Editing March First Movement (section)

=== Role of foreigners in planning the protests ===
Foreigners also played a role in the planning of the protests. In mid-February, [[Robert Grierson (missionary)|Robert Grierson]] allowed secret meetings about the protests to be conducted in his house in [[Kimchaek|Sŏngjin]]. Protests in Sŏngjin went on to become the first in [[North Hamgyong Province]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=성 |first=동기 |date=2019-08-31 |script-title=ko:구례선 목사 사택서 시작된 '독립열망'… 日帝 도끼-총으로 탄압 |url=https://www.donga.com/news/Culture/article/all/20190830/97200793/1 |access-date=2022-01-01 |website=[[The Dong-A Ilbo]] |language=ko |archive-date=June 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621093649/https://www.donga.com/news/Culture/article/all/20190830/97200793/1 |url-status=live }}</ref> On February 28th, Canadian missionary [[Frank Schofield]] was asked to document the protests.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=이 |first=국희 |date=2023-01-31 |script-title=ko:선교사열전 ㉙ 3·1운동의 34번째 민족대표 캐나다 프랭크 윌리엄 스코필드 선교사〔Frank William Schofield: 석호필(石虎弼) 1889~1970〕 |url=http://www.kosinnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=27238 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=고신뉴스 KNC |language=ko}}</ref><ref name="CVJ2" /> Schofield's publicization of the protests proved so significant in influencing global public opinion, that he has since been described as the "Thirty-fourth Representative" ({{Korean|hangul=민족대표 34인|labels=no}}), effectively equating his significance to that of the signers of the declaration.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=김 |first1=진흥 |last2=박 |first2=미선 |date=February 28, 2019 |script-title=ko:우리가 몰랐던 '34번째 민족대표' 이야기 |url=https://mediahub.seoul.go.kr/archives/1212924 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=mediahub.seoul.go.kr |publisher=[[Seoul Metropolitan Government]] |language=ko |archive-date=May 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507023339/https://mediahub.seoul.go.kr/archives/1212924 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Schofield Lecture">{{cite web |title=Department History: Dr. Frank Schofield |url=http://www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/path/schofield/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925181747/http://www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/path/schofield/ |archivedate=25 September 2009 |accessdate=12 November 2017 |website=ovc.uoguelph.ca |publisher=[[Ontario Veterinary College]], [[University of Guelph]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" />