The Kenkyukai then suspected that the failure to make a Cabinet was caused by Hirata who was jealous of Kiyoura and also by string-pulling by the Sawakai, causing frictions between the parties.
更に研究会側がこの流産を平田の清浦への嫉妬と茶話会の策動のためではないかと疑って両会派の不和の原因となった。