summarized in this way, can be seen as having the following content and meaning when analyzing it, although the amount is small. First, the schedule and activities before and after the Hague Incident are briefly but accurately described. In other words, the itinerary and activities of The Hague left Vladivostok on May 21 of that year and arrived in Petersburg on June 4, translating Lee Bum-jin's Wijong and Jangseo (Communist Book) and reading the book on the 19th of the month or Berlin. After that, on July 14, Lee Jun was "unhappy" and his remains were buried in the Hague Cemetery. Then, on July 17, Dr. H.B. Hulbert from England visited London on July 20, waited for a ship to America, and arrived in New York on August 1, where he worked. He then returned to Paris, France, in early September, to The Hague, where he held Lee Jun's funeral on 6 September, and again arrived in London on 30 October via Petersburg, Russia. 15) What is noteworthy here is that the envoy's departure from Vladivostok and arrival in the U.S. are not the same as other literature known so far, but the arrival of the envoy to the Hague, and the stopover and schedule were first revealed. In other words, the Samilsa Temple, which arrived in Petersburg on June 4, was equipped with a camp, translated the "Jangseo" there, arrived in Berlin on June 19, printed it, and arrived in the Hague on the 25th of the same month. After Lee Joon's death, Hulbert visited the U.S. on July 17, and it became clear that he went to New York by ship from London on the 20th, visited Lee Joon's funeral in The Hague again, met Lee Bum-jin in Petersburg, and arrived in London on October 30.   Second, the contents of Special Envoy Hague's activities have become clearer. (I) In anticipation of the support and support of the Russian government, which is the host of the 2nd U.S. Peace Conference, Lee Sang-seol and Lee Jun arrived in Petersburg more than half a month ago, they went into the Foreign Ministry's "hidden" Hague, the next day He refused and could not meet, and on the 30th, the next day, he met with representatives of the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Germany to appeal for support, but was rejected. The next day, he visited Pope, the vice-president of the Netherlands, but was rejected. Finally, he sent a letter to Dutch Foreign Minister M. Van Tets for an interview, but he sent his secretary to say that his remarks at the peace conference were difficult and that the direct purpose of the mission was not achieved.17) After the war, however, he was widely known to journalists from all over the world and was busy responding to them every day. 18) In particular, British William T. Stead, sponsored by the International Association, published the full text of the "Courrier de la Conference," especially on July 9.19) At the meeting of this association.Stead, chairman of the International Association and editor of the Peace Conference, hosted the event in support of the Korean representative and impressed and praised not only the renowned journalists from each country, but also the representatives and their entourage. This emotional situation is reported by the "Haagsche Courant" magazine published by The Hague as follows.     The Korean delegation, consisting of Lee Joon, Lee Sang-seol, and Lee Wi-jong, became a VIP of the International Association at Princess Grat 6A last night. Many interested people, including prominent figures, were waiting to hear what was not heard at Binnenhof's peace conference: a Korean appeal for the violent destruction of Korean independence. There was a brief mention of William T. Stead's recent history of Korea. He pointed out that the Netherlands is not responsible for South Korea not being invited, but that this is just a logical consequence of the violence committed. Yi Wei-jong, a young man with dark hair and yellow skin who looked very compassionate, looked very similar to the Java people and tried to inform Europeans of the Japanese brutality and atheism as they knew well-educated Japanese.       After the Russo-Japanese War, the second marquis demanded the conclusion of a treaty from the Korean emperor. The Japanese government has taken over diplomatic control over Korea, including Seoul's oversight of the implementation of the treaty with other countries, representation abroad, and the right to deploy garrison and government officials to all parts of the country.       The Korean emperor said that such an important treaty should be discussed first at the Daishin meeting. Ministers and senior officials were indignant and refused, but rather said they would do it themselves. At that time, the Japanese military surrounded the palace in layers, and several high-ranking ministers faithfully gave the Japanese the seal of the minister. The Japanese pressed the seal on the treaty document and legalized the treaty in such a way.       Despite the treaty guaranteeing the independence and dignity of the Korean imperial family, the emperor was imprisoned like a sinner in the palace. Ministers were abused and threatened to kill, newspapers were suppressed and protests were disbanded or suppressed.       