Show KOREAN EMPEROR FORCED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT Emperor Was Kept Practically In Confinement and Was Forced to Submit to Demands of Japan at Point of Sword Washington D I CHomer II Hul bort the special messenger from tho omperor of Korea Is In receipt of a cablegram from Korea In which t the emperor declares that tho agreement between Korea and Japan Is null and void because It was obtained by force lie also declares that ho will never sign this agreement In Its present pres-ent form and that the disturbances which attended the outrage of November No-vember 17 are likely to occur again Concerning tho cablegram from tho emperor of Korea Mr Hurlbcrt said This Is tho first genuine word that has been received from Korea giving tho real attitude of that government toward tho treacherous act of the Japanese Jap-anese For several weeks the emperor em-peror was practically In confinement and Japan gave out tho false statement state-ment that an amicable agreement had been made This Is now proven to bo untrue The agreement was made under duress and at the point of tho sword but the emperor has at last succeeded In piercing the cordon of Japan and getting Information Into tho outer world |