Show r RUSSIANS ARE READY TO FIGHT i J r Kuropatkin May Even Efen Assume the Offensive e OFFICIALS W WiTHHOLD NEWS I t NOTHING CAN BE PROM FROM t A received by y the i A general stair staff iset Kight are to the effect that a chock cheek has been pu put t upon the of tte Japanese to the eAstward or of Mukden and that the movement Is considered to be of lit littie tie importance ee Two reports of raids raid i upon eta es carryIng supplies for the Japanese have reached St Petersburg It Is considered probable ho however el that they refer to the samE affair though the number ot of vessels destroyed and the tte locality of the action are dif different di ferent y stated in the two General friends still sItu a as ert that he i to be In chief of the Hu sh n fo forces in Manchuria Viceroy Alexieff will ill be b received with witt much pomp upon his return urn to St Pr Pc where Le e will be q IB inthe the winter paJa palace and anci otherwise hon honored ored His return to tle te tAl fa east as viceroy at the of the war ar is ily 11 many c c n l to be quite |