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Show W TO THE KOREAN THRONE IN HIDING. $X l&Slon. Jan. 21.-Tbe Korean Mln-it Mln-it "Washington and his staff arc ;ig, zealously the whereabouts of fat ?u Vh,l w,lo according to report, itfc ?).ap? bis father on tho throne, af-9 af-9 'Korean Emperor Is dethroned. fcllnist -r informed the Associated odny mat the Prince's movements jrlly v.ro ronlldontlal for tho pres-IjSj pres-IjSj Jis learned however, from an at- f..1"0 I-ognilon that the Prlnco has gi ;pectd In Washington this month. m V?li an ivp1' "o had trouble SR I rtt cl i ware. O., whore he was Zf jb college, and left there somo ivi?.ti0,,,8ht,,hal th0 Pr,ncc was ?:?rk Incognito not long aco. At SA Lvr1,rrc. ,E, considerable oxclte- aSi or r vf,1 1 ,av n ihe iiiov- 55 tnin ini ?,Iln,5tci; nnd his staff Is ln Vl11.,11 waB blnted at th.- Lo- If- pared to leave Washington on short notice. no-tice. A cablegram from Seoul todav snvs: Th" oily Is oulet at present. Sc-veii ou of ten Minister of tho Korean Cabinet have resigned re-signed and four new ones have be-n appointed. ap-pointed. They arc all neutral as regards ibp revival of the progrxlYc independence indepen-dence ciauae which tho Goveinmpnt offers. of-fers. A serious .Insurrection is throatnnrd In the southern provinces becauso of official oj):rcH,slun. Iloracv N. Allen, the United States Mln-Istir, Mln-Istir, says he Is carefully ulvUlnlug from any entanglements in the political nljua-tlon. nljua-tlon. ".My action regarding the gnords " he Maid, "wan ilrfil. nnd was quite Independent Inde-pendent of the American position here which Is peculiar. The. K-ration Is surrounded sur-rounded by tho palace Kiiards Hnd a larcc iorcc of Korean troops. "There are Anwln.'m wenun and children chil-dren living In Seoul, and there Is extensive exten-sive American electric rnllwav and llcht-Ing llcht-Ing property here. An nr-eiriental klllliicr by the electric cars In liable to cause riots, as previously orcurrM when the Korean soldiers tttacked citizens." |