Mr. Olney to Mr. Sill.
Washington, January 10,
1896.
Sill, Minister, Seoul:
Your dispatches Nos. 175, 176, and 177 received. Your course in continued intermeddling with Korean political affairs in violation of repeated instructions noted with astonishment and emphatic disapproval. Cable briefly any explanation you have to make; also answer whether you intend to comply with instructions given.
Olney.