The Great Merger Movement that had once fallen apart was rekindled, this time involving Taisuke ITAGAKI, and even the insiders of the government such as Aritomo YAMAGATA, Shojiro GOTO, Hirobumi ITO, Kaoru INOUE and so on showed their will against the compromise plan.
一旦解体したはずの大同団結運動が今度は板垣退助を擁して再燃し、政府内からも山縣有朋や後藤象二郎、伊藤博文、井上馨らが妥協案に反対する意志を示した。