This diplomacy of starting a war reflected the strategy and a tacit understanding of Soroku KAWAKAMI, the vice-chief of the general staff, who promoted taking a hard-line against China; it came to be known as "Mutsu diplomacy."
この開戦外交はイギリスとの協調を維持しつつ、対清強硬路線をすすめる川上操六参謀次長の戦略と気脈を通じたもので「陸奥外交」の名を生んだ。