Lisandro de la Torre, one of Roca's principal and most vociferous opponents, mocking his words in an editorial, wrote, "In these conditions we wouldn't be able to say that Argentina had been converted into a British dominion because England does not take the liberty to impose similar humiliations upon its dominions."
Lisandro de la Torre, a critic of Roca's policies, argued that Argentina would not become a British dominion due to the lack of similar treatment by England towards its own colonies.