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Show By Tek-gruph. Ruthin's Position. New York, 25. The Tribune's cable correspondent at St. Petersburg, on Friday, writes, the St. Petersburg Oaz-ettc Oaz-ettc says Russia cannot withdraw her declaration, nor leave it without its practical consequences. The position of the English press only compels us to pursue more activity than before. No one in Russia wishes war. but all classes would consent to war lather than to a humiliating retraction in presence of threats, unsupported by anything else than references to a treaty directed against the country. ' The same correspondent writes on the 22nd. Russia is not ready for war, and cannot be before sprinsr. No step has been taken to place a fleet on the Black sea, or to fortify its coasts. It will need six months to arm complete, to raise the money needed for war, and to put the Nicolaiffiron-clad ship yards 1 in working order. i |