The foreign minister, Shuzo AOKI and Kaoru INOUE moderately disagreed with the death penalty, but the communications minister, Shojiro GOTO said 'the best way to solve this problem is to abduct TSUDA and shoot him to death'.
青木周蔵外相、井上馨などは消極的反対、逓信大臣・後藤象二郎などは「津田を拉致し拳銃で射殺することが善後策になる」と語った。