The appeal to foreign ambassadors in Seoul was ineffective, and a member of the royal family (Min Young-hwan) committed suicide and wrote a protest in blood. They explained that to prove how humiliating a nation feels and how much it should suffer at a time when it has lost its independence, each of them sells their valuable goods to help pay off their government bonds, even women sell their hair, and even children offer money to buy snacks or toys.       Recognizing that the meeting did not provide any help, Yi Wi-jong asked for the international awareness of the importance of Korean independence and for it to be planned.       Stead, on behalf of the Japanese editor of the Japanese newspaper in New York, informed that the Treaty of 1905 was a legal document, ending the existence of the dynasty.     The South Korean envoy said representation is trustworthy, contrary to Lee's statement. Mrs. Van Suttner said she sympathized and hoped the meeting would accept such an appeal as a Korean appeal, and that the world army would repent of preventing such violence.       Brooshoft, the editor-in-chief of The Locomotive, suggested sympathy for Korea and anger toward Japan. This is because the chairman was a servant of an empire that did the same thing as Japan, which committed robbery, and could not express anger toward other countries. Fried argued that the name of any ethnic group should not be used and that it causes international hatred. All Europeans have a guilty conscience of violence and are particularly concerned about the United States. If it was successful, it was because it moved national hatred of Japan.     The action proposal was accepted, and it was announced that the amendment proposed by Polish journalists was merely sympathy for the Korean people and hope for a meeting. Thus, the revised action was almost unanimously accepted and the envoy expressed his appreciation.)20) After the speech at the International Association of Yi Wi-jong, newspapers from each country discussed the situation of Korea every day, resulting in public opinion of "suppression of Korea." Nevertheless, representatives of each country did not achieve the purpose of gambling by using the pretext of public rites and "magical dance", according to Lee Sang-seol-il Foundation as follows.     I've also been able to speak. Lee Wi-jong made a speech in French, so there were many spectators. Newspapers from each country discussed the situation of Korea every day, while expressing "the designation of the billion-day part." However, representatives of each country performed "magical dance" under the guise of public rites. 』 21)Third, the cost of using Hague Saga, which is not mentioned in other literature, is stated as "20,000 won." 22) According to several known Japanese records, Emperor Gwangmu gave 200,000 won in internal affairs when he dispatched a special envoy from Seoul, but was embezzled in the middle, or 23) the special envoy was not properly received due to the restriction of the Japanese Consulate. 24) On the other hand, according to Kim Hyun-gu's "Black" (Jeong Soon-man) oil field, Lee Sang-seol and Lee Jun were paid 18,000 won from the Korean community in Yeonju when they left for Petersburg from Vladivostok.25) Fourth, the three envoys strongly suggest that unlike the previous discussions 26) until Lee Jun died on July 14, they carried out their own activities in the Hague without direct help from H. B. Hulbert. The day Hulbert went to the Hague and visited the secret temple was recorded as July 17, the day after Lee Jun died on July 14 and was buried in the Hague land on July 16, three days later. Furthermore, the secretaries left Hulbert and The Hague to discuss their work in the United States and to part ways and meet in New York.27) described. Thus, in C.N. Weems' "Homer B. Hulbert Biographical Draft", although there was no confirmation that Hulbert was secretly staying in the Hague between June 24, 1907 and July 10, 1907, when Hulbert arrived in the Hague, the capital of the Netherlands. On June 25, a meeting of the First Subcommittee on the peaceful resolution of international problems was held at the same time as the opening of the first plenary session. Korean envoys attended the first subcommittee to demand that the overall issue of Japan's illegality, which paralyzes the Korean government's functions and hinders normal diplomatic activities, be dealt with. Although the official report of the Peace Conference does not officially state that the proposal was rejected, it reports the chairman of the first subcommittee's remarks that dealing with political issues is not the normal responsibility of the subcommittee. Another interesting fact is that the Chinese representatives, who clearly understand the purpose of the Korean secretaries, did not attend the meeting under the pretext that the chief delegate was ill, fearing the embarrassing situation of having to sit on the sidelines when the proposal was rejected. Also, the Japanese delegates who were scheduled to attend were not present, probably because they wanted to secure a position to deny the prayers of the Korean envoys as a whole before Japan's chief butchers received instructions from Tokyo and insisted that they were the official envoys of Emperor Gojong.What is described as 28) is almost unbelievable.   