Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-22
FRENZIED KOREANS.
Mob at Seoul Sack and Burn
 Ministers Homes.
TRY TO MURDER ENTIRE CABINET,
Marquis Ito, Representing Japan, shsrt of Troops, Hcsitates to Pro- claim Martial Law--Jap Re-
 endorsements Coming.

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 SEOUL, July 22.-A concerted effort was made to murder the entire cabinet by vast mob of Koreans here.
 After harangues at the Temple of Heaven mob of 2,000 marched mile to the house of Wan Yung, which they sacked and buTed. The same fate was then visited on the homes of the prime minister and others.
 The same mob then went to the home of the minister of war, near the old palace, but here they were met by Japanese guards, who repulsed the rioters, killing and wounding many.
 Marquis Ito delayed his arrival at the emperor's audience an hour, while the foreign consuls general waited. Ths marquis approached in great state, with heavy guard, especial precau- tions being taken while passing the palace, where the suspected battalion of Korean imperial guards was closely interned in the barracks of the gate. bled, covering all the main approaches to the palace. Desultory rife fire was heard at intervals.
 General Hasegawa, commander of the Japanese troops in Korea, regards the situation as being now, well in hand. The two government arsenals are guarded by Japanese soldiers, and although the number is not large they are under orders to explode the maga- zines if they find themselves unable to defend them.
 The Korean troops are frequently harangued by civilian agitatorsy who take up their stand at the entrances to the barracks. The Koreans possess 90,OOO rounds of ammunition, of which General Hasegawa, who has only 2,300 troops in Seoul, has been unable to de- mand the surrender.
 The Pingyang regiment, which was reported as having been disarmed, still refuses to surrender its arms or am intuition. -.
 The Japanese commander is not yet able to assure pSblic safety in the streets. but he is making the best use possible of his men while awaiting re-enforcements, which are now on their way from Shimonoseki.
 Marquis Ito, the resident general at Seoul, will not consent'to the enforce ment of martial law. but he is regar- risoning the country as far as possible as precaution.
 The new emperor's first edict orders the punishment of the Korean deputa- ton to The Hague.
 Fresh riots were apprehended any moment. ...
 Marquis Ito will have an audience with the new emperor tomorrow, when m arrangement will be made as to the place Japan will take in the conduc- tion of affairs in Korea. E
 Troops are patrolling the main streets of the city in the face of mob in- famed to frenzy by students.
 United States Consul Sammons In re- ply to Marquis Ito's offer of protection to foreign consulates said that he would leave the matter of protecting Americans to the discretion of the marquis, as he was without informa- tion regarding danger from mobs.
 On account of the fact that the American consulate general adjoins the former emperor's private house it is daily thought that the ex-ruler will seek 1t as an asylum of safety, giving as a cause the presence of Japanese troops for the alleged purpose of pre- venting his escape or a possible acci- dent. It Is, said, however. that since November, 1905. the Koreans have not hoped for American aid.