Show Great Britain Is said to be putting her heavy hand In the Japanese side of the balances and the story is that Russia shows signs of yielding It la I further explained that the readiness of Great Britain for war and the number c of men she has In her forces who have been under fire form an Important makeweight In the consideration of the question It Is this latter portion of the dispatch which throws doubt upon the whole of It Great Britain IS always supposed to be ready to go to war but in fact never is as the Crimean Cri-mean horrors and the Boer war have abundantly demonstrated But as this would at first be a naval fight If there Is I to be a fight at all no doubt Great Britains readiness so far as that is concerned may be taken for granted for the tradition of the supremacy of Great Britain on the sea still holds good |