The following is from the "Japan Times" of February 18 As the result of the annexation of Korea by this Empire consular jarisdiction in Korea naturally ceased, as 1 British Government declared' time of the annexation Oar special correspondent in Seoal reports under Tharsday's date that the British Government issued an Ordinance on the 27th ultimo with regard to the ending of consular jurisdiction in Korea. The Ordinance rons to the effect that the regulations nye to the operation of consular jurisdiction of His Britannic Majesty's consuls in Korea, in the rious ordinances relating to China and Korea, promulgated between 1904 and 1910 lost validity in Korea from the date of the annexation of Korea by Japan, as far as the matters pertaining to the responsibility of the Japanese Government or those coming under control of Japanese law coatts are concerned. This, however, does not apply to cases pending in organized ander the aforesaid o at the time the present regelations came into force.
The Ordinance was announced to the British subjects resident in Korea by Mr. Hyde Lay, the British Copsul-General in Seoal,
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