Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-03
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PEKIS. Nov. ]. l'lo.
More light, or more mystery. is shcc
upon the voluntary character of tn,
!, surrender of Corca's sovereignty to Iapar
by the declaration of Russian newspaper
that 1t has indisputablc authority for tht
statement that neither the nominal En-
poror nor his father affixed the imperia
seal to the articles OF abdicat!on.
According TO this authority. when thu
Emperor, who had been kept in total liz
norance OF the step that had been deter
mined upon by Japan. was asked to sigr
the agreement drawn up for the annexn
ton he refused. saying he could not de
eide so monentous a question as the sur
render of the throne of his ancestors with
out consulting with his father, whose alb
dication was forced by the japanese Ii
1907.
Then. the report runs, the erstwhile EN-
ptTOl WIS sent lpI. ne Slubboi my
fused to afiix the imperial seal to an
agreement which was to announce to the
world the political death of his country
iThereupon the Prime Minister, vi Wan
Yong, affixed the seal to the document al
the instance OF General Niscount Terauchi
the japanese Resident General. who has
since been officially designated Governor
General of Japan's new dominion.
PIuy on Corcn barred.
lust now japanese onic!aldom seems t
be peculiarly sensitive with regard &c
Everything appertaining to the land that
was Corea. Kawakami, the famous Jap
anese actor. has learned this TO his dis
comtture and monetary loss
Kawakami has spent a good many
thousand yen in preparing for the produc-
ton of 4 play entitled The King OF
Chosen at his theatre in Osaka. The
central figure Is mythical young King
Of Chosen. who is brought to Japan for
education and proceeds. as even kings
may do, to fall in love with teahousc girl.
The Osaka police authorities have forbid
den the production OF the play on the
ground that at Is deemed inadvisable Ia
place anything on the stage relating 10
Corca NJ the present time"
Kawakami and his Journalistic friends,
who have taken up the cudgels in his be-
half, are at Il loss to lind valid excuse for
this official inhibition. They insist that
the plays purpose Is to demonstrate the
rriend!ness that exists between Japanese
and Coreans, and they Intimate that OIL
caldom is giving itself over to an orsy of
nightmare over the whole Corea business.
Point to broken Treaties.
The serious side Of Corean annexation
refuses to keep itself in the background
British publicists, in this part of the world
as In England. are busiiy lnqn!ring
whether the British Foreign Office has
given its approval and Endorsement of the
action OF tho government OF Japan in
summary declaring nun and void the
made by Corea with other ma
,tons. in face Of the fact that Japan had
specifically pledged herself TO sec that
those treaties were ilaINlNlfsu ana re-
spectcd
On November %. l9o5. Japan announced
10 the Powers that In order to put an end
once and for ALI! to what she termed the
dangerous situation" OF permitting Corea
10 exercise the RICH, of an Independent ma
ton in maxim: treaties with other ma
Tons she had assumed control Of Corcan
foreign relations, Japan at the same time
made this solemn declaration TO the Pow
srs:--
TIE Imperial government declare that
In assuming charge OF the foreign rola-
lions OF Corca and undertaking the dntyl
Of watching over the execution of the eH-
sting treaties of that counlry they will
see that those treaties are maintained and
respected and they also engage not TO
prejudice in any WY the legitimate COM
mcrcnl and industrial interests OF those
Powers IN Corea."
Regulates ExtrntcrritorIaIity.
The essence of the treaties which Japan
thus solemnly pledged herself to main
ain is cxtraterritorlal protection OF for
eign interests This guarantee Japan has
now repudinted The Japan Chronicle, the
lblest English paper published In the Far
East, says OF IT,
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