| Show EMPERORS EDICT OF ABDICATION Troublous Times Determine Him To Hand Affairs of State Over OverTo OVerTo OverTo To Crown Prince WILD SCENES AROUND PALACE Crowd CroWt Of 01 f Five rivo Tho atul nl Driven BrIton from Tho Tiso Gates Pei S mim English Korea Korn 19 The abdication edict oC or the thE emperor Is ta II his first com coin communication to tho world since th repudiation of ol tho the convention of 1905 A translation of the tho tie text of f the edict tel fol follows tl lows I r have boon bean bon Ip succession to my m an tn ancestors 1 on the throne 44 years and have havo root met sunny many m nr disturbances I l 1 have not no reached my own wn desire While ministers aro I frequently Improper men and nd progress is la not riot controlled by b men man mentha menthe the tha times es lira toc e contrary to tm tt natures turl events A crisis urgent In tn tha tho life lo of tie C tha this people lies haa 11 arisen and the tha b progress oc of lira 1 state Is I moro more than a before imperiled I 1 fear a n danger like befall a person crossing tho the Ice Ico Ico Fortunately wo we w havo IUlO a I son endowed en ocd by nature with virtue brilliant ana on l well wel worthy worth of ot be bo boIng beL Ing L charged with plans for the develop development ment meat of or the government to whom we transfer our Inheritance sanctioned l by the th custom of or ancient times timen Therefore bo be It known Imon soon 1 on ns as It Ills Is proper to be bo done we ye will hand the tho te affairs of or state stac over oer to the crown trow Prince as a our our representative r Court usage Is L sold said to make ma the tho cation of tha tiso tie nn an In actual tun abdi abdication abdication While Insufficient time lose haa II elapsed to 10 show tho effect of the erect emperors action ors Iclon on the situation advisory opinion at lt tho the Japanese residency regards the abdication as taking away the tho force tore or of Japan Intended blow poW BEFORE B HE GATES TES Seoul Scout July 18 A crowd of Kor Koreans eans cons lias Iut been beaten back from crom the gates galos During the tho audience l with the te cabinet last lust night II ht when tho to om em sec to 1 tim tho demand l for or ab oh u n number ot or attempt attempted ed cd to present a I to t the tha emperor but the police polke pol o prevented them from do da ing lug to so t driving them back east of cf the tho palace whore they remained all ni night making speeches At midnight Chief of ot Police distributed car bines liIne bInIs to the tc palace police but this tho to crowd continued to but remained orderly The Tho To elaborate claborn to ceremony of ot transferring tho th imperial seal to t the ta crown prince Is la in progress this fore noon floors 1001 Somo ionio oJo shops Ird o b toro u of 01 the tho sympathy of ot their proprietors with the tho emperor and the streets around the tc ore filled Ile with peo pie The flip papers Iper have havo ava pub linked some acme sensational morl but tut there tharo Uler la is II no indication ot ofa a revolt Tho Thu Korean Is ls now ing in on en the the Uio 10 an im n or oi the tho abdication which wua 1 signed by hI b the emperor and ld seven minister in 11 favor fu r of ot the tha crown prince At the tha Japanese residency Ito and ud Viscount null lo Hayashi in an ass I answer to an nn inquiry oc or the correspondent of the tho o Associated Press regarding the ef of fact tot of 01 the tit emperors notion action Its Is Im in effecting a I settlement of the tho e whole situation anti and whether or not It Waaia accord acord once ance with tho to plans of Japan said aad thoy they W r prepared at a present to 10 snake make n a statement Marquis Ito Ito however desired l it I to bo ho emphatically stated staled that both and during his when tho emperor and ouch eu were weighting weighing the tho question queston of abdication b werl ho refused IlY participation Tho The emperor revealed repeated his declaration that ho he was not responsible for for tho the sending of or WW the tho Korean delegation to The Bague and asked Marquis Hos opinion of tho cabi nets flet resignation regarding abdication Marquis Ito replied that the matter wholly concerned the of ot mater and not himself as the tho representative ot or the tho of ot Japan Furthermore 3 ar Ito declares til whole course of f action letlon was batted based on baled ltd its own initiative Nino NIne a m mho Tho city become bolme quiet at al nightfall trolA stud and Is now under military cots con conA COl A heavy ran rin rain following the outbreak of today was wan largely larely instrumental In II dispersing the crowds All 1 has haR been stopped and anti the tho Japanese shops are aro oo guarded The report that thaI 25 Japanese Jal leSe were nore killed and und wounded In II the days dus rioting The casualties among the tho Koreans urn are Iro I An report rt ascribes the shooting today to Korean soldiers who could not be controlled by their The Tho ho of ot the UIO firing and Md tho news