New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-26
COREANS COMING HERE.
They WW Not Receive 4ny Official
Recognition by Government.

Washington. July 25.-Fouowing the invari
able rule OF the State Department. the officials
decline TO make any kind Of formal state
ment 10 indicate what reception will be accorded
10 the two Coreans. vi Yjyongoui and Prince
VI Tying Chi who are said 10 have sailed yes
terday from London for the United States 10
make an appeal 10 the President in behalf OF
their country. These COreans were at the
Hague conference with credentials said 10 have
been issued by authority of the recently de-
posed Emperor. They were refused admission
TO the conference, and upon their application 20
the American delegation they secured no recog-
milton OF their credentials. II is said al tbs
State Department that Nj Choate did no- con-
suit the department. in taking this action, which.
howevet, has had the departments unqualified
approval
II is assumed here that the COrears are COM
Ing TO New York 70 meet Mr. HurIburt. who
recently arrived in that city from Co-ea II I
vain effort 70 secure intervention By the United
States in behalf OF the Emperor. for although
Mr.. HurIburt is OF American nativity. ne has
lived so long in Corea, and has been 50 init
mately connected with the government OF that
country that he feels the deepest interest in its
welfare. About year ago Nh HurLburt came
to the United States with the purpose Of PIE
venting. II he could. what he declared 10 be tina
forcing upon Corea BY Japan OF the agreement
which practically made japan the protector %
that country. At that time he based his sppli-
cation 10 ths United States Government upon
Article 1 Of the treaty between the United
States and Corea of 1852. which reads in part:
IF other powers deal unjustIy or oppressively
with either government the other will exert
their good Offices on being informed % The case,
TO bring about arnicable ARA ngeusnt. thus
showing their friendly feeling"
Mr.. Root made examination at the tine
OF the conditions and decided that they were
not such 20 warrant America in taking any
active proceedings under the article ot tbs
treaty above quoted He was strengthened in
this resolution by statements made by the jap
anese government 10 the effect that the pro-
tectorate was 10 be benevolent one. that con-
ditions IN Corea had become tnJOlerable from an
international standpoint. that lie and prop
erty unsafe in that country. which was
likely TO prove an easy victim u an unworthy
ruling class.
II be stated that nothing has since &C.
CURED 10 change the attitude Of the State De-
partuent In this matter. Having formally rec
ognized the japanese control OF the foreign re-
lations OF Corea. the department naturally could
not indorse the presentation Of unauthorized
delegation OF COreanS at The Hague, conse-
quenty they will not be received officially az
Washington or at Oyster Bay. Following tAs
precedent established by the reception IN WASH
ington OF Boer delegation. which sought 70
secure help from the United States IN ms
war OF the Transvaal, II Is probable that NJ.
Hurlburt and the COrean delegates may nave
an opportunity. II they care 10 do so. 20 tas
to the officials OF the State Department anu
perhaps even With PRESIDENT ISooscNe4L Atulso-'
though the latter is improbable But IN eitn~
case their visit will be regarded as entirely u
formal. and they will scarcely receive any a..
surances from this government that WOULD 90
OF comfort TO them
The condition OF these two Coreans is deplor-
able even in their official view. because the ao-
dicated Emperor in his desire 70 regain tsV'F
with the Japanese Resident General OF CoFss
not only repudiated their action az The hague
but caused his successor 10 issue an edict oFue.
-,WTr
not return 70 their own country, and ProosoE
are doomed 10 be wanderers for the rer'aihue1
OF their official lives
-. ~, w. - - - st,ta5 here that no