"There is absolutely no question of the Twenty-One Demands," Mi Yoshizawa continued. "There is nothing aggressive, territorial or otherwise—simply economic development. I have' been negotiating with General Yang Vu-ting beea\ Generalissimo Chang Tso-lin jgcnerally regarded as the' supreme power in North China and, at the same time, the head of Manchuria politically. General Yang negotiated with me on behalf of his superior Continuing, the Japanese Minister said that he' could not understand upon what authority General Yang} had said that the loan from America was being spent on a railway from Kirin to the Korean border. As the representative of the Japanese Gov-jemment in China he was generally, informed regarding any actions of the South Manchuria Railway, but, was not aware of this, Regarding General Yang's assertion that if such a line were constructed and money had to be borrowed for the purpose, Japan ha: rights, but no promise has been eiven that Japan could build the Failway if} China was able to so; the Japanese Minister said that this did not accord th"the facts; Japan's agreements with regard to this matter were] three in number. and the assertion made by General Yang Vu-ting ac-Jcorded only with the first.
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