Later, Parkes dispatched the interpreter for the British delegation, Ernest SATOW, to Edo to ascertain the current situation, since Parkes did not have sufficient knowledge on the status of the 'expeditionary force to the east' and of the Tokugawa family.
そののち、東征軍および徳川家の情勢が全く不明であったことから、公使館通訳アーネスト・サトウを江戸へ派遣して情勢を探らせる。