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Show GERMANS SEE WAR. Diplomats Have a Conviction of Ultimate Ulti-mate Clash of Nations. BERLIN, July 7. The conviction of an ultimate conflict between Japan and the United States appears to be widespread in Germany. It Is ono, of tho subjects certain to be referred to wherever diplomatists diplom-atists and military and naval officers, and others accustomed to follow international Politics, moot. The newspapers agree that President Roosevelt is earnestly trying try-ing to satisfy thc Japanese roquesls. They agree also that Japan aHks nothing noth-ing unreasonable. They recognize that tho difficulty lies in the question of race, the economic antagonism of tho Call-fomians Call-fomians ngalnst the Japanese and the constitutional Impossibility of Federal coercion. co-ercion. It la believed by many that, tho group or ruling statesmen In Japan are preparing prepar-ing to light the United States for tho mastery of tho r.-iciflc. regardless of the San Francisco incidents. The strategists of thc admiraltv regard re-gard a naval war betwocn Japan arid thc united States as the most Interesting problem of the day. Careful studies that have been worker! out are unfavorable to tho United States, because thc American JV?et' although of greater power than that of Japan, .wnuld hnvo to scok a fight In Japan'n horiic waters. |