Show KOREAN RULER HELD PRISONER Japanese Carry Things With High Hand land in Hermit Kingdom EMPERORS EMPEROR'S DIRE THREAT Assures m of Marquis Ito Un hunt Hint M If He H. hok ons uni I ih All 11 ll ill iii Pu III II Will hil 1 Follow llIo Suit SLut Seoul lorf Korea lorea July Although Although 5 6 the report Is I. denied by 13 representative o members of oC thi th the Japanese e 1 legation hero Koreans openly assert that the emperor em cm- Is now no held a prisoner In the royal palace J alac here and that he lie will willner never r again be is permitted to tu go abroad The story comes from a high source sent hut but for obvious r reasons n. n It Is I. not l possible pos pea Q sible of cf ab absolute confirmation at the lie time lime It Is n. n asserted rl tI however l by l the thit Informant ant of time the Press Pres correspondent that the till trouble between bu the emperor and the lie Marquis III Ito time till chief of or tie the Japanese emperor In the Hermit kingdom king dom dum came 8 In l' l to a culmination late Monday Mon Ion day night The rue emperor has hUM for or sonic some sometime mu tin time l objected to time thu manner in iii which Jall Japanese uese have hav been carrying carry carry- ing big on things thing especially In this city and when he lie received a report of oC some ome me unusually high handed proceedings proceed hugs ings on un the part of oC the lie Japanese Me he lie went to tu lie Ito with a protest Th The Inter Interview view vIe Is repotted reported dlo to have l been decidedly torrid Thu emperor notified Ito that he lie Intended to appeal to lie thu powers to have Japans Japan's methods checked and amid cited the repudiation i o of mall ninny many American Ameri can claims by hy Japanese agents an at reasons rca rea sons SOILS wh shy the tho United States could be lie asked to tn Interfere Ito according to this hut r report l ort which comes COLlies from absolutely Korean ut used uttI sources strong trong language In and made madu threats of oC summary notion Time TIle Interview terminated ter ler- initiated with bad tellIng feeling on both moth sides Hides I In lii Palace halace Some Somo hours liners later laler the lie emperor ac accompanied c companied by hy c certain members s of his Immediate family left leCt tho the palace and started for COl the I legation on re win he lie Intended to take refuge for or a n. Mine he had bath moro more titan than succeeded suc sue In getting of ot tutu the palace compound Ull he lie lieas was as l by hy a 0 Japanese lI lieutenant and a squad of or soldiers and timid hack back lie Is hi now nouv In tho Limo palace jut hut i Is In tar far front from being subdued It IH In that lie he Informed Ho lIu Unit that before beCore be be- fore Core ore he lw would surrender his Jun SOy SOy- nt he tie h would take tako poison and amid attention to the till Korean law v but tin tim I c- c unno Yil u. u I br briC wI 1 ti lui I 1 vv I h a a. a iC P of ur thul the thu l Core iH un nobility um Coll Q hl hW ux- ux Tho hue palace 13 Is now surrounded by h n Japanese it uso iol police icO ln i Instead mini ll u of I the th ti u glib ru-glib regular r Korean guards and amid all of nr the thc foreigners foreign foreign- ers er- rs are forbidden to approach Ho Ito Is MI attempt WOK was made matlo b by th correspondent cor cor- Publishers Publishers' Press respondent of tho Ito association t to I secure ur a statement I OmIt Marquis Ito It as f tV ii what did really take tako place ilae but hUt he lie declined d to tn tobe be hl seen C A member muc r suite simILe stated however how how- mou no nn r reason ason why wh whylie ever e that lint ther was wan the lie Japanese use line kind methods meth meth- oils In dealing the thiu Koreans You Von must r remember he hc stated that since we w. have beun beon bore hore w we have encountered tin rio most t serious of or opposition op up- position from Crom these thene natives es despite all ull that w we have done bIle for or them andare and andare are ore doing rh have havo counselled rebellion and antl have conspired with all allor of or the lie agents agent of or ortho tho the enemies of or the Japanese ami auth Rr ar still doing HO tw They have hav refused to to recognize the treaty traLy of ot Portsmouth which guaranteed etl Japanese Jap Jup- anese rights right h hf here re rt- but hut they will yet yi-t have I to live up to Its UA provisions |