Show I A GREAT ASSEMBLAGE OF WAR SHIPS A tremendous gathering of war fleets Is reported In the Gulf of Plchill off Tien Tsln Great Britain Russia and Japan arc mightily represented but the surprise In the matter is tho great force that the United States has theretwo battleships Including the famous Oregon Ore-gon and the powerful Kentucky a big cruiser five gunboats two monitors and a torpedo tender Probably so far as our country Is concerned there Is no particular design or purpose in this but on the part of other nations such an assemblage as-semblage wouldbe apt to cause suspicion sus-picion and other powers do not usually make such demonstrations without their meaning something No doubt the allies Great Britain and Japan mean that Russia shall take notice no-tice of what they are doing but whatever what-ever desire for display this country may have Indulged fn may fairly be considered con-sidered to have passed with the agreement agree-ment to open more Manchurian ports to trade a trade In cotton by the way which Russia shows unmistakable signs of a desire to capture but which the merchants and manufacturers of this country can no doubt be depended upon to retain The Siberian railway with its great haul from Moscow cannot can-not compete with ocean carriage and then American goods have possession of the market which it Is far easier to hold than to win Russian officials cannot can-not command trade and Americans have such advantages Including the good will of the natives ns give them the call on the cotton trade of the province prov-ince |