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Show KOREA TO B-COME JAP TERRITORY TOKIO. Aug. 21. Within the week "tne Hermit Kingdom and the empire of Korea will become historical term?, 12,000.000 people will be added to the population of Japan and territory a.i large as England will become part of the Japanese empire. The treaty of Portsmouth, wbM settled the "war between Japan anJ Russia, provides that Japan shall ha the "guidance, protection and control" of Korea and the last stage of this agreement is now becoming an actual-, ity after three years of experimenting to discover a practical method for conservation of the national entity uf the Korean peninsula. The privy council of Japan toJay was summoned to meet at 10 30 o'clock tomorrow and this is regarded regard-ed by well-informed persons as practically prac-tically the signal to complete the negotiations ne-gotiations between General Terauchl, the Japanese resident general in Korea, Ko-rea, and the emperor of Korea and his cabinet have continued a week. While the negotiations are Bhroui-ed Bhroui-ed In absolute official silence. ther no longer can bo any doubt that tie Korean emperor has agreed to 8 s a convention by which, In view of te untenable conditions obtaining, he and his government and people control con-trol of Korea by the emperor and government of Japan. Tonight extra editions of the new papers say the convention already has been signed, but whether or not this be so some announcement Is expectel shortly after the meeting tomorrow of the privy council. This probably wll include the official proclamation cl the conclusion of the convention of annexation unless all the prognostications prognostica-tions of well Informed persons are te-correct. te-correct. Tbo YI dynaety In Korea has lasI for 518 years. Seven branches oft family remain and the heads of the? will be given rank as princes. A due ber of othor officials will be elevated to the Japanese nobility. Throughout negotiations the m9 of th Koreans haTO been kept In entire en-tire Ignorance of what has been tr&a'' plrlng The newspapers censorship U complete and Japanese newspaper have not been pormltted to be sold in Korea, It is not bollevd. however, that a)-noxation a)-noxation by Japan will Involve "turbances in any section of Kor which Is thoroughly policed. Certain-ly, Certain-ly, the court and cabinet officials in the peninsula are quite complacent-Tho complacent-Tho vaet majority of the people Korea realize that conditions In their country will be Improved and It JI , bo Impossible for the malcontents . arouse sufficient feeling to create up-risings. up-risings. j' |