As soon as knowing of this affair on the following day, Prussian, Portuguese and American ministers and French consul protested against the Nagasaki magistrate, saying his behavior was inhuman.
翌日、事件を聞いたプロシア公使とフランス領事、さらにポルトガル公使、アメリカ公使も長崎奉行に対し、人道に外れる行いであると即座に抗議を行った。