Show I u 1 5 FEAR RISE OF MIKADO Russia Russi Feverishly Prep Preparing ring to Meet Japs Should Second f t War Jar Arise I St. St Peter Petersburg burg eg Dec Dee 1 1 Convinced Con that Japan allun will soon try to surprise surp c Russia by an nn unexpected renewal i of or hostilities ouch uch as 08 marked malke the openIng open open- lug Ing ig o of ot th the lat late war vat the czars czar's war is straining o cr every y n nerve I e to meet the mikado o on a mora moore equal footIng footing foot- foot Ing ng than before S Troops and amid means of oC transportation are ve being prepared and amid factories fac fac- tories orles for Cor the manufacturing of oC militar until until- tar tai tary supplies are arc working overtime At the same fame time the finance tm-i tm ry is la doing everything in Its ite power to to o replenish tho ho treasury and F reign Minister Iswolsky is hurr hurrying to o conclude friendly arrangements with England and America S It Is expected that the prospective struggle will be he over o Japans Japan's fIshery Osher an and nd commercial claims in iii the Amur mul mulan an and nd Trans Trans-Baikal l' l regions glons The Russian Ian press Is Ignoring Ut thit crl lisis lest let It depreciate the value or oft I IHu Hu securities s and amid prevent the proposed pro pro- posed an I |