Mutsu Otori
卽▣和久▣▣▣▣ケ 在京伊藤西鄕兩大臣ヘ▣▣局
大臣[手決]
Tokio
127 二小隊 has been dispatched
十月十七日 from 龍山 against
東學黨 to reinforce Corean
troops. Band of Corean under
the name of 倡義軍 rise
in 全羅道 and declare to drive
Japanese out of corea. Corean
government desire to send
troops to suppress them but
大院君 hesitate to do so.
Take immediate steps about
my telegram 118.
Seoul October 17-1894 4.10 p. m.
Received October 17-1894 9.0 p. m.