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Show BOARS I United States May Be , in Conflict With Japan ' H ' uiv i. H New York, March 4. The immedh H ate future of the world promises some: H big wars. In the opinion of Charles H A. Towne, former United States sena- jH tor from Minnesota, who cany , to r jH New York to make the chief aduress 1 jH at the annual meeting of the Inter- j H national Peace Forum H "Even our own country can't boast jH much of its peace proclivities," he H said, "considering the way it has ; M treated the United Stntes of Colom-" j v-W bia in the Panama matter. Germany' H and England are In exceedingly sen?!-. Ifl tlve relations just now and so aro Ja- H pan and the United States. China,, IH too. soon may fall into a state of nb- H solute anarchy, and there are bound H to be clashes if it comes to dividing i M China ui) among the powers. H "We have done a danuerous thing H In building the Panama canal. Gqr.-r j H many, Franco nnd England are all . H speking the Pacific markets. We aro- , ; H shortening the route to tho Pacific -- for these countries by 2,500 miles by H building this canal. I hope there will - IH he unhersal pence before the canal H is opened. The world is in a solemn ( H situation now." H |