Show CHINA SEES HER FINISH War Means the Downfall of the Empire JAPAN DRAWS THE LINE Will Not Make MaterIal Can CISS Ions to Russia Chinese Ministers Run Prom Legation Lega-tion to Legation Imporing Aid toWard V to-Ward Off the Inevitable BerlIn Dec 22The German Foreign office In estimating tho probabilities of war In the far East fixes Its attention at I this moment on Great Britain rather than on Japan fOl 11 Is recognized that Japan IB onlY waiting for Great Britain to give the word before beginning hOHtllltlcs Sir Frank Lazclles tho British Embas sador who returned hero from England three days ago IH understood to have Imparted Im-parted hIs Impression unofficially to tho I German Government that the British Cabinet Cab-inet apprehended that war would result I 1C Russia pcralsts In her present attitude toward Japan WAR EXPECTED IN PEKING It Is postlvoly known at Poking that the Japanese Government has drawn the line for a settlement beyond which I will not make any material concessions and that she Is determined to light before yielding what she considers to be her vital interests Inter-ests I Is bcllovcd that unless Russia concedes Important points another exchange ex-change of notes will precipitate matters JAPAN AND MANCHURIA I Is also believed that Japan will refuse any arrangement holding In abeyance tho queston allalJomont evacuation of Manchuria which was one of the terms or tho proposed pro-posed arrangement recently announced irom SL Petersburg and which It Is now supposed was Intended by the Russian Government us a Ccolor The Intelligent Chinese officials await development with the deepest anxiety They foresee the many perils menacing China In the event of war and the possibilities possi-bilities that a partition of the Empire may result from Chinas Inability to maintain the neutrality of her harbors and subjects DOWNFALL OF CHINA The decadence of the Chinese Government Govern-ment has never been move conspicuously displayed than In these times when her Ministers go from legation to legation Imploring Im-ploring other Governments to help China without any thought of China helping herself There Is absolutely no strongman strong-man among the ruling Ministers no Prince Kung MarquIs V Tseng or LI Hung ChI all are venerable conservatives like Prince Chins Wu Ting Fang the wellknown cxMln Istcr to the United Statotl tells his official colleagues ture that V he despairs of Chinas fu NO HOPE FOR THE EMPIRE I 1 see no hope he says for China The partition of the empire sooner or later Is Inevitable lie Is disgusted with the official life of Peking and proposes to resign his present position at the first opportunity |