On March 12, A minister to France, Leon Roches, had a meeting with Osaka-based other foreign ministers and provided a protest note to the Japanese government, which consisted of five articles requesting the beheading of the murderers, government apology, compensations, and so forth.
フランス公使レオン・ロッシュは2月19日、在阪各国公使と話し合い、下手人斬刑・陳謝・賠償などの5箇条からなる抗議書を日本側に提示した。