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Show CHINA WILL ENTER DENIAL. Celestials Will Claim to Have Observed Ob-served Neutrality. Tho noto of Secretary Hny relntlvo tcj tho Russian chanro of violation by China of tho laws of neutrality which Is to bo presented to tho Peking authorities author-ities by Mr. Coolldgo, tho socrctnry of tho Amorlcnn legation nt Poking, will, It Is expected, bo rather welcomed by the Chinese government ns Affording It a proper opportunity to mnko formnl reply to tho Husslnn chnrges. It Is certnln thnt there Is nothing In Secretary Secre-tary Hay's noto In nny degroo menacing menac-ing or calculated In nny wny to touch tho pride of tho Chinese. It Is further believed thnt tho Chinese government In nntlclpatlon of such nctlon by tho secrotnry of stato, has practically prepared pre-pared Its defense. This will amount to n sweeping denial of tho accuracy of tho Russian charges upon many points anil a declaration that whero tho Russian statements nro founded on fncts they dt not constitute vloln-tlons vloln-tlons of tho lnw of neutrality, as accepted ac-cepted by tho powers. |