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Show Yl SYEK LAYS DOWN SCEPTRE Ruler of Hermit Kingdom Finally Vieldi Hla Title. Submitting Gracefully to the Inevitable. Tnklo The official promulgation of ihe treaty of Ihe annetatlon of Korett by Japan, under Ihe namr Chu Hen. v. a., made ai (I o'clock Monday tnnrn- 1113 At the iinme time a luartl of ilnciimenlri provlillng for thr future gm. Turn. 'tit of Ihr new colony waa lllll.lr public. He. ml. Korea 1'pnn the rellttiulah-lui rellttiulah-lui nl of hla power nnd I Ik .urnliig nver of hla country and people lo the . verelgniy of .liipan. ICinpernr VI Hyik lamie.l the fnllnwlng farrwvll ri'M'rIpl: "Notwithstanding out un worlhluraa, wr havr aufceriled la thr arduoiia taik hnnded down by our an cetora. Wo bavr enileavo-vuV ap to the present. In follow modern adniln. lairatlve prtn.iplra, hut long Misting rvlla and deep rooted wraknen make It lniHisslblr fur ua to rffeel rrfornn. I:i a reuaunable time. Iially and night' ly we wurr concertied. but were unublr lo re.'llfy these nmdltlnns. 'Tllereforr. we feel constrained, br-llevlng br-llevlng It wise, lo entrust tiln groat i ii-k to other liiiiuls" Thr depiis.'d emperor appealed to ! hit' people not to create ccmmotlnii, and dcrUrue that In taklim tlila atep In haa not dlsr.-Kiiriled their Inlerrala. |