A dealer living in Chongno has secured the monopoly of furnishing all the Korean national flags throughout the country.
The resignation of Min Yeng Whan, Vice Minister of the Supreme Court, has been accepted.
The former Chief of Ceremonial Department has been appointed Vice Minister of the Supreme Court.
Governors of the various provinces have been asked by the Japanese commander-in-chief to report the number of horses in each district.
The ex-magistrate of Ko-Wan district, Hamkyeng province, unfolds a tale to the Home Department of how he was appointed prefect last September, and proceeded as far as Wonsan on his journey to take up his work. At Wonsan the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army detained him. He telegraphed to the Home Department seven different times but received no reply. Finally the police inspector of Wonsan took his official seal by force and there was nothing left for him to do but to return to Seoul which he did four months ago. Now he has been dismissed, charged with being absent from his post of duty, and he desires to be relieved of the charge.
Nine Japanese police inspectors and thirteen policemen for the various districts have arrived in Seoul.
According to the recent military adjustments the monthly expense for the army is about two hundred and seventy thousand dollars, and the adviser of the Finance Department is willing to pay but one hundred and eighty thousand monthly, hence the War Department is short on salaries.
The home Minister and acting Minister of the Finance Department presented their resignations but they were not accepted.
On the sixth instant the Japanese representatives appointed to receive the transfer of the Korean communication Department made a demand for said transfer on the ground that the government would appoint special agents to attend to the matter.