The Army did not elect a replacement, and in accordance with the Gunbu Daijin Geneki Bukan sei; therefore, the second Kinomochi SAIONJI lacked the Minister of War and the Cabinet as a whole was dissolved.
陸軍は後任の候補を出さず、軍部大臣現役武官制のために、第二次西園寺内閣は陸軍大臣を欠き、内閣は総辞職せざるを得なかった。