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Show In the Orient the indications all point to an iH approaching great battle; a conflict to possibly flH decide whether Russia or Japan shall hold Man- IH-I churia and the lines of railroad to both Portf-Ar 91 thur and Vladivostok. The greatest military HH chieftains of both countries have gone to the JHI front; when the battle is joined it is liable to be HH most sanguinary and possibly decisive for months Mi to coipe. With the Russians it will be a fight to 1IH hold what they at present have, with the Japan- IjH ese it will pretty nearly be a fight for life, and HO on their part will be as desperate a struggle as H has been seen in modern times. H |