On July 7, an important turning point in the century-old history of the Chinese nation, Japanese militarism launched an all-out war of aggression against China. At that time, Taiwan had been colonized by Japan for forty-two years and entered the "wartime system". Nevertheless, a large number of Taiwan compatriots still entered the mainland to participate in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and some anti-Japanese resistance events such as the "Zhonghua Guild Hall Case" of 1937, the "Kurume Oil Depot Case" of 1938, and Li Qinming's "Puzi Thought Case" of 1940 also broke out on the island of Taiwan, and the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait formed a new situation in which the Chinese nation had been unanimously insulted against foreign countries in the past century. After the outbreak of the incident, the acts of resistance and rebellion speech in various parts of Taiwan continued one after another, but because the Governor's Office at that time vigorously suppressed and secretly kept secret, it was rarely known to today's historians and the general public. This article uses only one raw data to briefly illustrate this.
This document was submitted by Qin Yashang, chief of staff of the Taiwan Army Command, to Umezu Mijiro on September 1, 1927, the secret document of "Taiwan Army Composition No. 43": "Through the North Branch Incident to See the Degree of Imperialization of the People of the Island".[1]
The piece is hidden in the Research Institute of the Japanese Defense Agency, not a separate file, but appears as a file in the fourth issue of the "Rikujimi Daidai Diary" in the twelfth year of Showa, so there are few citations. The document was compiled on the basis of the circulars of the captain of Taiwan's gendarmerie at that time, the police chief of the Governor's Office, and the governors and directors of various states, and recorded that from the outbreak of the "July 7 Incident" to mid-August, a large number of people on the island of Taiwan were full of motherland complexes, rebellions and anti-Japanese remarks against the great national righteousness. In just over a month, there have been more than 70 incidents of resistance on the island of Taiwan. According to its specific form, it is subdivided as follows:
First, there were 9 incidents of resistance in the form of letters
Such incidents mainly express the Taiwan people's resolute opposition to war, call on the Taiwan people to unite and carry out the Taiwan independence movement, and also demand a change in differential treatment.
There are 6 time-marked meters:
On 14 July, he sent a letter from Taichung Prefecture to General Secretary Sengang of the Governor's Office (the letter was written to the Governor-General): Although China is tyrannical, it is far inferior to Europe and the United States, and now it is a dispute between Bengha and Ha, and it must be a fisherman's profit, China's dissatisfaction is in Manchukuo, the life of our people is far from it, and it is difficult to influence its harmony, if we really want to establish a centenary plan for East Asia of the Harmony of All Nations, we must seek improvements between Japan and Russia on the basis of the concept of the state, so as to solve the Chinese problem, thwart the plans of Europe and the United States, and eliminate the scourge of the people;
On July 16, in the name of the All-Taiwan Youth And Mature League, he sent a letter to the Secretary of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan: If the Governor-General does not abolish the wage differential between the people in The Inner Taiwan, I will take action during the war;
On 18 July, a letter was sent to the Governor in the name of the young comrades of the local people: first, resolutely opposing the War between Japan and China (we shed the blood of our ancestors, we cannot bear the mutilation of our own people); the second is forbidden to be abolished in real time (restricting freedom, which is a shame of civilized politics); and the wage difference between the workers in the third official office is abolished in real time (there is no difference in labor, the same requirements);
On July 19, he submitted a letter to the Taiwan Military Command: Japanese propaganda believes that the Republic of China has no strength and is a kind of narcissistic advertisement;
On July 28, a letter was sent to the chief of the Police Department of Qixing County: Japan will perish and the motherland will prosper; the Japanese-Zhizhi war has reported tens of thousands of dead and wounded, and the Chinese army has not been damaged;
On July 29, anonymous sent a letter to the Nanmen Town police station with the words "Down with Japan";
On July 30, a Taiwanese from chiayi department submitted a letter to the local police station: Down with Japan. There are 3 items without time: In Kaohsiung City, all over the city of Taiwan issued a taiwan revolution incitement: In the era of Chinese territory, the people of Taiwan were very happy, and remembering the sacrifices of the people in various parts of Taiwan in the early days of leadership, we should all the more rise up to realize Taiwan's independence and build Taiwan into a happy land;
In the letter from the Kaohsiung City Post Office, he was very dissatisfied with the japanese rule and called on 35,000 comrades in Taiwan to unite and launch the Taiwan independence movement.
Lin Qingyun submitted a letter to the Pingtung Gendarmerie: The Taiwanese have been deceived since the incident, and the Taiwanese should cooperate to inform Chiang Kai-shek of the situation in Taiwan.
