Show THE KOREAN DISPUTE I Dovclopmcnts of the Last Two Years The Korean dispute between RussIA and Japan became blttej In 189R A proJapanese Cabinet was in powcn j ThC unpunished l murder of the Queen mused the King of Korea to flee In ear from his palace whore he was virtually a prisoner to the Russian legation whose guards hail Just been I Increased by the arrival of 127 mnrinoa from a Russian manofwar at Chic mulpho By night every member of tha old Cabinet not a fugitive was dead A new Cabinet was at once formed i AntiJapanese riots broke out In which sixtytwo Japanese were killed arid Russian Influence waH supreme In Korea For one year rumors of an k Imminent soJapancse war filled Oriental I and Occidental I newspapers Finally In February 1897 the King returned to his palaco and II treaty I signed at Moscow June 0 1 JS96 was pit 11 itilnecl This treaty provided That the I Governments oC Jupnn and Russia recognizing tin sovereignty and com pINt Independence of Korea shall In t no way directly Interfere with the domestic do-mestic government of the country1 and I that In order to avoid misunderstandings misunderstand-ings In the future whenever either Japan Ja-pan or Russia Is applied lo by Korea for advice or assistance neither contracting I con-tracting party shall take steps toward the appointment of military Instructors Instruc-tors or financial advisers without previous pre-vious consultation with the other IOn I-On November 5 1SH7 Great Britain was brought openly Into the controversy contro-versy by the agreement signed by the Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Russian Charge d1 Affaires providing that Mr Kuril Alexleff a Russian should be substituted for Dr M Lpavy Rmwn an Englishman as I superintendent of Korean finances The appearance of a large British and Japanese Meet off chemulpho I preceded I an agreement between Russia Great Britain and Japan that Dr Brown should retain his post On March 1 1SHS the King of Korea dismissed from his service not only Mr Alexleff but also all 1 Russian drill Instructors I In I the Korean army Since then there have been frequent rumors always denied however by h Russian diplomats that Russia intends to discard ineffective diplomacy and establish herself by force In a Korean eaport AInslees IUagulne 1 1 |