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Show Calm Before the Storm in Manchuria Quiot Prevailing at the Seat of War Is So Regarded by Russian Authorities. 1 ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 26. The quiet now prevailing at the theater of war Is considered to be only the calm before the storm. There is every indication indi-cation of the Imminence of the resumption resump-tion of fighting on a large scale as the proximity of the two armies makes it Impossible for them to much longer defer de-fer a renewal of the battle. Field Marshal Oyama ls reported to be fortifying his whole line south of the Shakhe river, showing that he Is preparing pre-paring to meet the Russian onset. Not a ray of light as yet has been shed upon up-on Kuropatkln's plans. In Grandiose Vein. Viceroy Alexieff's order of the day announcing an-nouncing Kuropatkln's appointment 1 in the same grandiose vein as Kuropatkln's Kuropat-kln's order of October 5 and is regarded as having definitely established the authorship au-thorship of that ill-starred document. While Alexleff takes particular pains in turning over the supreme command of the land forces to Kuropatkln to Inform the soldiers and tho world of the marks of imperial confidence repose'd in him and to announce that he will remain as Viceroy, the order ls considered as virtually vir-tually his farewell address and that It will soon be followed by his return to St. Petersburg. Not Yet Ready for Battle. Advices from the front today indicate that the Russian and Japanese armie9 are not ready for the predicted great struggle, but the delay ls not explained. The two forces held their positions In entrenched lines within short range and maintain a continuous sniping and artillery ar-tillery Are. Several unimportant affairs af-fairs are reported, among them what is described as "'a weak effort" on the part of the Japanese to retake Lone Tree hill, which was repulsed. Beyond the general statement that the positions of the two armies are unchanged no light Is thrown on the disposition of the forces. |