by the Coreans fostered much by external forces, but chiefly by the party which is not in power. It will alwaysberemombered that patriotism does not enter the creed of the average Corean whose sole ambition is to hold office and fill his pockets, In most of these changes the Emperor is quite a figurehead and is influenced in his foreign relations by what he considers to be the safest course, and la his domestic relations by the Queen or the fortunate lady who takes hor place, which at the present time happens to be Lady Om, whose relatives wax fat on the spoils of office.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.