Then, Parkes became indignant, declaring it a violation of International law to proceed with an attack against someone such as Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA, who had chosen not to resist, but had instead demonstrated an allegiance to the new government, and an agreement to be confined in his residence.
そして、恭順・謹慎を示している無抵抗の徳川慶喜に対して攻撃することは万国公法に反するとして激昂した。