The text of a royal edict of the Japanese side preserved in the State Archives in Tokyo confirmed that the royal edict in which the Japanese king proclaimed the "Korea-Japan annexation" on August 29, 1910 had a state seal and his signature.

But the text of the royal instruction released by Emperor Sunjong had neither state seal nor signature. It had only a royal seal which was used to approve administrative issues.

The texts of the above-said treaty thus contradicted to each other in style and contents. This proves that the assertion of the Japanese authorities that "Korea-Japan annexation" was "legally made with the approval of Emperor Sunjong" was a lie and the "treaty" was null and void in the light of international law.

Terauchi, "resident-general" of Korea, when giving Ri Wan Yong, pro-Japanese lackey, "a paper" on appointing him as the delegate vested with full authority to conclude the "treaty" on August 22, 1910, instructed him to wrest ratification from the emperor.

They thus cooked up the treaty and distributed a "royal instruction" announcing the "annexation" on August 29.