EMPEROR OF KOREA.
.ABDICATES THEiT-HROm SEO.U;L, July 19. The Emperor of decided; f.u> abdicate to-day.. , The elder statesmen* of the Empire have written to MarquiaJto, President-General .in : Korea, that Japan will receive .their support, if it deals fairly towards the Emf peror, otherwise the elder ..statesmen and the whole of the nafcjen are prepared to die as martyrs. 1 Viscount Hfiyashi, ..Japanese Foreign Minister. :has at , Seoul. There is miidii .unrest in the -j.'icinity of the PaJsce. The mob attacked a newspaper ; .<s;Tice, doing much damage. Received July &l, 4-3CUi.il. SE£)U;L, Jt%2o. '.The Ministers represented t to the that his impudenceria despatching a deputation to The Hague iJigd endangered the tiation . aiKl -made ; jtjiifcc?ssary that he s&oqld abdieateThe Emperor thereupon the cCouncil of Eldes* .Statesmen. They (.unanimously supported.; tfees2in- : views on the situation. These was much unrest in tbecMk:inity;.£il the Palace whtle tbe.deiiber;ations;wers proceeding. j ,and : pe.9|;le who had gathesssd in ,of the.getes were beaten bsf<ck- ' The vEmperor has abdicated : jfi favour. jthe Crown Prince, ?j Marqwis Ito, Japanese President*) ■General ;i$ Korea, refused bo winterv©ne between the Emperor ssndtthef. Ministers -even when requested ihy his Majestytto do so. -
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8492, 22 July 1907, Page 5
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189EMPEROR OF KOREA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8492, 22 July 1907, Page 5
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