| Blessed with the conditions of the time including the Britain's favorable stance toward Japan due to the anxiety of the Imperial Russia's advancement to the East Asia, the negotiations almost succeeded. |
帝政ロシアが東アジアに進出することに不安を抱くイギリスが日本に好意を持つなど時勢にも恵まれ交渉は成功しかけた。 |