Some minken (democratic rights) activists, against the suppression of the government, began to change into radicals urged by an idea that they could not avoid use of force in overthrowing the repressive government in order to establish a 'truly superb Diet', which caused confrontations to occur in various places.
民権派の一部にはそれに対抗する形で"「真に善美なる国会」を開設するには、圧制政府を実力で転覆することもやむなし"という考えから急進化する者も出始め、各地で対立が起きていた。