| The powerful countries which had consulates in Kobe executed military occupation at the center of Kobe on that day in the name of the guard of the settlement (foreign settlement), and seized the Japanese ships anchoring at Hyogo port. |
神戸に領事館を持つ列強諸国は、同日中に、居留地（外国人居留地）防衛の名目をもって神戸中心部を軍事占拠し、兵庫港に停泊する日本船舶を拿捕した。 |