Article 4 : When the war ends in stalemate and bakufu returns to the Kanto region, the Satsuma Domain shall definitely appeal to the Imperial Court to clear up the false charge of being the enemy of the emperor, which was imposed on Choshu on the occasion of Coup on August 18.
一、是なりにて幕兵東帰せし時は、きっと朝廷へ申上げすぐさま冤罪は朝廷より御免に相成り候都合にきっと尽力との事