Show TOUCHY JAPAN The New ew York Herald has las a cable from Pekin from its own correspondent which says that when hen the emperor and empress of China died last winter Prince Fushimi the highest imperial Japanese prince was sent to China to attend the thc obsequies lh That t was intended to impress the Chinese government government government govern govern- ment and people and win over the regent and the Manchu princes but China did not catch catch on and a It comparatively obscure personage of minor rank was sent to Japan to make the return visit of thanks to the mikado and his people Whereupon Japan lays that up as a grudge against China and feels like resenting re re- the alleged slight put upon their imperial prince by bj China as he is second only to the emperor iu ill the thc esteem of the people of Japan The Chinese seem determined that Japan shall never obtain a dominating influence in Chinese affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs and as that is the thc dream of Japan there pre are the preliminaries of a clash between the two coun coun- tries Our belief is that if it were not for the United States Japan would pick a quarrel with and precipitate tate a war upon China within a month |