Ito got very angry not only at Okuma but also the fact that Iwakura and Inoue planned to introduce Prussia style secretly, so he took down Kowashi INOUE when Inoue came to visit him to explain (on June 30) and told his own resignation to Sanetomi SANJO, Daijo-daijin (Grand Minister).
ただし、伊藤は大隈に対してのみではなく、岩倉・井上毅が勝手にプロシア式の導入を進めようとしていた事に対しても激怒して、説明に来た井上毅を罵倒した（6月30日）上で太政大臣三条実美に辞意を伝えた。