If other powers deal unjustly or oppressively with either Government, the other will exert their good offices on being informed of the case to bring about an amicable arrangement, thus showing their friendly feelings.

Izvolsky conveyed the message that the Russian provincial government had “strict orders not to deal with [the Koreans] at all”, and Russia had no intention of recognizing Korea’s representative status at the Hague Conference.

On July 8th, Yi Wi-jong delivered a speech before the International Circle, highlighting the plight of Korea and the cruelties the nation was subject to under Japanese occupation.

This speech and the subsequent press it received in Le Courrier de la Conference were instrumental in raising awareness about Korea’s situation to an international community of peace activists.

Song Byeong-jun, the Agriculture, and Industry Minister requested that Gojong travel to Japan and apologize to Emperor Meiji or capitulate to Hasegawa Yoshimichi, the commander of Korean Residence Japanese Army.

[10] On the night of July 18, Foreign Minister Tadasu Hayashi arrived in Seoul on behalf of the Japanese government, removing Gojong from the throne and abdicating in favor of the Crown Prince.

[11] In 2010, Japan argued that the chronological point of reference for "already null and void" was August 15, 1948,[citation needed] when the government of the Republic of Korea was established; but the Korean analysis of the 1965 declaration construes it as acknowledging the nullification of all treaties and agreements from 1904 onwards,[12] which is consistent with the argument Yi Tjoune and others attempted to articulate in the Netherlands in 1907.