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Show Rffl KIMS I SHOTJV HPS ; I Futile Attempt to Resist the- 1 Order for Di-armament I of the Army. Prince Yl Declares That Death of Sol.-dlers Sol.-dlers Marks the Baptism In Blood of Korea's Final Effort to Throw Off Japan's Dom- M Inatlon, V 4BH Washington. A dlspatrh received nt the state department from Consul' 'fl General Thomas Samtuons nt Seoul, fl Korea, Eays that forty Koreans went killed or wounded, on Thursday In n, fight precipitated by the disarmament of the Korean army. Casualties ou thn 9 Japanese side, the dlpatch adds, went m slight. . Seoul. A Korean battalion mutinied 1 Thursday morning against the disarm- ' nment order and engaged in a fight for sovcrnl hours with the Japaneso troops near tho consulnto quarter with rllle and "a machine gun. The casualties an about forty killed and Injured. MM New York. Hoping to Induce tyttMPH Amcrlcnn government to lnuTvoiuijsdi-tK'' mM prevent Jnpnn from obtulnUTgfurtlier 9M domination In Korev -i'rlnco TJyong; JH Qui Yl andY''3cn Sul, two of Korea's dolegatc" Co Tho Haguo, who wero do-' iil'if'admlHBlon to the peaco tribunal, JB 'arrived on Thursday upon tho steamer fifl Majestic. j9f "I and my companions," said Prlnco Yl, who speaks English, "represented ISeS the Korean government by authority ffiwl of the emperor, but Japan used all her 4$9V cunning to show that wo appeared at 3Hm The Haguo without any authority. We . blame our treatment in Holland entire-ly entire-ly to the Japanese. Korea will never jH ngreo to Japaneso domination, and while thoro havo been no disorders, yot, unless something Is dono, there will bo a serious uprising. "Wo knew beforo we left Korea that Japan would force tho emporer BD to abdicate. Japan seeks to drive us from qur land nnd destroy our king-'dom. king-'dom. Korea has always been a peace-ful peace-ful nation. Wo havo no gnus, "arms, WM or' powder, nnd wo expect tho Anteii-can Anteii-can peoplo In their fairness and Jus-tlce, Jus-tlce, to Interfere. The United States docs not realize what Japan's policy Is In tho fnr east und what It portends for tho American peoplo. Thn. WM Japanese adopted a policy that In tho end will glvo her control over, the commerce nnd Industry In tho fnr east. IH Japan Is better against tho United Stntes and against Great Britain. You In America do not realize this, but If the United Stntes docs not watch Japan closely, sho will force tho Amcrl-cant Amcrl-cant ml English out of the fnr east." Pr ce Yl was deeply affected on bearing thnt forty Korean soldiers had WM been killed or wounded whllo resist-Ing resist-Ing an attempt of the Japaneso to dls , irm the Korean army. "Tim, dentil of these soldiers," de- WM clnred the prince, "marks the baptism In blood of Korea's llnnl cfforti tc WM throw off Japan' domination. The Ko- S rean nnny will resUt Japan's nlsarma- JH mcnt steps to the Inst, and Koren, re-spending re-spending to a great uatlunnl scutl- ment, will rise up and light for her |