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Show POSSIBILITY OF WARWITK MPS Germans Think Uncle Sam Would Have Hard Contest Against Obstacles. Germans Think Japs Will Take Philippine Philip-pine Islands and That United States Will be Forced Into War Upon Sea and Land With Brown Men. Berlin. Among Oermnn military nnd naval officers the possibility of a conflict between tlio United States and Japan has been quite freely discussed dis-cussed and the professional views taken tak-en seem to bo that Japan would take) tho Plhlllpplnu Isliinds und place upon tho United States trio necessity of conducting across the Pacific prolonged pro-longed sea and land campaigns, which would call for Immense expeditions against natural obstacles. It was known here In Juno that tho DrltlsU admiralty had considered theoretically theoretical-ly tho possibility of war between Japan Ja-pan and tho United States us likely to occur within twenty-five years, and somo of the Uritsh naval men are reported re-ported to huvo expressed tho belief that tho contest would occur within flvo years. In nny case, It Is certain that several Kuropean foreign officers w aro at present making Inquiries regarding re-garding tho temper of tho Japanese people nnd tho government of Japan. |