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Show HOPE FOB PEACE. But at the Same Time Russians Continue Con-tinue to Prepare for War. Russia's attitude Is described by a prominent diplomat as follows: "Tho government Is now for peace, but continues to prepare for war." Tho whqlo situation wlthroferonco to tho prosecution of tho war Is being carefully considered from every point of view by a commission sitting under un-der tho presidency of Grand Duke Nicholas Nlcholalevltch, Inspector gonoral of the navy, and consisting of Minister of War Sakharoff, Vico Admiral Ad-miral Avollnn, head of tho Russian ndmlrnlty department; Minister of Finance Kokovsoff, Minister of Rail-roads Rail-roads Hllkoff, Foreign Minister Lams-dorff, Lams-dorff, Qonerals Grodekqff and Kama-roff Kama-roff and Boveral others. Evory phase of tho situation, military, naval, financial, finan-cial, transportation, Siberian and diplomatic dip-lomatic Is being covorod. Tho commission's com-mission's report, which Is expected to be completed In ten days, will bo prepared pre-pared by Grand DuUo Nicholas Nlcholalevltch Nlcho-lalevltch and Generals Grodekoff nnd Kamaroff for submission to tho em-poror. em-poror. C |