The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-10-19

Ming IOr Jne purpose OF staying Aim,
and finally he exhibited this mandate,
to which the royal seal was actually
attached:
eve hereby commission you to
cross the sea and apprehend the rebel,
to accomplish which object you shall
have full power to act according to
circumstances, using due caution not
to make fruitless attempts"
On the same day, the supposed con-
spirator also secured in writing from
the unsuspecting Chi promise to pay
him $4,000 for his service, and on the
next day Kim, armed with these docu-
ments, which he laid before the Japa-
nese Government, demanded protec-
ton. A demand for an explanation
was at once telegraphed to Seoul, and,
of course, all knowledge of the plot
was at once repudiated by the Korean
Government. These proceedings may
seem almost incredible to us, but we
cannot apply our rules Of morality to
Korea. Kim was leading statesman
of the country, and if not an assassin
himself, he had inspired assassination.
According to Korean ethics it was not
improper for his enemies to remove
him by the knife or bullet, political
methods that have been employed more
than once in the East in this genera
ton.
Japan now decided that Kim was a
heavy load to carry, and he was or
dered to leave the country by June
81. Kim, however, had other views
When the police went to see him at
the expiration of the time, he fled to
the French embassy and appealed for
. protection. He was, however, turned
over to the authorities, and his fore
ible removal from the country was or
5 dered on the ground that his presence
/ tended "to endanger the peace, tran
guilty and external safety of the en-
| pire." What to do with him, though,
was knotty problem. Japan wished
S to insure his safety. If he was sent to
. China he would be killed. Russia
S would not harbor him. San Francisco
was proposed, but Kim was without
: means, and it was feared that he
| would starve there in land of plenty,
unless the Americans took very kindly
to him. 1t was finally decided that it
was not desirable, for his own sake, tc
turn him loose upon the world. Japan
: has a little group of islets in the Pa
e cifc, the BONN Islands, which at that
S time were uninhabited save by few
4 retired pirates and runaway sailors.
v SO Kim was sent to these far-awa,
e sunny islands to be supported by tn,
), japanese Government. For some year
o he contemplated the mutability Of for
e tunein this retreat, but at last, just as tn
e little islands were beginning to bios
It som under the nurture of the Japan
IS csc farmers who had gone to them, tn
e Government listened to Kim's piteou
is appeal and took him back to Japan
D. The fact was not generally known, bu
it had not escaped the observation {
@ Korea's agents.
Il In his retirementand obscurity Kim
d on an evil day, made the Acquaintance;
@. of fellow countryman. The man ap
lie peared to be of very little Importance
If He did not thrust himself upon Kim
n notice nor appear at all anxious t
ne cultivate his acquaintance. He wa
Is an agent of the court of Korea, bu
ut Kim seems never to have suspected it
1t For weeks and months he would neve
h. 90 near the man he intended to muir
I'd der He was carrying on a legiti
It. mate business in Japan, an
IN was so slow, discreet and pr
., tient in promoting the res
at purpose of his sojcurn there that hi
IN conduct excited no comment. Yer
ed little is really known Of his acquaint
@. ance with Kim. What he proposes
Id to do was to murder the man o.
~ friendly soil where he would not b
e. called 10 account for the crime, ant
ne he bided his time. At last his oppol
,ir tunity came. Kim had a claim for
of considerable sum of money in Sout
China. His pretended friend under
re took to negotiate for the settlement G
e. this claim. He knew that he ha
be completely deceived the old man whe
of he went to Shanghai to prepare 70
ed the denouement. His dagger was read
it. for the victim whose perfect conf
til dence he had won. His plans wei
ev cunningly conceived. The probleI
ry was to get Kim to Shanghai though
adj seemed to be doing everything in h
ct power to make it unnecessary for HI
ng to make the journey. He reported {
ms last, that it would oe positively ne
" essary for Kim to go to the Chimes
no port to sign documents that would n,
I'D or could not be sent to him. He kne
ey very we'll that Kim would not consu
n anyone with regard toa visit to Chin