The policy on the annexation of Korea was decided at a cabinet meeting in July, 1909, but Hirobumi ITO, who resigned from the Korea Protection Agency, and came back to Japan, continued to resist the early annexation, believing the annexation should be conducted later in the future.
1909年7月に韓国併合の方針が閣議決定されたものの、韓国統監府を辞して帰国していた伊藤博文はあくまでも併合自体は将来的な課題として早期合併に抵抗を続けていた。