일제의 한국병합 방법과 식민 통치 방침

Abstract

The article 『thing about the administration of the Korea / thing about the Korea annexation』written by Department of the Army former May 1910 is an important material that Japanese military has led to annex in the implementation phase of the annexation. Since Japan decided to annex immediately January 1910, the Army Secretary Terauchi(寺內正毅) and Department of the Army were led to annex. The Army Secretary Terauchi appointed to a Resident-General was entrusted fully how and when to annex. This is meant to be accomplished the continental policy of Japanese military since the Meiji Restoration(明治維新). Accordingly the Japanese military had a full-scale military aggression in Korea as a colony and Korea became the base of the continental policy in Japan. This was an illegal act of aggression ignored completely free will of the Korean people. How to annex Japan chose was two. One was to annex by the petition of the Korea Emperor and the Treaty, the other was to annex by the unilateral declaration. The annexation was done according to the will of Japan as measures of the former. This was externally to conceal and streamline the illegal character of the annexation, moreover was intended to minimize the resistance of the Korea officials and people. Therefore, the nature of this annexation was one of the essential elements revealing the violence of colonial rule after the annexation.