This agreement, Mr. Yoshizawa continued, dated from 1907. Two years later another was concluded Jand cancelled the: first, while under the third Japan lent' $10,000,000 for the construction of a railway: line from Kirin to the Korean border. Thig was ten years ago, but he had not yot heard of construction of "this line started. "Not having quoted the agreements," the Japanese declared, "General Yang statement eames ah General Yang had characterised the reports that an agreement regard to. Manchuria was almost complete and ready for signature as Japanese fabrications, but. the so-called Manchurian negotiations were still "going on and he (Mr. Yoshizawa) hoped that they would be crowned with success.
"When General Yang Vu-ting charges us with being makers of false stories," tha Japanese Minister went on, "I say Iam sure we are not and we are not nceus tomed to fabricating stories, often ae this is done elsewhere, General Yang Vu-tang will give further consideration to a cool study jof the' past history of the relations between China and Japan regarding! Manchuria, he will be unable to continue "his present line, of a1 giment."
The Japanese Minister said that when he first heard of Generat Yang's statements he wrote him a personal letter asking if such sur-Prising statements really "came out of his own mouth," but up to: the present he had received no reply.
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