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=== Statements from foreign supporters of Japan ===
[[File:Sidney Lewis Gulick in 1919 (cropped).jpg|thumb|175x175px|Westerners such as [[Sidney Gulick]] advocated for Japan's continued rule over Korea.{{Sfn|Palmer|2020|pp=211–212}} (1919)]]Foreigners sympathetic to Japan repeated claims that Koreans were uncivilized and incapable of self-governance; their statements were published in various newspapers internationally.<ref name="YNA 2019 14"/><ref name="YNA 2019 6" />{{Sfn|Palmer|2020|p=195}} Examples include Prof. Edmund Davison of Drew University (whom was born in Japan),<ref name="YNA 2019 6" /> [[Sidney Gulick]], and former diplomatic advisor to Japan [[George Trumbull Ladd]].{{Sfn|Palmer|2020|pp=211–212}}

The English Church Mission (ECM) in Korea, unlike a significant majority of other missionaries in Korea, often expressed views more sympathetic to Japan. Their reports expressed doubt that Japanese authorities were intentionally killing Korean protestors.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |last=Ion |first=A. Hamish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PAjZAAAAMAAJ |title=The Cross and the Rising Sun, Volume 2,: The British Protestant Missionary Movement in Japan, Korea and Taiwan |date=1990 |publisher=Wilfrid Laurier University Press |isbn=978-0-88920-218-4 |pages=205–207 |language=en}}</ref>