Many other sided with those who resigned, and Yuzo HAYASHI of Seikanron and Kenkan Taishi-ha (supporters for sending both an army and ambassadors to Korea), Toshiaki KIRINO, Kunimoto SHINOHARA, Gumpei FUCHIBE, Shuichiro KONO and Jurota HEMMI, and about 600 other politicians, soldiers and governors resigned one after another.
この一連の辞職に同調して、征韓論・遣韓大使派の林有造・桐野利秋・篠原国幹・淵辺群平・別府晋介・河野主一郎・辺見十郎太をはじめとする政治家・軍人・官僚600名余が次々に大量に辞任した。