Rutherford Alcock and other members of the diplomatic corps in England and the United States protested strongly that this change violated the treaty provisions, but Bakufu pressed its case by insisting that Yokohama was also a part of Kanagawa.
ラザフォード・オールコックら英米外交団は条約の規定と違うと強硬に抗議したが、幕府は横浜も神奈川の一部であると押し通した。