Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1907 — EMPEROR OF KOREA ABDICATES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EMPEROR OF KOREA ABDICATES.

Gives Up the Throne After Conference with Elder Statesmen. The Emperor of Korea has abdicated formally after a long conference with the elder statesmen of the empire. Alter a secret all-night conference the Korean, cabinet recommended to the Emperor that an emperor regent be appointed and that he proceed to Tokio and apologize in person to the Emperor of .Japan for having dispatched a delegation to the Hague peace conference

to protest against the attitude of Japan. This program was urged as the onlysolution that would prevent the Emperor's forcible dethronement.

EMPEROR OF KOREA.