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Show PREPARING FOR TROUBLE. I Japanese and Russians Getting Ready Ej for Big Fight at Mukden. M Whatever may bo happening in tho 13 far cast thcro Is littlo definite Infor- S mntlon from any quarter. The armies 9 in tho vicinity of Mukden appear to bo ra limiting their activities at present to II feeling tho positions of their adver- W carles. It Is supposed to bo the plan SutBta of tho Japaneso to possess themselves fUZmjg of tho passes of tho Da mountain f rango before mnklng a direct movo- mont on Mukden. Strategic and po- j lltlcal conlderatlons seem to mako it i essential that General Kuropntkln mako a stand thcro nnd provont tho town from being mndo tho winter headquarters of tho Japanese, whllo i tho lack of adequato facilities elsewhere else-where for tho housing of troops dur- Ing a rigorous Mnnchurlnn winter I mnko It necessary that the Japaneso bend nil their energies to tho capture of that town. I |