The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-28

a. burned VA hastily rpust y ctF.ti
funeral pvrs. and when the Emparur's
Ministers searched the ashes the next
morning they C,uli lind no remains 81
Ms Ma lssSiY CpnSDTt except some homes
81 a little iiuE"r The terrified Emperor
n"i 10 IN" Russian Legation for prpisc-
Upa. and later "a magnltic.-r' state funeral
was held over the finger bones Il he
QUEEN
That was hut 'hs beginning " the
long and tortuouz rpur-.. NJ dit lomatiC
intrigue, the denousment OF winch came
when Japan few A. the throa' % the
Russian uear The pltlfIl shadow Of an
EMPEROR AZ the head " a mere s"nlhlanC"
OF Government Govarament honey
comb.'t wI'h corruption and rhghted hy
ages Of de-pOtIsm WIS with ms county,
the bone at contention bet Nr~u Russia
ana Japan. Through no fault OF Its own
except IT. strategic position IN the new
th"atre ~ activities m the tar Fast Corea
tecain~ the PINE Of war. the hooters mad
To hGh' " out he,we~n them selves to
ueC ids which one would have the yiCkings
10" hrSt ~ Japans recent series ot
trea'l"S with torea, each one proisSs ~ s..
protection and independPnCe even while
iaNinS away one more prop ~ soy
er@lgn'N ana autonomy. came On February
1904. fortnight after the landing of
japanese troops A. Chemu!po and within
few DAYS after the opaningof hCStllitie-
with Russia In a protocol signed hy
representatives. 81 the two oriental I'm
peror- Japan pledged itself solemnlv 20
insur" the safety and re1ose 81 the 70 81
ing family pi toTea and guaranteed The
independence and territorial integrity
Of IN" Hermit Nation. all ~ return Tor 'ha
simple privilege OF beng allowed 10 ma r, IA
troops INTO The country aud dr.V" ih.
Russians out ~ ifs northern borders
Foreigners who wpr. living ~ Seoul
A. ia" tune ~ this protocol a't"st tho faCf
maj IN" toreans themselves >"'m"i 20
'ndi tre Emperor was well pieaSs' ana
everything looked bright Rui VIII iI"
su""~~sion at overwhelming victories
Over the RuSSlau- there came y ~u.'siv
, hang" ~ IN" a't''ud" nt the .iapanes"
W 'houi the tornalItv ~ an" her eNchsUE-
or diplomatic" notes and equally wI'hnu'
any warrant derived from the F"nr,lary
prot 'vol. torea seemed somehow 20 NO
come japanese 'srrtprv
Homer u Hubert ~ Amer can ms
sionarv who has Sp"nt most 80 hiS ~"
IN orea wrote q book Caw wears ago
detailing som. Of the Iapir">.' Pggts.
slCn~ 'hg' had rr-ne undo ms own ub-
S"rvation Nc tolls N his paSs,rs ~
I o-"a' Of g~"A' tracts ~ isni s"r'"i uv
III" lApancs" 'rpoes uuie" tho -rora -
u'iN'arv necessity Nu' -nt .ufn town
site, and p.op'ed With Jariuss. -"rtlsr.
NJ tho drafting of "npu-- f"r enforced
labor on 'ha .lapaur>' military r? road
or tho d"NasinC 81 ~" al-rady greatly
dehaS"d currency by th" ou'n smuggling
of spurious JapaneS. mad" n'cN"i CONS
into ~" country af;r~ - Japanese ~ad-
visor 10 the Irea>rlrv had r.rA lled an
~ fha .NI~f'ug fractional currency AMI
substituted a diF.r-n' f-ac'runl sale
w foreign critic T Jarir'- actions m
Cur~i during n" two YEAR INN" iitt"lv
following IA" war with Ru-sil lnG 'N"-"
ha"" hDnu pma very hitter critics
hls ever been .hl. ~ Nv me most fpgrani
Violations = I'll riZhf ard rI-'ic" dlrrrtlv
~ tn" door e IN" IDk,. Guy"rnm"1t
Ih" Ninktrv N N" lHr1uC"" Clpi' 81
seemed content - send advisers and
assistants =, prom M ~. tur"tu Grv"fr-
nrnt but with carte bl1uChn Instructors
That all the ~for'- = ~" Iaurr">" M
'pre1 rsansi t. 10" ,'pprdInat"l mt
desire - 10 ~ u'tl" Tor tua
weaker nation and - mucn for IN" HON"
Government - pnrslbl" was U"rs COIN
cld"nCe m the pfirI7l owes & Toxic
In. S"rrad prup that WAS IN, CE" from
under thu tnttHriug 'hr u" II tho--'II
Was fall-i bv Marquis late Prime" ~
he went q Seoul ~ \ov'mhrr Of 'H'i
after tho clos. 4 IN" RG~-lrn var IT,"
frut hing -" dii vas - ~" = garden
party. one ,f the Severely furrrq IJp1r"s'
nHihpf- - "u"1tn" unurngrl~rs son"
n the Ministers still Iowa. 'rfh-"ri.n'rN
and g. tn"ir -pV"r".ru -rr'I-.I 90 ~ s-"
and r~f E-'si o. a''"'d the stri1a ,.,''
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