Since the bakufu had already notified the counterpart of the negotiation, the envoys of the U.S. and the Netherland, that 'the bakufu was doing the negotiation being forced by the Imperial Court,' the negotiation proceeded smoothly. |
交渉相手となった米蘭公使には事前に「朝廷をなだめる為に仕方なくやっている」と通告していた為、交渉は穏やかに進んだと言われている。 |