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Show JAPAN ABSORBS KOREANEMPIHE Mikado's Government Acquires Vast Territory and Twelve Millions of Population. FULFILLING TERMS OF TREATY OF PORTSMOUTH T Heads of Dynasty WiU Be Made Princes; People Kept in Ignorance. TOKIO, Aug. 21. "Within tho week "tho Hermit kingdom" and the empire of Korea will becomo historical terms, twelve millions of people will bo added to the population of Japan, and territory terri-tory as largo as England will beeomo part of the Japanese empire. Tho treaty of Portsmouth, which settled the war between Japan and Russia, provides thnt Japan shall have tho guidance, protection and control" of Korea, and tho last stuge of this agreement is now becoming an actuality after three years of experimenting to discovor a practical method for conservation oX tho national entity of tho Korean piniusula. The privy council of Japan today was summoned to mcot at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow, to-morrow, and this is regarded by well-informed well-informed persons as practically the signal sig-nal to complete the negotiations be-twoen be-twoen Liouteuaut General Terauchi, the Japanese resident general in Koroa. and tho Emperor of Korea and his cabinet, which havo continued a week. Korean Emperor Surrenders. "While tho negotiations aro shrouded in absolute official silence, there no longer can bo any doubt that tho Korean Ko-rean emporor has agreed to sign a convention con-vention by which, in viow of the un-touablo un-touablo conditions obtaining, ho and his government and people consent to, tho absolute control of Korea by the emporor and government of Japan. Tonight extra editions of tho newspapers news-papers say tho convention already has boon signed, but whothor or not this bo so, some announcement is expected, shortly after tho meeting of tho privy council. This probably will include the official proclamation of tho conclusion of the convention of annexation, unless all tho prognostications of well-in-forniod persons are incorrect. An Old Dynasty. The Yi dynasty in Korea has lasted for 518 years. Seven branches of the family remain, and the heads of these will be given rank as prtneos. A number num-ber of other officials, will bo elevated to tho Japanese nobility. Throughout tho negotiations the mass of tho Koreans havo been kept m entire en-tire ignorance of what has been transpiring. trans-piring. The newspaper censorship is complete, and Japanese newspapers have not boon permitted to be sold in Korea. It is not believed, however, that annexation an-nexation by Japan will involve disturbances dis-turbances in any section of Korea, which is thoroughly policed. Certainly tho court nnd cabinet officials in tho peninsula aro.quito complacent. I no vast minority of tho people .of Korea realizo that conditions in their country will bo improved, and it "will bo impossible im-possible for the malcontents to arouso sufficient feeling to create an uprising. |