Questioned on the opportuneness of an attack against Britain which has advocated in certain elreles in Japan, the General merely replied: "we are doing what we should do."
Asked whether he favoured the 'eXtension of the authority of the new. Peiping Provisional Government over Central China, the General replied in the negative, stating that it would be necessary to establish an autonomous government in that area.
"There are at present several personalities in Shanghai ready to cooperate with us" he added, "but the it_ moment. for it hap not yet! arrived.
Replying to a question concerning his eventual Intention of pushing 03 far as Hankow, the General stated
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