[37]. The Annai, pp. 58–61.
[38]. Mr. Shiga’s letter, in the Kokumin, July 5, 1904.
[39]. In July, 1903, there were, besides soldiers, 26,705 Japanese in the eight treaty ports and Seul and Ping-yang. To these must be added about 4000 who lived on some islands and places outside of the treaty ports. See the Dōbun-kwai Hōkoku (Report of the Dōbun Association), No. 41, pp. 95–96, and the Tsūshō Isan for October 18, 1903, pp. 29–47; April 8, 1904, pp. 28–52. Mr. Yamamoto places the number of the Japanese residents in Korea at 40,000. See his Saishin Chōsen Ijū Annai (latest guide for emigration to Korea; hereafter abbreviated as the Annai), Tokio, 1904, p. 14.
[40]. The Annai, pp. 8–9, 19–20.
[41]. Ibid., p. 81.
[42]. In July, 1903, of the 26,645 Japanese in Korea, 15,442 were men and 11,263 women. It may be noted, in passing, that, in the case of Manchuria, a great majority of the Japanese women residing there are not the wives of the male settlers, and hence the comparative numbers of men and women there should not lead us to a similar conclusion as to Korea. This part of the problem of Japanese emigration opens up an interesting social question, which it is hardly necessary for us to discuss here.
[43]. From the legal standpoint, the Japanese had no right, outside of the treaty settlements, to live or buy land.
[44]. On March 31, 1904, there were about 1,234,000 yen of these notes in circulation against a reserve of 944,000 yen. From the British C. and D. Reports; Trade of Korea for the Year 1903, pp. 7–8.
The Russians and their sympathizers at Seul have more than once tried, though unsuccessfully, to induce the Korean Government to suppress the issue of the notes. See pp. [281]–284, below.
[45]. The nickel coins of Korea have been so debased and so much counterfeited that they are at a discount of much more than 100 per cent.