2. There were 4 incidents of rebellion in the form of slogans that fell into the book
Such incidents mainly focus on the insults against Japan, reflecting the hatred of the people of Taiwan who have been under colonial rule for more than forty years towards the colonial rulers. For example:
The Book in the Toilet in Hualien Harbor: Down with Japan!
On the board wall of the Motomachi Post Office in Chiayi City, with a big book of charcoal: Down with Japan! (July 25)
The public market in Tenjincho, Keelung City, is written in Taiwanese: Japanese people will die; Japanese people who come to Taiwan will die! (July 26)
The Nishicho Common Toilet in Keelung City is written with tiles: The emperor eats shit; the emperor drinks urine. (July 26)
There were 6 incidents of resistance carried out by concrete actions
Such incidents were mainly direct clashes between the people of Taiwan and the Japanese due to controversy over wartime issues and dissatisfaction with wartime policies.
On July 15, the billboard of the Current Situation Citizens' Assembly revealed in front of the Taipei Municipal Public Hall was destroyed;
On July 19, the grocer Lin Wen threw two bags of tooth powder at the Japanese when they arrived at their home to collect condolence money from the Imperial Army;
On 19 July, two cans of paint were thrown at the front door of the Governor's Office of Taiwan and defaced;
On July 22, thirteen workers at the Hashimoto Transport Shop in Keelung City beat up two Japanese people on the shore hill of the port of Niu Chou in the same harbor and pushed them into the sea.
On July 22, two crew members of the Keelung Port Demilitarized Zone Berth Boat Yashimaru had a verbal altercation with the Taiwanese on board the ship that night over the current situation in Japan, and the two were injured.
Geographer Hayashi Rin, a geographer at Puli Street in Nohgao County, removed the Intelligence Committee Print No. 39 prompted at the entrance to the market.
Fourth, there were 52 incidents of rebellion by means of speech and conduct
This kind of rebellion is the most numerous, and there are many ideas reflected, and its specific content and handling methods are as follows:
On July 18, Hong Wenchao, a 130 grocery merchant in Dongmen-cho, Taipei City, publicized to the public at his home: Japan and China will start a war, and the big country of China will win; detention for 5 days.
On July 22, At the Taipei Printing Factory in Yamato-cho, Taipei City, 3-59, Tsui Chung-joon, at the Taipei Printing Factory in Yamato-cho, told Taiwanese printers that the Japanese are thieves, their hearts are dark, and they will die in the future;
On July 15, Awang Ngawang, a farmer in Jiaoxi Village, Yilan County, publicized to the public in the movie theater: Although Japan is very strong, after this incident, the Chinese side is stronger, and Japan is afraid that it will be in trouble, and we will pay high taxes under Japanese rule today, and the control is serious, and it is not free; detention for 15 days.
On July 20, You Zaitian, a farmer in JiaoxiZhuang, Yilan County, told his neighbors at his home: When Japan and China go to war, the motherland of China must attack Taiwan, and then I will take advantage of the opportunity to cooperate, and I will be reused by the Chinese side; since the Japanese government ruled, the tax has been increased every year, there is no way to compare with the Indochina era, after the war, Taiwan returned to China, I am infinitely happy; detention for ten days.
On July 20, Zhou Amiao, a land tenant in Jiaoxizhuang, Yilan County, said to You Zaitian: "Zhina is the motherland of our own islanders, of course we must protect her, we are often treated as stepsons by the Japanese government, if we return to Indochina, then we will be relieved; detention for 29 days."
On July 17, the young comrades in the seven-star county neihu Zhuang Neitai made unstable remarks in the debate: Japan and Indochina are at war, Russia must support China, you should not be arrogant; serious warnings were given to the speakers.
On July 15, Li Mufa of Luodong County: The great power of China, after the war will be won, Taiwan will return to the motherland, we will be free; detained for 5 days.
On July 30, Lin Rong, a grocery merchant at Jiaoxizhuang in Yilan County, told nearby residents: Young people now do not know the politics of Taiwan in the Qing Dynasty, and subjectively believe that the Japanese government is good in politics, the Qing Dynasty did not levy taxes, living freely, the Japanese government had high taxes, and Taiwanese people were not free; they were detained for 29 days.
In late July, Yan Qinxian of the Taiyang Mining Company in Keelung City said in front of the Taiwanese in the company: Taiwan is not the territory of Indochina, so it is difficult for us to become real people;
In late July, Taiwan's news reports and chronicles were all fictional, and when war broke out in Japan and China, the Japanese in Taiwan would be completely annihilated; they were detained for 5 days.
On July 18, Wang Zengguan, a noodle maker in Xiakui Province, Taipei City, said in front of many Taiwanese: The Indochina Army has won victories in battles everywhere, and the Japanese army is difficult to resist, so Japan will be defeated.
