Show EXPECT GREAT BATTLE russians putting their hopes in great victory upon the water the outburst ot of enthusiasm aroused in military and naval circles at the prospect of a sea fight which may change the whole complexion of the war finds no echo in ili the lib liberal press of st petersburg P eters burg which views with something akin to alarm even the remote possibility of a turn of fortune which would strengthen the govern ment at home the chauvinistic or gans however are filled with long articles discussing admiral rodest a chances but they are all based on the theory that the whole squadron has reached the china sea the eremya highly commends the admiral tor for having safely accod the difficult feat of bringing the squadron through declaring the die Is now cast the bourse gazette manifest undisguised pleasure at the scare in british shipping circles and the flurry in insurance rates p produced by the sudden appearance of the rus rua sian squadron oft off singapore after the british had convinced themselves that the squadron would never go to the far east japan says the bourse gazette now low stands to lose the mastery of the sea together with the fruits of all her successes on land |