Katsura, who at first planned to dissolve the Diet, finally decided the Cabinet resignation en masse following the advise of Ikuzo OOKA, chairman of the House of Representatives, who said to Katsura not to do so lest it should induce a civil war.
桂は議会解散を決意したが、解散は内乱誘発を招くとの大岡育造衆議院議長からの忠告により内閣総辞職を決意した。