flows that casualties had ha resulted greatly al ai striated ILmO the tho ho emperor who at itt 7 tonight sent by tho the minister of or Justice a I long apologetic to Marquis Marcuis Ito Io to the tho effect that tat he ho regretted hi Ignorant subjects had caused violent commotion lie JIo therefore relied upon Marqula Ito 10 to tak tk measures necca ory sary ur to prevent further trouble After the tho Marquis Ito called aruis Io upon uon Gen Gert Ge to take military tko charge of tho the city Japanese troops have beott ll for tor the thc safeguarding of foreign consulates In Seoul JAPANESE lUES SYMPATHIZES Tokie July 20 Tho Japanese press In is II this generally with time tho retired Korean emperor aa ts an In Individual but none however regrets thu th ant ait of t abdication In irs the tho of 01 tho the text It la Is II commented that there thure is doubt tho time abdication means a c non with wih thin the tle government by b tha emperor Suggestion U is II that there in is II necessity n of at clearly time the position polton of f the tho retired r INd emperor In order to 10 Prevent oven oVeil an aim Indirect riled al Ild dung with wih the tha th administration It H U Is I also pointed out ou that anyhow time tho change chango of or government was WIl caused by the lie th initiation of or tho the Korean govern m mont nt In which Japan had hul no rio concern and it I cannot bo IJU con cots a st I Una solution of ot The Tho Incident It I is expected that Minister hJ will wili WIl a I definite with tho SIte Korean n wll ru ro that tha from Seoul Scout dated daUd Ia ta midnight lout last night soy nay that tha t a I general calm prevail J Ilane have hIvo beets been blon called out and 11 a I a bat bal Is la lalon guarding tIme tha palace NO JO O SYMPATHY London Inon July 2 Scarcely n a I word ord of ot In is II by hy tho the nn pa PI papers pers lor for tho Iho depo er or ot oc Korea a who no Is le regarded nn as 11 having ng brought his hil tate fata upon by futile against tho Japanese and an us Il the Dally Daily ly l remarks by b hav ing Tin h Untrue Hague conference too IP seriously ly Hie Ilie nl g general noral opinion In Is II that the th cation of or VI 4 1 In is II limo th bf belt t could for Korea Tho lh Dully DI IY Telegraph 1311 After alt all ni Korea liy by 1 the tho of f l lur her tr geographical position tore to ho lia a is of pC war waT mul the thu Ihl of M Korea can only l Ito la a a tt 1 mutter of time lisps provided lIsa tho of ot the hiat was war 11 remains unaltered According to ti a 1 Il had arranged to buy to L tho the protection promotion of o the tho Russian Russ Inn consulate but was WM circumvented by the precautions tong taken by hy time the Japanese e HOW HOW VIEWED DA AT THE TIlE HAGUE HAGUE Tho The lIngua I July 19 The abdication abdication tion ton of tho tiso emperor of oC Korea Kor a wan wn the tl th general topic 1010 of com conversation creation among the delegates to H the pence conference today to n A i majority of or them inclined to the tho t belief that even eel If the tho emperor unit hael been dethroned It should bo be I to con C I an nn measure to tl give gle tho the Japanese J a a free hand In es establishing 01 a f modern system 1 for fOT clo do tho Ula resources of or Korea YE 11 Sans Bang Sot Sul of at c Korea Iola who is hero with wih tho the Korean delegation delegation tion lion which was denied denle recognition by b President after reading tho tho th Associated Tress dispatch announcing announcing tIme tha abdication said RaId RaIdI It I is another Japanese Infamy which Koreans soon seams wilt will wi avenge One Ono plenipotentiary who Is skeptical about abolt the thu work of tho peace pece con grass o The abdication of or the emperor Is tho the only result yet el at nt attained by h the time conference There Thero Is IN sonic name dl dissatisfaction notice noticeable ohio able on 01 th lack IM of ot progress by 13 the tho conference especially toward tho the lint Url Ish delegation which by Its during the discussion not only delays tho the le but tenda toward the retrogressive lve on most int points point po I Il Approval Is expressed by thu tide dole gates of tho speech peach of Gen Oon Horace Porter American during the tho after acter afternoon noon session when ho demonstrates demonstrated that the tho th adoption l opton of oC a 1 proposal ll by Lord Tord Boxy Gnat Ortt Britain that neutral vessels furnishing provisions to bellig tin lt captured would mean the tho placing of nil all neutral merchant merchantmen In men mets nt at lt the mercy morcy merc oC or any belligerent warship ip Time The Th Panama del delegation today toc In Inform form Pr of Its do de I Isire sire to its It vote vola of If July Jil 17 37 on 01 oni the i h American proposition regarding tho lIsa Inviolability of private property at lt sea sen favorable to tho proposition This action approves tho proposition by h a 0 vote ate of or 22 3 2 against 10 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