The troublesome question as to whether any foreigner will be ahomed own land in Kores now that it part of Japan is not yet settled, nor have we received any direct hint as to ly been lodged with our respective Consuls and Consols-General, all of whom are in sympathy with us and have forwarded our opinions to higher quarters Consequently, we are now waiting for the decision of the authorities at home and praying that they will deal gently with us. From information that occasionally leaks out from the Consulates, it is the questions of Mining Laws and Land-Ownerabip that has prevented the Powers from agreeing to the abolition of
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