Show I Horace or ace Allen an American the Most Powerful Man In Korea r J lJ i l HH most t Influential mats man manIn t In Korea Is an nn Amer Allier American I r lean ican 1 Notwithstanding f U the tho fact that he ho Is tho the II f i 0 re n tom 1 of oC another government t t being tho the minister res ree r Idem from Iho tho United U I a States Stales ho he Is 10 tho hat lial adviser of at the tho emperor Is la trusted state secrets and Is 10 treated as aa a n member r or close friend of ot the Iho royal family of Korea rather thou limn as nil tho the dip loralle agent of or a foreign power Horace Newton Allen u n grandnephew of lC f Ethan Allen of at Revolutionary fame nine v was as a missionary or r Is would te le e the better word for or ho still regards as n 0 missionary Sineo Sinco leaving practically his hili entire life has hall hasben Itin ben n gt Ken Ien to Korea I and Korean affairs so o 0 that he has hns been Identified elt with ev cv v ery cry step Mcp In the development of or the u Her lIer Hermit Ire r mit Kingdom since shoo It was opened to western Influences lies Ilea on the tho rough little penin peninsula peninsula sula of oC Chosen Land hand of ot time tho ho Morning Calm It Is h the dumping ground the lie refuse o corner of eastern lIsl Asia Agin Despite tho the fact that It wits was I much r moro mora back hack backward backward ward thin hint either Japan or even Chinn to admit tho the outside out world It h instill III made up Ull of ot utmost almost every nationality Thero Thera Is IR no nb very distinct national type tIe tho the complexion of ot the people varying all sly tho time way WilY from front tho the lightness of ot tho the Caucasian to the black skin skit of ot the tho ne negro greThe gro gre Tho The country was for tor a 1 long Ion It time un tin tinder der dor tho the suzerainty of Chinn China hence the Chinaman IH is there fount found In force It touches elbows with Manchuria and for tor that reason reBon tho the are arc In it evidence Japan Is la n R near neur neighbor and andIs Is III seeking necking to colonize tho the land for tor her own so that flint hot her settlements are Ire Iov In n ev cv every ery cry Important city of the line kingdom As s n 1 result there thero Is he little national homo homogeneity geee t Ily tho lita th general I t attitude d of ut each nun man to his neighbor being helni one of ot III ill will The Tho native Inhabitants are oro gen Iren generally lazy hazy lIz the tho women t rot Inan doing most of the work vork There roe t w o weeks In tho the year however when tho male triple portion of ot the community becomes active This Is III tho the clearing up III time tine following the lie first moon noon of ot each now new III year when there Is license for tor nil all sorts of lighting In the tho streets and grudges made during tho the previous twelve months may cony bo be set settled tied by the tho of the list fist These characteristics account for tor tho the frequent political outbreaks and riots In III Korea JOI ea The Tho towns are arc with without without without out any nn sort of ot drainage or and allI the time houses hou es are arc III Ili constructed Tho The women are oro the burden bearers and nud 1110 given glen little consideration not even being allowed n a i name t but each being referred to as the lie daughter of ot or r the lie wi wife of The Tho people lire are t exceedingly superstitious n and are ore little more than shun In ht mind These were the tho lie conditions lint were found by b Mr Allen whom when he lie visited Korea In IS SO being the tho first mission missionary missionary ary to enter tho time Hermit Kingdom Ho Ito sent Rent back such auch reports of ot tho the ties of the tho work In this virgin soil that the mission board wired him Idna to remain rennin He Jle hall had taken a medical med mod medical ical course cou e and was what Is le known knowlI as os n a medical missionary Shortly after his hla advent adent Into his new nw field occurred n II riot In it which one of ot the princes was dangerously wounded Civil ChU war seemed seem seemed ed 11 Imminent and all other Europeans and Americans lied fled Dr Ur Allen lIen re me remained i and saved the princes life lite or nt at least prevented tho the native doctors I from pouring pitch Into his Ile wounds according to their custom then 1 by hy ap applying applyIng applying plying the methods of ot western surgery gave nature a chance to nave ease his hili life The ho queen was 18 the t reel real ruler of ot tho rho kingdom and ond the tho prince was her neph nephew ew eu The rhe young American was at once high n In royal roal favor tho king established n a hospital with selth Dr Allen lIen In iii charge char e Later the tho American physician saved the life 1110 of the thc monarch himself and aucI this still further enlarged his hold holdon on the lie royal affections lie He was established us liS court physician ns as personal friend and AS political adviser all In one When Korea Koren decided to send Rend a lega legation legation tion to Washington tho the first that hind hall left her shores for tor any a n other oilier country than limn China mud Japan tho the American missionary Accompanied the time body bally Hu bin had hall great grent In getting them past east I the lie Chinese D fleet to nn on American n ship Korea Korell marl had always been beell a Chinese do de p 3 hence ho the reluctance on the e part of her hel roasters masters to allow her tier n II sep prate representation to a n foreign power Another l wan r encountered In III Washington In having ho Ing tho legation rec ree recognised recognized Finally the tho mission wits wall suc sue successful after atter two years of labor and Dr Allen ilIen returned tm tied to 10 Seoul Scout only ani y to bo be appointed secretary C of ot the tho American legation In III 1893 he ho returned to Amer America lea Ira In charge of oC tho limo Korean exhibit e to the tile Worlds fair but hut was aas hurried back to his post by h the troubled conditions In hl the lie Korean capital At this time ho lie wits practically at time the head fiend of oC the legation and was tuns made so RO In fret fact early In President Mcl first administration He Ile has hilA the tho our cur of ot the king kin I ns os has no other man native or foreign The Tho fact act lint America has hOR larger concessions In Korea than any other nation wolfa with vInh t tho the possible excell exception r tion of or Japan Is this due In largo large part par to Minister Allens efforts This truly trill re reo 4 l f l hl man won wall s boin born nt nl I O s 1 4 I In III 1636 1558 and graduated from the limo Ohio 1 hr 1 nn university there In III US 11 Id i j After ACler tatting taking it II two years yearn earll me 1 lien t L course e ho wont went us OR a n missionary to b 1 I Shanghai China Chinn where ho he remained li I Ionly only one ammo year thence going to Korea Koren h i it I Ills His Is a n 1 relative of ot eat t I r 01 K 14 Some Seine estimate e of at the man anon may any bo he formed ormell front from nn utterance In iii time of ot i danger Just dust t after his hili arrival at lit Seoul I li I i when houses cs were Iero burning bullets fly flyIng n flyIng Ing InK and all other white while men rater were flee fifO i t l lIng J Ini Ing for tor safety Dr Allen went Into tho time 1 I hastily vacated home ot of the American legation and held the time fort I carne caino to todo todo todo do just t such suh work worl he said sold I cint cant 1 S t leave these wounded wound ell people Wo We 0 shall s I live Iho In the with the old flag flying and trust tru 1 the tho rind kind I lathes Father to Cara c r for tor us LESLIE LI SIti W tY r I |