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Show JAPANESE WON'T WAIT. Can't Afford to Let Russians Secure Further Reinforcements. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 2S.-Gen. Kuropatkin Ku-ropatkin reports that there has been active ac-tive skirmishing on . tho left fiank for threo days. The opinion Is now expressed by the general staff that tho Japanese ln- tend taking thc offensive, as they qan-not qan-not afford to wait till the Russians are further reinforced. It Is held that the fighting to the eastward is doubtless with the purpose of feeling out the Russian positions preparatory to an advance ln that direction, but as there are about 70OJ Russian troops southwest of Slntslntln, where fighting occurred on November 20, and probably twice as many moro In the mountains between Beltzaputzc and Slntslntln. any Japanese move from H1I3 quarter would entail serious lighting At j the same tlmo correspondents at the i front continue to scout the Idea of soil- , ous fighting being Imminent. , |