Show IN PECULIAR POSITION kurapaty Kura patk n fears ch nese reaps may cut off his comman in the absence of actual news from the seat of war in the tar east the london newspapers comment on what Is believed to be the precarious alon ot general kuropata Ku ropati in who Is menaced by the poss ability of the achl nese rebels cutting his com munica eions as well as by the difficulty of divining the japanese plan of cam laign the standard which is rather in lined to be pro russian in its views admits that kuropatkin has at his disposal almost troops of in brior quality only 75 of whom we valuable for active operations while general kuroki has first class troops the equal of those in european armies under such conditions the standard says the issue of battle Is very seldom doubt ul |