While at first it seems an unrelated incident, some research has regarded Bateigin Incident that occurred during the Boxer Rebellion as the remote cause of Kotoku Incident or High Treason Incident in 1910.
一見すると無関係のようであるが、幸徳事件（1910年）の遠因を義和団の乱の際に起きた馬蹄銀事件に求める研究がある。