Show V AND The Japanese have the power at of de do depriving KOI en of Urn tim last lust vestige of or Independence V Tl Thie o Koreans ore arc help helpless less Ices ics They have no at army my no navy And AtH Ih rois Is not a II power p r In hI the world orl that In behalf b of the falling railing throne Marshal ito Is complete alas mas master alaster ter tel of ot the situation But Dut nations as ns Individuals have rep reputations reputations reputations to make or orV to lose In tho case cIse of or Japan tho the annexation loti of or Korea Koren would ho he n II confession of heI clone or ot h mid and either cither alternative be repugnant wo we fancy to a I na nn nation thin tion t n jealous je ot of Its honor Japan Tapan under tinder undertook took lock to administer tho the affairs of ot Korea until orderly conditions should houll be es cs established TO change tho policy from Cram to annexation the tho V short time of two years of effort would be lie to In say either that t Japanese J protection protection tion lion has hUR proved a II failure or that Clint the tho protectorate was merely a II pretense under which to effect annexation Notions Nations as ns well as liB Individuals have havo responsibilities too They The cannot com corn commit commit mit an na Injustice to IQ t other nations with without out o t V risking grave rae consequences to themselves If It thoy th Y sow sa the th harvest will be he strife and conten contention tion lI m Nations cap can bo be conquered and submitted to oppression slon perhaps but somehow they the will rise rl e again nt at tho the call of oC ho of the tue angel Ing of re out punishment to their 80 That Is on on of should learn Iam and carry carr out Into practice In Its dealings with weaker nl kor neigh ot Korea has hils for pf t f years yeats been the Itro battleground of eastern Asia sla slaIt It In is II a I small country c not nOl much larger In n than u an average American stats state But tit It H Is densely populated ed and andIs V Is rich In natural resources The Tho king icing kingdom ibm dom wits was founded by Chinese emigrants who settled bottled In the peninsula about 1100 years before our ur era For more than a II thousand years 11 It existed as ns an In t t kingdom 11 but about B D C CIt CIt CIt It was vas annexed by China Japan has hai held Korea for tor years ears before this oc u but It It was forced to aban abandon abandon don It by the mighty This ThiN was In the tho century From Prom that time the tho Chinese claimed tho the right ot or protectorate until the tho nose nese war when Korea Kore was wan declared to tobe tobe tobe be Independent But Dut tills this Independence the tho Japanese alleged was constantly menaced by Hussla Russia and therefore war was wall Wa declared declarer against Russia with tho the result that the tho Koreans vcra passed pas ed over to Japanese protection Tho The abdi abdication cation collon of ot the Is labul but the he final stop step In lii the thu progress directed lJ reeled from Iram from Toki from complete completo Independence to tl benevolent assimilation It Itis Is sad ad to contemplate the full all of or n i 1 nation because It 1 Is III of or a I kind gentle gentl disposition not nol prepared to kill pr em It Is II nod to contemplate tho the losing hosIng of a monarch whoso Is III Just but hut who cannot L thud In III tho the entire world worl of at friend to give encouragement or nr support rt I |