but
that it was willing to take into account the good experience the misslons had in the West concerning the
principle of religious freedom. After that, an address was read by Professor Meißner, stating their wishes in
detail. The Japanese side had prepared a written answer, which was signed by Iwakura and the four deputy
ambassadors, praising Germany and the West and stating its acceptance of the request of the Evangelical
Alliance. A newspaper remarks that there was information from France that the edicts against Christianity
had already been removed in Japan on 26 February and, if that could be confirmed, it would be good news,
thanks to the earlier advances of the British and French branches of the Evangelical Allianc