Japanese offeiais, meanwhile, said that they had no knowledge of the Farnsworth case, Mr, Seljiro Yoshizawa, Counsellor of the Japanese Embassy hero, said he was "aston-shed" at the circumstances, and that not heard. of Farnsworth read of the case in the Bunjiro Yamaguchi, wal attache here, said that a man giving his name as Farnsworth had telephoned his office on Monday, demanding money, and that the man had later' telephoned the Embassy with a similar demand.
Japanese officials denied the ruincurs that some members of the Em= assy staff had been. recalled oF would be recalled to Tokyo as an aftermath of the spy cases, The ports were attributed to the fact that Capt, Tamon Yamaguchi, retiring avai attache, had been due to re= turn to Japan in June at the expiration of his term of office, but had Femained to supervise the visit of the Japanese training squadron to the Pacife Coast.
Farnsworth in 1927 was court= martialled and dismissed. from. the US, Navy on charges of "scandalous conduct" involving the borrowing of money from an enlisted man, anil his subsequent alleged bribery and perjury in an effort to prove he was unaware that the lender existed,
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