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faction, has been minister of foreign af,
fairs and a Japanese sympathizer or
necessity he has been compelled to main
tain friendly relations with Kim, because
he could not reach the emperor without
him,
These are the personae dramatis of the
latest comedy enacted at the Korean
court, Of which the information comes to
Washington by the recent mails.
The Japanese minister succeeded in per-
E1adtng Min Yung-yu to sell his govern
mert the island Of Roze, in the bay of
Qhemulpo, which gives the Japanese con-
troll Of the harbor of the chief port of
the Korean empire and the approach to
Seoul, the capital. In order to obtain
the approval Of the king, "One-Eyed KIM
must be admitted to the conspiracy, and
he, lacking confidence in his own power
Of persuasion, introduced to the palace
new charmer, who bears the name of
Lady Kang. She Is so attractive and
winning that the imperial soul was i'm
mediately entranced, and the imperial
signature and seal were soon attached
to the treaty by which the island Of Roze
was transferred to Japan.
Kim and Lady Kang pocketed the price
Of their influence, and she was about
to leave the palace and return to the
place where her bower had been previous
" concealed, when the king few into
rage and forbade her departure. He or
dered g. palace to be built for her ac-
comma dation in the imperial park, placed
q chain Of gold around her neck and Is
reported to have offered to marry her,
but Lady Kang was too wise to imperl
her beautiful head.
When the sale Of Roze island was an
notlnced there was a storm of pubic
indignation, and even the powerful Kim
could not prevent the Russian minister
and other members Of the diplomatic
corps and the leaders of affairs among
the natives from invading the palace
and demonstrating against the transfer
to q foreign power Of the key to the
commerce and the capital Of the king
dom
u called upon "One-Eyed KIM for an
explanation, and the latter "gave away
Minister Min, who was arrested and
, thrown into prison. The whole family
Of Mins arose to save their chief, and
! produced evidence that Kim was the CHIEF
| conspirator and had received big bribt
| from the Japanese minister. Lady On
caught on to the gossip and discovere,
| that Kim had introduced rival at tht
! palace. Kim was desperate. The Min!
| were hard enough to handle, but he soo1
| realized the truth Of the old saying thai
Hell hath no fury like woman scorn.
| ed" One day, with other communica-
| tons, he presented to the king a letter
from the crown price Eui-Wha, who IS
! now a student at Roanoke college, accus
| ing Lady ON Of endeavorlng to entict
| him into conspiracy to overthrow hi:
| father and seize the throne. Kim declar
| ed that he did not believe a word of 1t
| that Lady ON was loving and loya
woman, but the poison entered the en-
| peror's soul He refused to have any
thing further to do with Lady ON and
| devoted himself entirely to his new ia
| vorite Then Lady ON and the Minis
got to gether and organized a combination
! against Kim. By the employment Of
| detectives, the bribery of servants and
! bv other methods familiar to the KO-
| reans, they succeeded in convincing the
| emperor that Kim, 1.-The man with the
! yellow eye, the yellow heart and the yell
| low hand" had forged the letter signed
by His Highness Prince Eui-Wha, and
| had himself sold Roze Island to the Jap
! anese.
HI was arrested, tortured, mutilated
and strangled in the courtyard, where
| within less than year at his orders
seven of his enemies were executed in
| the same cruel manner. By his own
methods he died, and Lady Kang has
disappeared. No one knows what has
become of her, although Lady ON per-
Taps might give some interesting In
In the ancient days Of Korea. in the
year Kyung-sin, the king, was about to
offer his annual oblations to his ances-
tors, when the pig provided for the sac
rifice ran away. His majesty sent Takui
and Sappi, two Of his ministers, to catch
it. They chased the animal to Changok
lake, where they recovered it and ham
strung 1t, so that it could not escape
again. But the king few into a rage and
shouted:
'How dare you mutilate pig that is
to be offered as a sacrifice to my an
cestors? Take these sacrilegious villains
away and bury them alive"
AS soon as the order was executed the
king fell I'll, and the astrologers who
were called to attend him said:
1.-THE spirits of Takui and Sappi are
seeking vengeance. You must do some
thing to propitiate them"
Realizing his danger the king was gra-
ciously pleased to admit that he had
committed a mistake in killing two men
for the sake Of one pig. This manifesto
ton Of humility was accepted by the re-
yengeful spirits as sufficient. The spirit
of ''One-Eyed KIM is now reported to
be haunting the palace and the emperor
has called in astrologers for advice and
consultation.