Show ITO AT THE PALACE Not a Grain of Comfort for the Poor Old Emperor Tol lo July followIng It Is claimed was the gist of at the conversa conversation tion between the of Korea and Marquis Ito at the audience granted the Ilie latter on Thursday last July IS 13 The emperor asserting his Ignorance cf f the dispatch ot of the deputation to The Hague tle Marquis Ito replied that he be had not come to ask the or ori origin gin of the authority for the deputation When the emperor asked Marquis opinion regarding hIs abdIcation ot of the throne the latter is said to have an that the affair was one purely for Imperial c consideration In Korea and a matter matet upon which no foreign subject could pass judgment The emperor then requested to have those Koreans who w were re Illegally act actIng Ing hig at The Hague punished through the agency of at Japan but this the mar could not be done for forthe forthe the reason that they In Holland The marquis then turne l to other sub j ts and retired The Korean Koran premier YI Ti Wang Yang Marquis Ito or of the emperors abdication re requesting requesting questing hUn him at the same time no notify the powers Emperor Had No Choice TIle The minister of Justice Cho Chung then explaIned to Marquis Ito on behalf ot of the retired emperor that his abdication was solely upon the In ILlative ot of the emperor and not tile the ot of outside pressure It was oril the ho said of at atA ofa A desire to the part ot of the emperor which had been In his mind for ten years past In reply to both ministers It Is believed that Marquis Ito ald nothing definite According to Korean Usage abdication abdication tion ot of the throne means a total trans transfer ier fer of the ruling power to the success successor or leaving po JIO room for tor any future In Interference Interference by the administration The minister ot of agriculture Son phong g Clam Chun In conversation with the Press representative said that he could hardly bear the Idea ot of advIsing his Imperial master of at the necessity for abdication but In vIew ot of the gravity ot of the situation Involving national danger no other alternative was left him Should Japan he said not rest sat satisfIed satIsfied with what had been effected and make any unjust Korea was prepared to otter offer obstinate I i W |