We have been favoured by the Consul-General for Japan (Mr. Odagiri) with the terms of the Protocol concluded between Japan and Corea, as follows "Mr. Hayashi, Envoy Extraodinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan and Major-General Yet Chi-yang (ae}p6R), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs ad interim of His Majesty the Emperor of Corea, being respectively duly empowered for the purpose, have agreed upon the following articles Art. 1.=-For the purpose of maintaining permanent and solid friendship between Japan and Corea and firmly establishing peace in the Far East the Imperial Government of Corea shall place full confidence in the Imperial Government of Japan and the advice of the latter in regard to improvement in administration.
Art. 2.—The Imperial Government of Japan shall, in a spirit of firm friondship, ensure the safety and repose of the Imperial House of Corea.
Art. 3.—The Imperial Government of Japan definitively guarantee the independence and territorial integrity of the Corean Empire.
Art, 4—In case the welfare of the Imperial House of Corea or the territorial integrity of Corea is endangered by the aggression of a third Power or internal disturbances, the Imperial Government of Japan shall immediately take such necessary measures as circumstances require, and in such case the Imperial Government of Corea shall give full facilities to promote the action of the Imperial Japanese Government. The Imperial Government of Japan may, for tho attainment of the above-mentioned object, occupy, when the circumstances require it, such places as may be necessary from a strategical point of view.
Art. 5.—The Governments of the two countries shall not in future, without mutual consent, conclude with a third Power such an arrangemoht as may he contrary to the principles of the present Protocol.
Art. (.—Details in'connection with the present Protocol shall be arranged as the circumstances at maturity require between the representative of Japan and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Corea."
It is considered that m the prosecution of the present war, the use of some of the ports and some portions of the territory of Corea fur strategic purposes inevitable with a view to facilitate imilitary operation, and to show that such use swith the full knowledge and consent of Corea and not in disregard or violation her independence or territorial inter grity, and also to prevent future complic tions, the Japanese Government concluded the above Protocol with the Corean Government on the 23rd instant.
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