During this period, he got involved in Taro KATSURA's initiative to launch a new party, which invited a schism within the Rikken Kokumin-to Party where he belonged to, and joined the Katsura New Party (Rikken Doshi-kai).
この間に桂太郎の新党構想に関与して所属の立憲国民党の分裂を引き起こして桂新党（立憲同志会）に参加した。