The Seoul-Chemulpo railroad is moving slowly. Mr. Morse, the principal promoter, is here now in the interests of the project. The surveys have been completed, the first grading begun, and Decauville construction trucks and cars are in operation now. The road will probably be completed to the river before the end of the year and this will greatly add to our comfort in getting to Chemulpo, 'A NEW PALACE, Another new project which is interesting all minds now is the King's new palace. section where the foreigners live and acts He has secured.a gontized plot in the, much as if he were going to buy out the entire foreign settlement and tura Seoul into a group of Palace grounds, occupied and vacant. Under the energetic leadership of Yi Chai-ying, the Governor of the City, great improvement has taken place in the city already, and the only doubt in the way of continued improvement is the "traditionalist" cabal.
Wan-yang, the Foreign Minister, has won high reputation. To him primarily, is due the defeat of the Russian military commission, which, if it had been installed here, would have turned the Corean army into an auxiliary force of the Russian war organisation. We have enough of the Russians now in the present force.
Seoul, 2nd June.
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