Spanish Fork Press | 1905-11-23 | Page 2 | Koreans Are Compelled to Accept Jap Treaty

KOREANS ARE COMPELLED TO ACCEPT JAPTREATY E The Premier Tried to Escape From the Palace But Was Prevented by Armed Japanese LondonThe Toklo correspondent of the Dally Telegraph says that then the-n vIII plans of Japan Include tho formation for-mation of a special squadron to cruise In tho southern seas as far as Singapore Singa-pore Tho same correspondent says The details of the negotiations at Seoul show that the Koreans had no alternative but to accept tho treaty drawn by Japan The premier tried teT escape from the palace but was prevented by Japanese gendarmes Ho still persisted In his refusal to sign the protocol whereupon the emperor em-peror dismissed him Several other ministers resigned but tho emperor refused to accept their resignations General Hnsegaw now commander ot the Japanese troops in Korea will bo the Japanese governor general of Korea