이승만, 폭도들에게 '과거를 잊으라'고 권고

RHEE EXHORTS REBELS TO FORGET THE PAST Special to the New York Times SEOUL, Korea, April 11--President Syngman Rhee on Saturday told 2,500 captured anti-Government guerrillas on Cheju Island to "forget the past" and he said that their "task is to become loyal citizens of the Republic." President Rhee inspected Cheju City and the outskirts where a majority of the island's people who had fled from the inland regions under the attacks of Communist-led rebels were concentrated. A statement issued by the President's office this morning said loyal Korean troops had captured 2,800 rebels and ended the guerrilla attacks on Cheju Island and that the captured rebels were being held in the camp "for a brief period of re-education." They will be returned to their homes in time to plant the rice crop, the statement said. The statement added that the principal Communist guerrilla leaders on the island are still at large with a small band of followers in the rocky interior while Army forces are surrounding them. The Government announced this morning the capture of Lee Chung-Up, ringleader of the October anti-Government disorders in the Yosu-Sunchon area. Conditions have been so stabilized, the announcement added, that elections of two National Assembly representatives are scheduled for May 10. The elections had been delayed for one year because of the Communist opposition.