Omaha daily bee., 1907-07-23
MANY lNTRIGUES IN SEOUL
Palace n HOtbed of strife since Em-
perOr Has Taken Throne
of Coren.

TOXIC, July 22.-TeleRrams from Seoul
state that intrigues on an extensive scale
are now in progress 1t is declared that
the palace now is a hotbed of Illicit plots
and conspiraces. The placing on the throne
of the new emperor has aggravated the
jealousy between his mother, Princess
Ming, and the mother OF Prince Ying, each
having a large following This state of
AFFAIRS Is being taken advantage of by
politicians who are distrustful of one an
other. Dissatisfaction Is spreading rapidly
and riotings Of the people throughout the
peninsula are apptehended
Plot Against Throne.
SEOUL. Corea. July 22.-The discovery OF
plot against the throne resulted in the
arrest early today OF one OF the elder states
men of Corea, together with PAX Yung Ho,
who yesterday was appointed minister Of
the imperial household; vi Do Chai, grand
chamberlain Of the former emperor, and
four Corean officers.
The Intervention OF the former emperor
in the affairs of today is evidenced by the
fact that he prevailed upon his son, the
present emperor, TO refuse his signature
TO a proclamation Of the cabinet, the OBJ
ject OF which was TO calm the people
and restore order. Furthermore the ap-
polntment of PAX Yung Ho is another evil
dence OF the refusal of the deposed SOW
ereiEn to surrender power and there is
reason to believe he is planning to pre-
cipitate an outbreak on his own reserve.
The minister OF war has reported to
Marquis Ito, the Japanese resident general,
that he has no control over or communi-
cation with the army. The former emperor
is responsible for four anti-Japanese con-
spiraces since his abdication. The first
conspiracy consisted in ordering the i'm
perial guard TO rush the palace on the
night of July 1s; the second is found in the
defiance of the minister of war by the
Corean army; the third was the attack
on the police at the great bell, which the
Japanese have proof to show was led by
an army officer, and the fourth consisted
! in his indirect manipulation of the funo-
! tions of the present emperor.
One japanese was wounded in the en-
counter In front Of the great bell yesterday.
villas of Ministers Burned.
Two villas belonging to deposed members
of the former cabinet were burned last
night The electric plant is now under
guard and all night long the Japanese
town was under the vigilance of fire patrols.
| Police reserves have arrived from Taiko.
! Sensational rumors are current that three
cruisers, with ability to land 1000 blue
Jackets, are making their way to Chemulpo.
The Japanese residency general places
the whole responsibility for the arrests
made this morning the throne, dis
claiming Intervention, which, 1t is asserted
would be an unnecessary invasion into af-
fairs which are purely Corean. On ac-
count of the fact that every japanese
soldier here is needed to guard the barracks
of the Corean troops. guards have been
refused to two houses of foreigners in the
suburbs and their occupants, who have
been threatened In anonymous communi-
cations, have been given refuge in the
foreign quarter OF the city.
Reinforcements of Japanese troops are moi
expected until July "A and II is impossible
now to adequately patrol the whole city
so as to prevent the gathering the mobs
which have assembled during the last
two days.