The then Prime Minister Saionji, who had already lost his zeal to keep his administration, suffering from not only his poor physical condition but also from the conflict with Hara, and Hara, who misunderstood that Yamagata's real intention was to topple the Saionji Cabinet in the meeting held with Katsura, decided the Cabinet resignation en masse, and in this way, the 'Cabinet turnover by Yamagata's maneuver' was achieved.
体調不良と原との確執により既に政権続行への意欲を失っていた西園寺と、桂との会見で山縣の真意が倒閣にあると曲解した原は、内閣総辞職を決断、「山縣の手による倒閣」が成功する。