The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-07-30
EMPEROR FOUND
HIS JOB TOO BIG
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had inherited the throne from his an
cestors and could not afford to listen
to interference by subjects at this
| juncture. The Ministers in reply said
that the charge that they were con-
nected with foreigners was misapplied.
and they were venturing to present
strong advice to the throne for the
sake of the State and dynasty. They
| thus repeatedly urged upon the EN-
peror to reconsider the situation be-
fore they retired at II p. m on We'd
nesday. They again waited upon the
Emperor on Thursday night, as stat
ed above, to further press His Majesty
in favor of the suggested retirement.
Under these circumstances the EN-
peror was continually in state OF
commotion and sent for Resident-Gen-
eral Ito for third time asking him to
repair to the Palace On Thursday af-
| teFnoon His Excellency sent Secretary
Kokubu to the Palace to explain his
| inability to comply with the Imperial
Kokubu to communicate to the Resi-
| dent-General that he would be very
glad if the Resident-General would
consent to an interview even for a
short time. Marquis Ito consequently
repaired to the palace at $50 p. m.
on Thursday and remained there till
1880. On his way back, Marquis Ito
called on General Hasagawa, comman-
der of the Japanese Garrison.
Viscount Hayashi, arriving at $40
p. m. on Thursday, by special train
from Fusan, put up at the official resi-
dence of Marquis Ito. M. Plancon,
Russian Consul General, is said to
have been the only foreign consular
representative meeting Viscount Haya
shi at the railway station.
PAX Yong-hio, appointed Minister Of
the Household at 1 a. m. on Thursday,
resigned on Thursday afternoon and
was succeeded by PAX Chee-sun, for
mer premier. But the Ministership
was subsequently taken up Temperate
ly by Premier vi Wan-yong in view
of the forthcoming ceremony of alb
dication.
A disquieting scene was witnessed
around the Imperial Palace late on
Thursday afternoon. About two thou
sand anti-Japanese gathered in the
Bell Kiosk and a party of them at
tackled the office of the Kokumin Shin
pc (not to be confused with the Ko-
kumin Shimbun, Tokyo, the organ OF
the pro-Japanese Il-chin-hoi. Several
members of the newspaper Office were
injured and the premises were badly
damaged. The rioters were, however
subsequently dispersed by the police.
On July 18th, at the Japanese Club,
Seoul, Mr.. vi Pyongmu, the Minister
! of War, gave a banquet in honor Of
the Japanese officers who lately ar
rived to train the Korean army and
| those who are already training it.
Marquis Ito, General Hasegawa and
the different Korean Ministers were
among the guests, who numbered over
eighty in all. The Minister of War
delivered speech in which he refer
red to the recent progress and inn
provement in the Korean Army and to
the great enthusiasm OF Japanese Off
GERS in the conduct of the arduous
task of training Korean troops. Mar
quis Ito also addressed the meeting.
After thanking the distinguished host
for the kind invitation, His EXcellen-
cy stated that Japan sincerely hoped
to make the Korean Army strong
enough to be able to safeguard the
peace of the East side by side with
! the Japanese Army. That was why
Japan was sending her officers to train
the Korean troops, but he regretted to
say that there were some people who
were entertaining misgivings of Jap
ans sincerity. The eminent speaker
enthusiastically desired that both the
teachers and pupils would not be i'm
bued with such misgivings but would
do their utmost to discharge their re-
spective duties. He concluded his
speech by praying for the full develop
ment of the Korean Army. The meet
ing broke up about 10 p. m.