After the Siemens Incident (1914) blew off the first Yamamoto Cabinet, a popular politician Shigenobu OKUMA formed his second Cabinet counting on a coalition of such parties as the Rikken Doshikai, the Supporters' Association of Count Okuma, and the Chuseikai.
シーメンス事件によって第1次山本内閣が倒れたのち、民衆に人気のある大隈重信が立憲同志会、大隈伯後援会および中正会を与党として2回目の組閣をおこなった。