Marquis HOSOKAWA responded to this; however, KONOE completely refused councilors' joining except members who were duke or marquis, so the members or the nominated members of the House of Peers belonging to the 'Independents' who were ranked count and below had nowhere to go.
これに侯爵である細川ら応じたものの、近衛は公爵・侯爵以外の議員の加入を一切拒否したために、「無所属」に属していた伯爵以下の議員や勅選議員は拠り所を失くしてしまう。