A number of persons were sleeping on the premises at the time of the outbreak and, considering the rapidity fine and five years imprisonment. bond offer, he revealed, was to have expired on New Year's Day.
The Japanese Consul-General, Mr. Kosaku Midzusara, said that he had no knowledge of Mr. Kent's investigations. He stated that he did not know of any efforts being made to sell unregistered bonds and asserted that he had not delivered any abnormal amounts of money to Japan in the past year.
However, the Japanese officials said that possibly some individuals had Zone^to Tokyo, bough: bonds there and returned to Hawaii where they might have attempted to sell them.
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