Show FORTY PACES APART japanese and russian soldiers art are almost in touch at of which town the por corthern thern half Is in russian hands and the southern hall half Is held by japanese the trenches are paces apart and it Is possible in the silence of the night to distinguish the voices of the japanese bays says a mukden dispatch sometimes the men on both sides strike up a conversation many ot of the japanese speaking excellent eicel lent russian the soldiers eold sold lers good natu abuse one another and pass invitations to come and take dinner or drink tea often the japanese tantalize the russians by showing them that they have vodka to drink and of which the russians have none the japanese continually allowed the russians to gather fuel on neutral ground at lind when they were unarmed then they suddenly fired killed two russians and wounded one while the trenches are paces apart the russian and japanese pick ets are now only forty paces distant from each other but there Is no firing one japanese sentry tell fell asleep at his post 8 t and a ruthian rl an soldier left the freacher Er encheff eg cl ariu I 1 nd stole his gun and return returned n w without f awakening him the japanese at one time attempted to dig tren trenches chet fifteen paces away from the russians but they were driven off |