People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1894 — WAR BEGINS IN COREA. [ARTICLE]

WAR BEGINS IN COREA.

Government Loses Over 300 Men—Magistrates Burned Alive. San Francisco, June 20.—Advices brought by steamer are that the revolution in Corea has assumed a serious aspect. The number of rebels is said to be over 60,000 and they have been drilled in modern style. The government troops have been routed in two encounters on May 16, losing over 200 killed. This completely demoralized the government forces. Two-thirds of the population of the country are in sympathy with the rebels. In Chulla Do, the granaries of the kingdom, the people of three districts are up in arms against their rulers. In Chin Do the magistrate was killed, and in Nachoo the whole family, ten in number, of the magistrate was killed. A detachment of 900 men, sent out against the rebels of this district, was afraid to land. A number of magistrates are reported to have been burned alive.