[Japan]
To: King William of the Netherlands
Re: Japanese Declaration, Netherlands Response
Japan has no interests in preventing trade coming to and from Japan. However, the current interests of the Dutch East India Company in Nagasaki are grave insults to Emperor Komei and all of the people of Japan. Peaceful relations are welcome to continue and trade be reopened between our peoples as soon as the Netherlands make the requested public statement of equal partnership in all treaties with Japan. The Emperor Komei wants to make it quite clear that European colonialism will not be tolerated as a means of overruling the sovereignty of the Japanese people on Japanese soil.
