It is considered that those who wish for a continuous friendly relationship between Korea and the United States of America are obliged to understand and study how they recognized each other, and details on the diplomatic negotiations they had so far, ...
It is considered that those who wish for a continuous friendly relationship between Korea and the United States of America are obliged to understand and study how they recognized each other, and details on the diplomatic negotiations they had so far, by examining the concerned historical records first.
Usually, we find it prosaic and having no modern significance to study only the widely known affairs, such as official negotiation history and foreign policies between the both Government authorities level.
However, the most important matter is to understand the Korea-America relationship on each nation's intellectual and emotional experiences basis, by survering and examining the theory which forms a base for each foreign policy, or each people's recognition and image on their counter-part country and people.
By doing so, we can grasp the mutual relationship between Korea and U.S.A. as a part of Korean history and American history, and also, our probable mistakes of superficial observation on Korea-U.S.A. relationship, just as shown in many study reports and documents on this theme, can be avoided.
Accordingly, based on these standpoint even in this study, I tried to examine the American policy toward Far East, mainly by President, T. Roosevelt, expecially on the American View and policy on Korean Empire(Dai Han Jekuk).
In the analysis of the American Policy Toward Korea, the emphasis was placed on the examining of American policy-makers, policy-determinators and policy-executors' image on Korea, which form a base for such foreign policy to Korea.
In order to attain these established study object, I classified American's views in the turning point of the Century ranging from the end of 19th Century to the beginning of 20th Century into two types of so called, "Ideal Type, represented by H. N. Allen", and "G. Kennan Type" to secure the better effective study on the established theme.
Based on this my study results, it is well concluded as follow. In the Ideal Type, what was H.N. Allen's view on Korea? He seems to have a strict view on the political situation in Korea, but, he was fortunate enough to expect a bright something for Korea at his viewpoint that Koreans have a characteristic of Obedience with her acceptability of Christianism.
In a word, he seemed to hold an expectation that everything in Korea was heterogeneous, compared with that of America at that time, but, in it's possibility, Korea can be homogeneous.
According to him, he had been holding a very friendly feeling on Korea at his viewpoint that Koreans can accept American system and mode of life (It can be said "possibility of Conformity").
After all, it can be said that American's view or consciousness on Korea had been growing stronger than ever before, in the standpoint that Korea might accept American political system and principle of life fully with her 100 percent alignment degree with the United States of America and that, Koran can be a satellite state of United States of America.
Such view to Korea had not been made only by H. N. Allen, but, the smallest Pro-Korean Group in the United States of America. H. N. Allen was the most self-conscious person and a symbol of the same Group.
On the other hand, G. Kennane's outlook on Koreans was considerably severe, which had a significant effect on the formation of the them President, Roosevelt's Outlook on Korea, G. Kennane's image to Korea was that Koreans had been a slave to the worst conventional and superstition and their mind became rotten with impossibility of their self-relief; The most Korean people had been groaning with the barbarous and autocratic exploitation by the aristocratic(Yangban class in Korean) class, and that, Korean people had been idle and unfaithful race. Thus, his view and conception on Korea was same one as that of American political leaders and the most of American people. G. Kennane was the most self-conscious forerunner and a symbol of his group.