大韓帝国政府による間島における朝鮮人保護政策 － 辺界警務署と北墾島視察使․管理使李範允を中心に －

Abstract

Establishing the Byeongye Police Office on the southern banks of the Tuman River in 1901, the government dispatched Li Beom-Yun as “Bukgando” Inspector in charge of the Koreans of Gando. In 1903 his official title was changed to “Bukgando” Administrator. This text aims to verify the role and review the activities of this office and its policies. The Byeongye Police Office handled civil lawsuits for Koreans in the Tuman River Valley. The office had authority and jurisdiction over Koreans in Gando as well and aimed to expand the authority of the Korean government to Gando, which they renamed “Bukgando.” The office’s activities were analyzed using the “辺界警務署鍾城分署ノ日記中間島関係事件抜粋” held in the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. This historical document contains daily reports from the Byeongye Police Office. The Korean government’s Home Office (內部) was deliberate in both its changing of the Qing name Gando（間島）to the Korean Bukgando（北墾島）and it’s appointment of Inspector Li who was given military powers to execute his mission. In these two measures, the Korean government aimed not only to protect the Korean people of “Bukgando” but also to include Gando within the boundaries of the Korean territory. This text argues that both establishment of the Byeongye Police Office and the Dispatch of Li Beom-Yun were aggressive policies. However the Korean government also intentionally added passive element to its policy. The Byeongye Police Office sent policemen to Gando and took Korean suspects to the Byeongye Police Office in North Hamgyeong Province, but it did not arrest Chinese suspects. Inspector Li requested the dispatch of Korean Military forces to Gando, but in order to avoid becoming embroiled in a national war with the Qing Empire, the Korean government did not approve their dispatch.