순종 사망 뒤 경찰과 군의 警戒 활동

Abstract

The vigilance of the police and military was focused on preventing a repeat of the March 1 Movement. During the period of mourning for the deceased Sunjong, the police were in the forefront of policing, while the Joseon army was in a supporting position, deploying a small number of gendarmes. The division of roles was a result of the reorganized governance strategy after the 3·1 Movement. Sunjong’s health gave the Japanese government time to formulate concrete countermeasures in advance, and the police responded forcefully and proactively to the established measures, taking control of the Korean community’s movements. The first major milestone was May Day on May 1, but the police took control of the atmosphere by banning rallies and preventing Koreans from gathering through surveillance and quarantine of key figures. The police mobilized police forces across the country to actively monitor the trends of Korean public sentiment, especially activists and students from ideological groups, while also banning rallies in rural areas to prevent people from gathering and controlling the rally as much as possible. By mid-May, confident that they were in control of the situation, the police were willing to be more flexible with the ban on gatherings, but their main focus was on ensuring security on June 10, National Day. Instead of relying on police and gendarmes brought in from the provinces, totaling more than 3,700 in all, to guard the outskirts of the city and the city center for the funeral procession, the Korean government left the security of the funeral procession to the more than 7,000 armed soldiers mobilized under the name of the ceremonial army. It was a literal mobilization of the police and military.