Navy Minister Kabayama became indignant at this revised budget proposal because it ignored the Navy's demand, and at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on December 22, he made a speech, 'You call us Satsuma-Choshu government or something, but who do you think contributed to keep this country safe and quiet today, and protected national security regardless of 40 million lives?', stressing validity of the Satsuma-Choshu-dominated government, refuting the criticism of the Navy and the government by minto.
海軍要求を無視するこの改定案に樺山海相が激高、12月22日の衆議院本会議で、「薩長政府トカ何政府トカ言ッテモ、今日国ノ此安寧ヲ保チ、四千万ノ生霊ニ関係セズ、安全ヲ保ッタト云フコトハ、誰ノ功カデアル。」という演説を行い、薩長藩閥政府の正当性と民党の海軍・政府批判に反論した。