Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-18
Emperor Of Korea Has Been.
Asked by Japan to |.
SkiddOO
laps Got Hot Because He
Sent Delegation to
The Hague
The Opportunity to Break Up
the Empire Has at Last
J. Arrived .

IS Seoul, July 1.-THE Korean prem.
Ter has asked the emperor to abdi-
cate because Of his action in send
ing a deputation to the Hague.
The request made by the premier
of Korea that the emperor abdicate
apparently is the beginning of the
end of the Korean empire and the
Inauguration of closer control by
Japan than that which she has exer-
scised since the treaty Of Portsmouth
recognized her predominant intlu-
=ence in the hermit kingdom as one
Of the fruits of her victory over Rus.
STA. .s S i. & ss.5 5
This crisis in Korean affairs does
not come as surprise. For several
days past the situation in the PENN
sula has pointed to just such an
outcome and the sending of a de-
putation to the peace conference at
The Hague to protest against ia
pans attitude towards Korea weak
ened the Korean throne more than
anything that has occurred since
the assassination Of the queen.
Viscount Hayashi, the Japanese
foreign minister, left Toxic few
days ago for Seoul to untangle the
knot caused by this latest of Korean
intrigues and there was reason to
believe that this visit would bring
about a radical change in the situa.
ton. BID q s.- IA e, {.5sl AZ
81 The emperor recently has been de-
scribed in news dispatches as great
51y depressed and ill. He is said to
be living in a small building quite
apart from his court and to have
virtually Withdrawn from all inter
course with high officials of the EN-
pire. He is quite upset by the pre-
dicament into which his country has
been forced. ri s:5s. Il.
Beginning Of the End.
Toxic July - The emperor of
Korea has sent for Marquis Ito and
1T is likely that he will receive the
marquis in audience this afternoon.
1T is believed that a final decision on
the request for the emperor's abdica-
tion will be arrived at this evening,
when the ministers appear in a body
before his majesty ;.s 55s=s III.
The report from Seoul that the
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emperor attempted to seek refuge
in a certain consulate is officially
discredited, but 1t il thought that
evidently the intriguers are at work
on a plan to remove the emperor
from the palace.
al rumof that the emperor has pri.
vately ordered the palace guards,
100 strong, to shoot any suspicious
persons, is causing disnnay to those
not concerned in the plot.
The London View OF 1t. B
London, July In The abdication cf
Il the emperor Of Korea would cause no
surprise here. Matters have been
drifting In that direction ever since
the Japanese occupation OF that coun-
Y try and the Japanese government evi.
IDENTIFY regards the despatch Of d Kor-
can delegation to the Hague as AFFORD
ing her long sought pretext for putting
an end to the present anomalous con
dition OF affairs ii Korea.
The mission OF Viscount Hayashi,
Japanese foreign minister. who left
Toxic Monday for Seoul, seems to
point to decision on the part d
Japan to secure the deposition Of the
emperor and assume entire control Of
the country
CARNEGIE LoosENs UP.
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