Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-25
HE MUST APPROVE ALL LAWS.
No Appointment or Dismissal of
Officials of High Grade to be
Made Without His Consent.
Advisor System Abrogatcd--Plan is TO
Take Gradual Control--No lAnx-
iety Over Further Inference.

Seoul. July 25.--Iwan Yung, pre-
mier OF Korea, acting by authority
OF the emperor given under the i'm
periai seal at the palace early yes
terday. and Marquis It5, resident gen.
eral of Japan. signed the following
agreement at midnight at the japan
ese residency:
"The governments Of Japan and
Korea. in view of the early attain
ment of prosperity and strength In
Korea and the speedy promotion of
the welfare Of the Korean people,
have agreed upon and concluded the
following stipulations.
Article The government of Ko-
rea shall follow the direction of the
resident general III connection with
the reform of the administration.
Article Korea shall not enact
any law or ordinance, or carry cut
any administrative measure unless it
has the previous approval of the resi-
dent general
Article S-The judicial affairs of
. Korea shall be kept distinct from or
binary administrative affairs.
Article mo appointment or ais-
missal of Korean officials of high
grade shall be made without the con-
sent of the resident general
article 5--Korea shall appoint to
official positions such Japanese as are
recommended by the resident gem
eral
Article 6--Korea shall not engage
any foreigner without the consent OF
the resident general.
Article THE first clause of the
agreement between Japan and Korea,
dated Aug. %. 1904. is hereby nbro-
gated"
The agreement abrogates the advisor
system. especially affecting the finance
department under Advisor Megata who
now becomes "A Korean official 1t also
affects the judicial department of the
Korean government for which a corps
OF advisors for all the provinces recent
ly arrived from Japan.
The japanese plan. 1t is announced. to
take control very gradually. as there is
0earth in Japan OF competent and
available officials. A modern admins
tratton of Korean affairs would entail
a draft of 1200 officials and impose a
deficit OF three times the present rev.
enues. The organization of the courts
of justice VIII entail an immense bur-
den as no legal code now exists. The
urgent necessity is to obtain control OF
the Korean army and II Is expected
that General Hasagawa viii be added to
the military staff of the Korean gov
eminent.
Anxiety regarding further interfer-
ence by the throne of former emperor
in the administration OF the governs
ment has now ended.
Marquis Ito at the head of the Japan
ese and the Korean-Japanese council
practically is Viscount Hayashi's agent
of administration.
HOW RECEIVED IN TOXIC.
Toxic, Jul 25--The manner In which
the news of the convention between
Japan and Korea has been generally
received is indicative of satisfaction.
1t Is felt among the well-informed that
Japan might have been more exacting
in her terms, curtailing even the Kor-
can imperial authority by issuing the
rescript subject 10 the approval of the
japanese resident general. The avoid
ance of such demand IL is believed
was purely out OF consideration for
the prestige OF the Korean court. The
extensions OF power of the resident gem
cral SO that he may appoint his nongin-
ees TO responsible positions in the
Korean government Is especially well
coined in Japan as one of the surest
means of preventing the adoption of
any measure hostile TO Japan or
detrimental to the interests of Korea
II is exepected that the freehaud ia
pan is now able 10 exercise in Koren
viii soon be manifested by the peace
full development OF the peninsula and
the maintenance Of order in the far
east.