Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-15
lspecial CORRESPONDENCE.

EOGI, l9o9-lt WAS q az t l'e si'i''A-
81 dcncy general. II big frame office
building that stands on the hill
- not fal, from the south gate, that
Ilmet yiseount Arasuke Sone, the man
who. hi the absence of Prince Ito, IS
acting as theareausruler OF this land Of
ESy,rea. on my way there passed the
palace in which the retired emperor
is practically imprisoned. and rs l
vent ON through the Japanese quarter,
and climbed the hill Il could see the
I,alaces Of the present emperor over the
great plain OF tiled roofs composing
the CITY. have already described my
audience with him and given You come
idea OF his mental callber He IS
merely ID iiguerehead, and has no power
whatever outside Of his i,ntncdiate
court. The man | met today is nnda..
the direct control of the Emperor !,
Japan. and he is nov exercising suner-
vision over al affairs IN Korea. Ehe
country is nomlally governed by the
FOCAL officials, hut they act as tle est
dent general directs, but neither ap-
1,cintments nor dismssas can be made
without Ills consent
EN- the agreement between Japan and
Korea, when the emperor was deposed
and his son put in his place, II WAS
stipulated that the resident general
should reform the administration anu
that the government of Korea should
not enact any law or do any important
thing without his approval. i / was pro-
4 vided that it should appoint Japanese
To such official positions rs the rasi-
dent general recommended, and that no
foreigner should be engaged without lis
consent. In short, II meant the turning
over Of the Korean government almost
absolutel. into the hands of Japan,
and this is the condition today
THE, MAN WHO RULES KOREA.
viscount Some is well known as an
administrator He has been several
times in the cabinet of the mikado,
and has been o. real working force in
Korea He knows all about the coun-
@try and, while conservative in his
statements. evidently believes that the
Japanese will be able to handle 1t sue
cessfuly. During my talk Of today l
asked him whether he thought the
Koreans were capable Of self govern
ment. He replied:
They are not so now, All their traai-
tons ana training have been along the
lines of oppression and corruption.
They have been numerically squeezed
by their rulers and do not know what
good government means 1t viii take
e sSOT1e@Li1'les TO 1uutdLe lilelil W H. we
shall have to teach them to crawl be-
fore they can walk. and it will be years
before they are able to govern them
selves
Is it the idea of Japan to make the
country intlependent?
Yes, when the conditions are such
that it can maintain an Independence
which will be for the good of the peo-
ple and at the same time not Injurious
to the interest of Japan
THE ANTI JAPANESE SENTIMENT.
What is the situation today yolr
texcelleney? understand that many Of
the Koreans are not in favor OF the
new regiime?"
THAT is true" replied the resident
general. These people cannot nppre-
ciate the fact that Japan Is anxious to
benefit them and their country. ,Thay
have been oppressed by foreigners
through a series of years and not fairly
treated. For a, long time they were
under the protection OF the Chinese
government, which largely directed
their. affairs for it's own benefit. Then
the Japanese, after war with China,