Besides, Prime Minister Taro KATSURA and Minister of the Navy Gombei YAMAMOTO seemed to be ready for being killed by bombs along with KOMURA if it happened, so they walked putting KOMURA between them after they welcomed him at Shimbashi Station.
また、首相の桂太郎と海相の山本権兵衛は小村を新橋駅に出迎え両脇を挟む様に歩き、爆弾等を浴びせられた場合は共に倒れる覚悟であったという。