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Show . REGARDS ACT HOSTILE Marquis Ito Makes Plain Statement of Korean Court Intrigues. SEOUL, July 4. Marquis Ito, at the palace yosterday, interrogated the Emperor Em-peror regarding tho presence at The Hague of a deputation seeking recognition recogni-tion on the claim that Japan has broken Its pledge to maintain Korean Independence. Independ-ence. The Emperor denied having acknowledge ac-knowledge of the deputation or its action, ac-tion, whereupon Marquis Ito remarked: It Is not necessary to Inquire who is responsible for the deputation, as Its actions ac-tions are self-explanatory, and the whole world Is in possession of tho facts." In an intervley with a correspondent of the Associated Press, Marquis Ito said that the attempt mado at Tho Hague to connect Korean affairs with tho San Francisco question would mislead no one. The Intrigues of the Korean court, he added, were continuous. Tho reported facts that the palace conference had not recognized the deputation and that no one had requested to seo Its credentials showed the Ignorance of the outside world regarding this latest move of tho Korean court, but the Emperor's persistence in such Intrigues constituted a hostile action against the Japanese which must be stop-Ped' stop-Ped' .y |