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Show CHINA 18 IN PERIL. In Caaa of War Between Russia and Japan, Neutrality la Impossible. A Peking dispatch saya: The Chi neno officials are awaking to the peril confronting China In Ihe event uf a UiiHso-Jnpnncso war. and they are greatly distressed. W'u Ting Fang haa boon urKlng the I'nltcd Btalea legation le-gation on hla own responsibility, to seek a apodal audience of the dowager emprusa and lmprea on her China's perilous position and the need of a strong army. China will attempt to remain neutral, thoiiKh douhtlesa she will tie subjected to strong Japanese pressure to parttclputo 111 the conlllct for the preservation of her Integrity. The olllclnls here rocoKulxe that the remnant of China's sovereignly In Manchuria l.s lost If Russia succeeds, and see the rillhculty of China avohb lug becoming entangled In a war on her own territory. |