Soho TOKUTOMI attributed the true failure of the cabinet to Saionji's excessive dependence on Katsura, his 'sworn friend'; Soho criticized the cabinet by saying, '(SAIONJI) depended on Buddha (KATSURA) and went down to the hell (resign en masse).' (Taisho seikyoku shiron [A Political History of the Taisho Era]) |
なお、徳富蘇峰は「(西園寺は)仏(桂)を頼んで地獄(総辞職)に落ちた」と評し(『大正政局史論』)、西園寺の度を越えた「盟友」桂への依存が政権崩壊の真の原因と評している。 |