General power of attorney to Lee Wan-Yong signed and sealed by Sunjong of Korea on August 22, 1910. Ye Wanyong (1858 - 1926), Yi Wan-yong or Lee Wan-yong, was a Korean politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Korea. He was pro-Japanese and is best remembered for signing the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty, which placed Korea under Japanese rule in 1910.

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