On July 26, Wu Sha, a farmer in Wujiezhuang, Luodong County, told his wife: Japan likes war, and it is necessary for us to pay condolences; detained for 21 days.
On July 20, Chen Xinzai, a peanut merchant in The Town of Longshan Temple in Taipei City, preached to the masses while trading in The Dragon Mountain Temple Park: Recently, the Japanese army fled to Indochina under the pursuit of the Soviet Allied Forces, and was completely wiped out under the attack of the Japanese army and the Soviet army; whenever there was a victory in the Russo-Japanese War, there would be a lantern parade, which now shows that Japan was defeated; detention for 29 days.
On July 28, Xu Donglin, a charcoal merchant in Xinfu Town, Taipei City, told five Taiwanese in the inner courtyard of the Yongsan Temple: "It is a sleeping tiger, and once it opens its eyes, it is very powerful, and Japan is invincible; and it is detained for 29 days.
On August 15, Guo Wanzhi, a vegetable merchant in Yilan Street, Yilan County, mistakenly thought that China was not good because the japanese customers said "this is not good", and responded that "China is not good there, or vegetables are not good, please don't say bad things about China in the future." Detention for 29 days.
On August 15, my ancestors were in China, and if the Japanese branch went to war, indochina would soon be victorious, and we would no longer need to speak Japanese, of course, to speak Taiwanese; the investigation is under way.
On July 26, Ye Wangkai, a massage industry in Hsinchu City, secretly praised the strength of the Indochina Army, and the Japanese Army was afraid of being inferior to the Indochina Army; the investigation was under way.
On July 20, Yao Shiying, the coach director of the Taoyuan Rail Society, said: From the map, Japan is not as big as China, and China will win.
On July 24, Zhang Arden of Carbon Mining, Head Branch of Zhunan County: I don't know the truth of the incident, I want to read Chinese newspapers;
Lake Mouth Tanxiang: Japan only reports on the favorable, not the unfavorable; metaphorically.
Qiu Yun, the head of the Yuantong Night: The sooner Japan invades China, the sooner it will lose the land of The development of the Japanese nation.
On July 27, Yan Youfu, a meat seller on Daxi Street, told the fundraisers that the combined fee would be included in the national defense contribution, and now there is no money to pay the national defense contribution; he was detained for 10 days.
On July 14, Zeng Guoliang, a grocery merchant on Zhongli Street, told several people that the Japanese fleet had been hit by Chinese troops and detained for 29 days.
On August 10, Zhan Qiuhu, an employee of the Zhuolanzhuang Company in Dahu County, told several Taiwanese: The news exposed on the island is beneficial to our side, and there is no interest, so it is better to go to Okinawa as a slave; detention for 4 days.
On July 24, the charcoal merchant Jianghuo in Meishu branch town, Taichung City: The war between Japan and China, the Taiwanese people are in trouble, the tide of military spending is rising, the tax and condolence payments are too high, and life is in trouble; detention for 2 days.
On July 24, the woodworker Lin Day in Pingyuan County let others listen to the Nanjing radio; detained for 7 days.
On July 20, Cai Shixiang, an electrician at Taipingzhuang in Datun County, said that no matter what happened to China, Japan should not start a war; he was detained for 29 days.
On July 19, Beitou County's Xijie Ashun: China and Japan are at war, and China will win because china has the support of Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union; detained for 20 days.
On July 22, Hu Wende, a carpenter at Tianweizhuang in Beidou County, and Li Han, a carpenter, asked nearby residents to listen to the Nanjing radio; they were detained for 10 days.
On July 19, a coolie on Beidou Street: China has the Soviet Union behind it, Japan and China will go to war, and China will win; detained for 10 days.
Taiwan News Agency Writer Hu said to the local people and workers: The Chinese side has made considerable preparations for this incident, which is why it is so tough, China will certainly win; China is our motherland, and its victory is very favorable to us; and it is under investigation.
On August 15, The Medicine Merchant of Yongqingzhuang in Kobayashi County: The longer after the incident, the more unfavorable it is to Japan; the investigation is under investigation.
Zheng Shuichuan, a hotel industry in Tainan City, repeatedly told his family that Japan would be defeated in the war between Japan and Japan; it would be handled as a violation of police regulations.
Two students of the Rokka Public School in Zengwen County, Tainan Prefecture, said to the Japanese students: China is a big country and will never lose to Japan, China is for the motherland such as me, I am eager to hope for its victory, if it loses, we will have no place to go, we are not Japanese, we are Taiwanese; the protectors are strictly guarded.
On July 19, Hong Yuanhe, a musical instrument merchant in Honmachi, Tainan City, listened to a radio broadcast in Nanjing and was transferred to the police station.
On July 15, someone in the photo industry told a guest how to listen to a Chinese radio; a strict lesson.
