중국 관내 신한청년당과 3·1운동

Abstract

This article deals with the activities and historical impact of the New Korean Young Men’s Party in China to the March First Movement of 1919. The core members of the New Korean Young Men’s Party were Korean students in China who gathered around Lyuh, Woonhyung since summer of 1918. The party was organized in November 28, 1918 when Lyuh met with Charles Crane who was personal envoy of President Woodrow Wilson. Lyuh delivered his petition to President Woodrow Wilson which argued the independence of Korea by relying on Wilson’s Fourteen Points. The party members were from four groups; first one was Korean students in China under the influence of Lyuh, Woonhyung, second one was family relatives of Kim, Kyusik, third one was Korean students in Japan who were friends of Chang, Duksoo, and the last one was Koreans joined after the March First Movement. The New Korean Young Men’s Party got some influence from Dongjesa which was a key Korean independence movement organ in China as well as education facility for Korean students since 1912. But the party was full of new energy and enthusiasm under the leadership of Lyuh, Woonhyung who became a new leader of Korean independence movement as well as Korean young men in China. The party sent secret envoys to France, Korea, Japan, and Russia to evoke new independence movement with regard to the Paris Peace Conference. Kim, Kyusik was sent to Paris as a representative of the New Korean Young Men’s Party and became a vivid symbol of Korean independence movement which led to the outburst of the March First Movement. Lyuh, Woonhyung went to Siberia, Chang, Duksoo went to Japan, and Lee, Gwangsoo made a round trip to China and Japan. Sunwoo, Hyuk, Kim, Chul, Seo, Byeongho, and Kim, Soonae were sent to Korea for stirring up Korean people for assisting Kim, Kyusik’s diplomatic mission in Paris. The party played an important role to seduce Korean students in Tokyo to declare the Independence Manifesto of February 8, 1919 which effected the Independence Manifesto of March 1, 1919 in Seoul. According to the official magazine of the party, they were interested in Socialism which was prevailed in Shanghai at that time. And the lyrics of National Anthem of Korea, Aegukga, were included in The Young Korea which was published in December 1919.