The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-16
!I114 WOOD CONSUL
TO HER L N NATION
Korean Post r egarded as Ex-
3sls tre,nely Difficult Just
Now.
!, REsPoNsIB:L { POSITION.
Apprentice Preparing to{EL,eave5
and Cope With situatioil.it,aEf-
fortSto Opet, Up Trade,
tspcciai u Tho Irlnnes- Dlspatcht..JJ 81

vASHlNdlON N, =. ca, July 15.-----One q CT
stheln1bst Important consular posts created
sby the lev diplomatic consular reorganl-
zatlon Bill IL the consulate 1T Seoul ko-
Srea, which Is expected by state Depart
nert officials to prove also one 81 the
most difficult. 3S ! AZ y Il 3;
83| TO THIS post is being sent ono Of the
lablest additions to the service I hat Sec
Sre tary Root could ind--Wi lliuin Haywood,
Fof this city, nth u long ana b brilliant
record iii consular and IN International colrl-
incrcial work behind him, y is ailticl-
Epated that Mr.. Haywood VIII live up TO
tile xpectulons Of tho administration
and open up the new field In Is orea 10
American trade 3$aJt fSs x . 81 Nj 555
p MI. Haywood Is }nlready preparing to
Eleave for his new post and Expect Is to
be able to take up the dut!Hss OF MS
office early III september. This vii mot
be done, however, till blle has had confer
scnces with Luke H. right, the new
American ambassador at Toxic, II as to
the situation. In Korea as affected by the
japanese protectorate. s s;5.1
Protect crate Calls Korea.
81 This proteotor1te,, which IS CALLING to
y Koreans, Is res onsible for the most diff
5ncult phase Of the new work Of Mr.
Haywood. Il AZ the present time tho ,situn-
ton at Seoul tis reported TO be alarming
japanese police officers are reported to.
have8surrounded tile palace, holding the
Emperor virtually d prisoner. 10 the
American consulate in Korea and the
State Depar tment the Emperor has made
4Eeques Is that an asylum be- afforded him
by tllls government, rs he fears "a ssas-
sinationAat the hands oesteY ia pahes VI
,i$ The request Of the Korean Emperor 'cAr
Ito be given protection In the. American
re- n Tim 10
stion, has been denied BY Ills, government 8
SO FAR as this government Lis concerned,
there Is no Emperor In KoreQ, and the
former ruler is looked upon8ns sub
8ject Of the Emperor OF Japan, the same
us any other Korean or u japanese
.Ss3s5 His Mission + allied.
Prince lii, a leuulng statesman OF
the little Hermit Kingdom, whose oliice
5as minister to France was abolished us 2
result Of the protectorate, came to Amer
icu to n make 4 Il protest and appeal to
president Roosevelt MS the .humanot
ruler 4 But tile tragic sutcidc8 Of his
brother on account qfy the political situ.l-
Stiori, Just before IFS arrival on American
plea developed to be- only q feeble sta te-s
sinent of the situnt ion. Even then he was
not officially recognized by the State De-
This Incident was followed by
the returnEto his native country Of Mr.
Kim. the Korean charge 8 li a flares IN
Washing on. 4!ss jsi KS
When Korea lost her identity iii the
diplomatic world, %. Morgan, former.
~ a clerk In the State 8$i Department,
was American minister, while Gordon
Paddock, III Of New IL orll, was sec rl tury
or legation, and vice and deputy consul
generals esinee athhv leghtion Ras bolishedi
Mr.. Paddock has .reina ned at the post
In a consular capacity. Il N s|tf
5fss Mr.. Haywood Is Career.
Mr. Hay wood 8 4 connection with the.
state DEPARTING .datas back many
years, For several years he was O.
clerk IN the department, and was later
confidential clerk to different assistant
secretaries. He was appointed consul gen.
eral to Honolulu In 1897, he being the
last person to hold that office. When
Hawaii wns passed int American cor
troll. Mr.. n haywood fI!Yas d tnade the first
revenue commissioner, for the islands
and In, 1901, he resigned this position to
become the agent In tlils Rcountry OF tile
Hawaiian planters, which ofi1ce he hns
since held While In Honolulu for this
government, Mr.. Haywood made an ex--a
celltpt record, especially during the
Spanish Americnn War. Flo win be ttc-
companled to Korea by his wife and so'i8
and daughter.