No message was received until after the earthquake, when he received a cable informing him that the Tokio office had been destroyed and that the bank had suspended payment. Mr. Wilson then cabled Y. 1,000 and both wrote and cabled to the defendant. Again there was no reply and on September $ another letter was sent ito the defendant, ¢/o Messrs. - Dodwell & Ca., Kobe, asking for a report as early as possible. Still there was no answer, nor an_ acknowledgement of the draft of Y. 1,000. Another cable was sent on September 11, to which also there was no answer. On October 4, the defendant came to Shanghai and saw Mr. Wilson, He admitted then that he had received the three sums of money and said that he had. not made a report se he had nothing to report. He added that the Tokio office was not damaged. Asked how he had spent the money, the defendant said that he had to pay £300 for the privilege of having a telephone and he had to entertain officials of the Arsenal, but he had no vouchers.
Mr. Wilson said that the defendant was to bring him on the following day as full a report as possible. regarding his expenditure, but he did not attend. Mr. Wilson was unsuccessful in attempts to find out where the defendant was living, but some days later he ascertained there the defendant was dining that night, so he telephoned and told
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