Dear George,<br><br>Yes.<br><br>Chapter V, The Murder of The Queen, Page 62<br><br>The night before the day of murder, October 8(Lunar August 20)2am, 1895,<br>" Rumours had reached the palace that some plot was in progress, but no one <br>
seems to have taken much trouble to maintain special watch. There were two foreigners in charge of of the palace guards, <b>Mr. Sabatine, a Russian</b>, and General Dye, an American. Neither of these came out of the the affair with enhanced reputation. General Dye was a very charming old gentleman, skilled<br>
<div style="text-align: left;">in growing apples. The products of his orchard were the admiration of his neighbours, but he was of little use in protecting his Royal employers. I have been unable to find out exactly what he did during the subsequent events, but he seems to have been shut in a room and to have done nothing. <b>Sabatine </b>was brushed on one side by the conspirator, and threatened with death if he interfered. Whatever the excuses of these two men, the damning fact remains that they lived through that night without suffering so much as a scratch, and without striking a blow for the woman they were paid to protect."<br>
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<br>Also, <b>Mr. Sabatine's </b>name appears 3 times in <br>"Korea and Her Neighbours",1897 by Isabella Bird Bishop;<br>Chapter XXIII The Assassination of the Queen.<br><br>For details, please visit Brother Anthony's So Gang University link:<br>
<a href="http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/BooksKorea.htm" target="_blank">http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/BooksKorea.htm</a><br><br>Many Koreans cherish your great-grandfather's works.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Kwang-On Yoo<br>
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 9:58 AM, George Dorian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:georgedorian@comcast.net" target="_blank">georgedorian@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">Hello Kwang-On,</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">Does that book mention my
great-grandfather Afanasii Seredin-Sabatin, who was the first European
architect in </span></font><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">Korea</span></font><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">Thanks George </span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
<a href="mailto:koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws" target="_blank">koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws" target="_blank">koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Kwang On Yoo<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Friday,
September 17, 2010</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">6:55 PM</span></font></div>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Korean Studies Discussion List<br>
</div><div><div></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [KS] " The Story of
the Awakening and the Destruction of a Nation",</div></div></span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Korea</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hello Everyone, <br>
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I would like to let you know that Frederick Arthur McKenzie's first book
on Korea, "The Tragedy of Korea", originally published in 1908, is
now available on Amazon.com as a reprinted edition, in addition to his
second book, "Korea's Fight for Freedom", first published in 1920.<br>
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As the second book has been readily available for a quite some time, I will
just touch upon "The Tragedy of Korea". In this first book,
McKenzie introduces it as "the story of the awakening and the destruction
of a nation".<br>
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His narrative starts with a 1866 incident involving American
schooner General Sherman and ends with his daring 1907 journey to the
"Righteous Army (</span></font><font face="Batang"><span style="font-family: Batang;">의병</span></font>,<font face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">義兵</span></font>),
covering 40 years of Korea's struggle as a party in political conflict
with an "aroused China, an ambitious Japan" and expansionist
Russia, culminating in The Eulsa Protectorate Treaty (<font face="Batang"><span style="font-family: Batang;">을사보호조약</span></font>,<font face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">乙巳保護条約</span></font>) of 1905 and the
subsequent uprising of the Righteous Army. A copy of the complete treaty is
included in the Appendices of the book. </p>
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The Appendix also contains various treaties Chosun signed with foreign
powers and other Korean treaties signed between 1876-1897. Also included
is the trial record of Miura Goro (</span></font><font face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">三浦梧樓</span></font>), the then Japanese
Minister to Chosun who concocted the plan to murder Queen Min in 1895, known as
<font face="Batang"><span style="font-family: Batang;">을미사</span></font><a href="http://hanja.naver.com/word?q=%E4%B9%99%E6%9C%AA%E4%BA%8B%E8%AE%8A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font face="Batang"><span style="font-family: Batang;">변</span></font></a>(<a href="http://hanja.naver.com/word?q=%E4%B9%99%E6%9C%AA%E4%BA%8B%E8%AE%8A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">乙未事變</span></font></a>).<br>
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McKenzie's final sentences in the book were prophetic. He said "The
future of Japan, the future of the East, and, to some extent, the future of the
world, lies in the answer to the question whether the militarists or the party
of peaceful expansion gain the upper hand in the immediate future. If the one,
then we shall have harsher rule in Korea, steadily increasing aggression in
Manchuria, growing interference with China, and in the end, <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">a Titanic conflict, the end of which none can
see."</span></b> <br>
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He did not live long enough (1869-1931) to witness his prophesy realized.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> The only fault I found with this reprinted
edition is that it is missing 6 of 27 illustrations and the Petition
from the Koreans of Hawaii (page 311).</span></font></p>
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The Last Battle of the Tortoise Ship(</span></font><font face="Batang"><span style="font-family: Batang;">거북선</span></font>, <a href="http://hanja.naver.com/word?q=%EF%A4%87%E8%88%B9" target="_blank"><span><font face="Batang"><span style="font-family: Batang;">龜船</span></font></span></a>)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I found this entry fascinating. When General Sherman
was grounded in the Daedong River, *"An ancient armored float was brought
into play, the tortoise boat, a scow mounted with cannon and protected by a
covering of sheet iron and bull hide. The front part of the armour lifted when
the shot was fired and closed immediately afterward. Even the tortoise boat
failed to injure the foreign ship." <br>
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I hope you will find this book valuable too.<br>
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Thank You,<br>
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Kwang-On Yoo</span></font></p>
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