_Ibid._, January 27, 1903. Footnote 531: From a statement made by an intimate friend of Marquis Itō, who, in October, 1900, succeeded Yamagata in the premiership. See the _Kokumin_, November 10, 1903. Footnote 532: From 1900 till May, 1903. Footnote 533: A Government can seldom afford so many foreign councilors and commissioners as were found in Korea. Besides these and several other Russians, there were in Seul, Mr. Masuo Katō, a Japanese adviser, Mr. Sands, the once influential American adviser, several French engineers, and a Belgian councilor to the ministry of internal affairs. Footnote 534: The _Kokumin_, Seul correspondence, dated August 7, 1902. Footnote 535: The _Kokumin_, Seul correspondence, dated June 3, 1899; November 30, 1902. Footnote 536: _Ibid._, Seul correspondence, dated December 23, 1902. Footnote 537: See p. 23, above. Footnote 538: The _Kokumin_, telegrams, March 11, 26, 27, April 11, 1903. Footnote 539: _Ibid._, correspondence, February 2, 5, 9, 16, 18, March 4, 1903. Footnote 540: The contract is found in _Tokushu Jōyaku_, pp. 800–806. Also see the U. S. 56th Congress, 1st Session, _House Documents_, vol. i. pp. 484–488. Footnote 541: (1) Along the coast near Cape Tikhmeneff, Ulsan Bay, Kiong-sang Province; (2) on the island of Ching-po, Ham-kiung Province; and (3) at Chang-shing, Kang-wan Province. Footnote 542: _Tokushu Jōyaku_, pp. 799–800. Footnote 543: _Ibid._, pp. 731–732 (August 8, 1884, o. s.). Footnote 544: _Tokushu Jōyaku_, pp. 772–775, April 22, 1896. Footnote 545: The _Kokumin_, Seul correspondence, dated April 8, 1902. Footnote 546: _Ibid._, telegram, May 8, correspondence, May 11, 1902; telegram, March 28, and correspondence, April 16, 1903. Footnote 547: _Tokushu Jōyaku_, p. 722. Footnote 548: _Ibid._, pp. 761–764. Footnote 549: