태평양회의와 홍진

Abstract

This study examines Hong Jin’s activities before and after the Pacific Conference(Washington Conference) and his role in the Pacific Conference. From the end of the Korean Empire to the 1910s, Hong Jin worked as a prosecutor in Chungju and as a lawyer in the northwest, including Pyongyang, and built connections and delays. During the 3.1 Movement period, he organized a national competition using his wide network and delay to carry out the movement to establish the Hanseong government. He selected key figures such as ministers of the Hanseong government, representatives of the 13th province, and equator, using the personal connections and delays he had accumulated over the years. After exile in Shanghai, Hong Jin quickly rose to prominence as a national leader, becoming a member of the Provisional National Assembly and chairman, and secretary-general of the Pacific Conference Diplomatic Support Association, this growth was supported by the accumulated human assets and character, and the help of Ahn Chang-ho, who led the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in the early days, also acted. During the Pacific Conference, Jin Hong performed various support activities through the Diplomatic Support Association and the Provisional National Assembly. Inside the Provisional National Assembly, the provisional government helped the government select the Korean delegation, passed the provisional budget, and sent the “Petition for Independence” to the Pacific Conference in the name of 25 lawmakers. Outside of the Provisional National Assembly, he served as the secretary of the Diplomatic Support Association and held speeches to inspire the will of independence and raise funds for support. He further supported the Korean delegation to the Pacific Conference by issuing the ‘Declaration’ and publishing the newspaper ‘Shenzhen’. However, international powers including the United States refused to recognize Korea’s independence and even refused to participate in the Korean delegation. The subsequent situation resulted in the weakening of the nationalist forces as well as the Provisional Government, which focused on the Pacific Conference. The role and status of theProvisional Government weakened, and the issue of convening the Provisional National Assembly, which had been quiet during the Pacific Conference, resurfaced. At the Conference of Representatives of Far East National Revolutionaries(Far East People’s Congress) held in Moscow at the same time against the Pacific Conference, the Lenin government approved the Provisional Government and supported the Korean independence movement on the basis of the National Unification Front of the Comintern to promote the socialist forces. Gave me wings The spread of socialism not only in Shanghai but also in Korea expanded and its power expanded. The nationalist forces were divided and weakened. Witnessing the elevated status of Japan at the Pacific Conference, a compromising nationalist(national reformist) force has emerged that has given up absolute independence and pursued autonomy. As a result, the nationalist forces were divided into the non-compromising group, which adheres to the ‘absolute independence’ theory, and the compromise group, which insists on autonomy. The Provisional Government also could not escape responsibility for the diplomatic failure of the Pacific Conference. After the Pacific Conference, from the end of February to mid-March 1922, Prime Minister Lee Dong-nyeong, acting prime minister and foreign secretary Shin Shin-sik, and finance minister Lee Si-young resigned. Hong Jin, who had actively supported the Pacific Conference both inside and outside the Provisional National Assembly, realized his responsibility and resigned as the chairman of the Provisional National Assembly on April 3rd. Syng-man Rhee, the interim president and representative of the Korean delegation, could not escape the responsibility of failure. The pressure to resign from the beginning of 1921 was temporarily avoided by the Pacific Conference, but as the conference ended without results, the pressure to resign was increased.