On July 25, Guo Hou of Madou Street in Zengwen County said in front of everyone: Taiwan is not living well now, taxes are high, and if there is a slight violation, it will be accused and will lose some money; I am a Taiwanese; I will be detained for 5 days.
Several teachers from Huwei County spoke at a meeting sponsored by the authorities on the current situation: China will not attack Taiwan; the news only publicizes Japan's victory; and calls for an early cessation of the war.
On July 25, Lin Wen'an, a businessman in Tainan City, said: Extreme suppression of speech related to the incident, the people are trembling; detention.
On July 15, Azhu Wang, a drunkard in Xiluo Street, Huwei County, said to the guests: Japanese is the most despicable language in the world, are you satisfied with being a borer for the Japanese; detention.
On July 29, Tainan City merchant Shi Laicheng and Chiayi City merchant Xu Youcai said while staying at Rokko Village, Zengwen County: Japan's news of the incident is false, not enough to believe; the investigation is underway.
A Taiwanese in Madou Street, Zengwen County: After the Nichi Incident, Japan will inevitably expropriate our property, so we will eat, drink and have fun as much as possible; the investigation is underway.
In early August, Yan Xinhu, a physician on Huwei Street, told the district police: After the incident, on the basis of taxation, it was really difficult to pay the condolence money.
On August 12, Wan Hai, a coolie in Tainan City, told the people: We are all poor people, and it doesn't matter if the party wins; detention for 5 days.
On August 16, Huang's Aman on Huwei Street refused to pay defense donations; he was detained for 3 days.
On August 14, Cai Xinde, a worker at Tamai Village in Xinhua County, told the public that Japan would be wiped out by China, and that he was really happy to have killed the Japanese in the Year of The Year of The Mist.
Chaozhou County Baozheng Lin Guoxiang: There is no benefit to war, think of those poor soldiers, and high prices.
Cai Wa, the left official of Fengshan Street, said at the Mazu Temple: The Incident in China was illegally provoked by Japan; he was detained for 20 days.
In early July, Kaohsiung City domestic helper Zhou Hao: Life in South China is relatively stable, there are no high prices like Taiwan, life is unstable, and now should be a good time to transfer to South China; serious lessons.
Japan does not use force to resolve the issue peacefully;
This information shows that although Taiwan had been colonized by Japan for forty-two years at the time of the July 7 Incident, the people of Taiwan still strongly cherished in their hearts the free way of life during the Qing Dynasty, were strongly dissatisfied with the various harsh policies of the Governor General's Office, and hated the Japanese colonial rulers; and because of their unchangeable national nature, they regarded China as their motherland and had their hearts set on the motherland, and the ideological content of their appearance could be roughly summarized as follows: First, the people of Taiwan were full of hatred for the rulers under the high-pressure colonial rule.
Second, because of China's vast territory and abundant resources, we are convinced of the strength of the Chinese side in the war and believe that the motherland will inevitably win victory in the war; third, we believe that this war broke out because of Japanese aggression, and the Chinese nation is waging a just war and will certainly win the support of Russia, the United States, Britain, and other countries. Fourth, proceeding from the great nationalistic righteousness, taking blood as the umbilical cord, regarding China as its motherland, resolutely opposing Japan's aggression against its own motherland, "we shed the blood of our ancestors, and we cannot bear to be crippled by our own people", hoping for its victory. Fifth, take this war as an opportunity to call on the people of Taiwan to unite and launch the Taiwan independence movement so that Taiwan can get rid of Japan's colonial rule and achieve autonomy and independence in the early stage, so as to create conditions for returning to the embrace of the motherland.
Sixth, it is hoped that after China's victory, Taiwan will be able to return to the motherland, and the people of Taiwan will also be free.
To sum up, the various acts of resistance of the Taiwan people after the "July 7 Incident" reflected in this material are in essence the original intention of what Lin Xiantang said when he led the "Taiwan Restoration Tribute Group" to Nanjing and Xi'an in 1946, that is, "It is necessary to know that the Taiwan compatriots have continuously struggled against Japanese imperialism in the past fifty years, made heroic sacrifices, and followed their predecessors and successors. In short, for nationalism also. The data also shows that the Japanese colonial rulers' harsh suppression of the taiwanese people's resistance sometimes resulted in a grumbling sentence that resulted in up to 29 days of detention. These revolts of the Taiwan people may be an inducement for the Governor's Office to vigorously promote the policy of imperial democratization in the later period. Because the colonial ruler himself also admitted in this information: "The degree of imperial democratization of the Taiwanese reflected through the North Branch Incident is very chilling." ”
[1] The degree of the civilization of honnin through the North Consignor, Japan Kumon 书馆档: C04120039500.