In addition to that, because some bureaucrats of the Ministry of Finance who had been recruited by OKUMA submitted a request to stop the sale of the properties, it was rumored that OKUMA leaked the information to stop the sale.
更に大隈が登用した大蔵官僚の間にも払い下げ中止を求める意見が出された事から、払い下げ中止を目的として大隈が仕掛けたいう説が広まった。