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Show BIG BATTLE MAY NOT BE FOUGHT THIS YEAR i ST. PETKRSBl'UtJ. Nov. 2. A dis- pat.Hi from Jen. Kuropatki::. under current cur-rent date, announce that no engage-liiHits engage-liiHits were lepoited lt night. The strategists at U;h jir offii e ate generally inclined 11 br'.ieve that the expected great baltlf may be "inferred "in-ferred and possibly may nt c-ccur th.is year, though the Japanese n-.ay make a desperate effort to rtar.k Hen. Kuro-I'jlklti Kuro-I'jlklti and compel him to surrender Mukden. If Gen. Kuropatkin is convinced that . the Japanese, are now numerically su- lierior he may decide to draw off. as It would obylcJusly be urm ofitnble to rUk a get-.eral vngage:T.e!it u;iti! the vast armies to b placed under his command can reach .Mat-churl . Whatever hap-j.er.?. hap-j.er.?. however, it is not likely that the Japanese can tjke Kuropatkin nr.-awareA |