Show ANNEXATION OF KOREA The Associated Press is permitted to state that Korean sovereignty i has ceased and that to emperor of Japan will become ab absolute absolute solute ruler of Korea next Monday when the tho agreement between r 1 Yi Siek Sick of Korea and which was signed August 22 will be officially promulgated This annexation has long been regarded as inevitable even by bythe byi I i the late Prince Ito to Japanese resident General in Korea who before 2 I II I he was assassinated at Harbin last year realized the i of the maintenance of a pretense of independence and I ment mentI I It may be stated positively that Emperor Yi Shiek and the former emperor Yi Heui who abdicated in 1907 willingly consented to the proposals for the annexations the terms of which were ex extremely extremely extremely generous Id |