Show OYAMA PREPARED TO STRIKE just as soo fj jj it it Is certain negolia eions will fall r portsmouth N II 11 it seems to be taken for granted among the at tarts atti tb ot of loth die file japanese and rus hii elan start 1111 that there will be no general battle in manchuria while the peace negotiations are on oyama ta Is prepared to strike the tile the tile ne no got lations fall and thero there may be moro a or leo les outpost engagement while hile the troops are getting in position but it Is admitted on each side it either oyama or manevitch lAn evItch should deliberately bring on a rental general engagement eiga gement which cost or lives his country monid be accused of bad faith in the negotiations here and find would tn iii evitable evit ably lose prestige in the eyes of the world in the larger sense there fore it cin can bo be bald said hat that nn an armistice alandy exists in manchuria the negotiation bo be vainly prolonged and it became evident that they were to in bt fruitless the advance of ainia or I 1 ineich might be the signal for the flail rupture tho the unexpected at tack taek on port arthur might be repeated below harbin |