The executive members of the Seiyu-kai Party were befuddled by this logic of citing a 'Violation of the Ordinance' and they tried to dissuade Saionji, but Saionji's determination never wavered.
政友会の幹部達はこの「違勅」の論理に困惑して西園寺を慰留したが、西園寺の決意は揺らぐことは無かった。