2) Lee Jun's "Ja-jeong" and "Lee Sang-seol-il Foundation" are fifth, describing important contents that will explain Lee Jun's death. Until the 1960s, Lee Joon's death had been conflicted with the theory that he committed suicide by halbok and that he did not, but the theory of halbok suicide weakened after the literature supporting the latter theory and the press releases of various local newspapers, including the Peace Conference.29) In particular, after the National History Compilation Committee formed a Lee Joon-sa Investigation Committee to collect and discuss domestic and foreign data, it became more likely that this was not the case than the Halbok suicide theory.30) However, according to the records of this theory, there has been a mixture of rumors of a gain from facial abscess and a heart attack that does not.31) Lee Sang-seol-il Foundation mentions Lee Jun's autograph as follows. In other words, after Lee Wi-jong's speech at the International Association, each country's newspapers discussed the Korean situation every day, causing public opinion, but each country's members did not vaguely respond by recommending a courtesy. Therefore, Lee Jun became "Ubunul-eup" to stop eating, and as a result, he became ill and became "unhappy" on July 14.332 said. This is consistent with Lee's testimony in the Hague on July 18 and published in the Hague Peace Conference on July 20 after he briefly returned to Petersburg shortly after his speech at the International Association.     Losing Lee Joon is a huge loss to me or rather a huge loss for our country. He was a man of steel. However, Japanese martial arts hurt his patriotic spirit so much that he could no longer survive. I had an abscess, but it didn't really matter. Lee Jun didn't eat anything for many days before he died. On the day of his fate, he was asleep as if he had lost consciousness. Then he suddenly stood up and cried out.------- help our country. Japan is trampling on our country!This was the last will.Lee Jun, who was normally healthy, suffered an abscess on his cheek, but it was not a cause of death, and the anxiety of not protecting his country from the violent and cruel disaster committed by Japan was angry and amazed, so he stopped eating.34) Therefore, Lee Jun, even if he did not commit harbok suicide, was praised as a martyr who died as he wished, not only without defect but also natural.   In this way, the place where Lee Jun, who left his country after being smuggled by Emperor Gwangmu, "Hotel De Jong" of Wagenstraat 124 where the three secret agents had been accustomed to since the arrival of the Hague.35) The hotel, which doubles as a hotel, cafe and restaurant, is certainly not a first-class hotel, but it is presumed to have been a mid-class hotel at the time, unlike the "name-only hotel" of a Japanese journalist's testimony, Ga-a. 36) The two envoys, Lee Sang-seol and Lee Wi-jong, who survived after Lee Joon's death, embarked on a trip to each country, a journey already planned before the Hague mission. Therefore, Lee Jun's remains, who later visited the cemetery to rebel against his homeland, were buried in the Niuw Eiken Duinen Cemetery on September 6 of that year, accompanied by Pastor Yun Byung-gu and Lee Jun's younger brother, Lee Wijong.37) On September 5, Lee Sang-seol paid $102.75 and signed a contract to use the permanent cemetery.38) The Hague's "Haagsche Courant" reported the situation as follows on September 5, the day before the funeral.     As is known, one of the Koreans (Lee Joon), who appealed for the legitimacy of Korean independence shortly after the opening of the Peace Conference, died here. The deceased was the Pyeongriwon Prosecutor in Seoul, who was temporarily buried in the cemetery of Nieuw Eikenduinen. At 11 a.m. tomorrow, the remains will be buried in Dutch soil. The Yi Hwang tribe (Wijong), who stayed here, does not want to ask the Japanese government for permission to return to their homeland and bury the remains of Yi Jun.39)In addition, on September 6, the day of the funeral, the Dongji reported as follows.     The remains of Lee Jun, who died shortly after the peace conference as a member of the Korean envoy at Nieuw Eikenduinen Cemetery this morning, were buried. Around the open cemetery were the envoys and the deceased's brother, Yin Yi. A.E. Baron Mackay, chairman of The Hague's Youth Christian Association, spoke in memory of the man who was president of The Christian Young People's Club from the Far East, and then a Korean sang hymns in Korean. The chief of the envoy (referred to Lee Sang-seol, the true messenger), honored the deceased as a "combat for the independence of the motherland." A wreath with a hanging ribbon reading "To Our Best Friends and Brothers" was in the back and the funeral ended when the garland was placed on the ground. As previously reported, the Korean envoys who stayed at the Jong Hotel in Wagensstraat Street, The Hague, left for Petersburg this evening.Lee Sang-seol commemorated his loyalty by reciting the following poems around this time.     "The noble Chunggol grinds the sky blue, but a great anger falls in front of my eyes, so I can't accomplish my work yet, and you die first, so I'm left alone and the tears flowing through my stomach fill my stomach." 41) http://www.independence.or.kr/NEW/media_data/thesis/1988/198801.html