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Show JAPS WAITED TOO LONQ. Neglect of Mikado' Force to Act Enable En-able Ruxaian to Retreat Again the chance of a decisive battle bat-tle between General Kuropatkln and the commander of the Japanese army cem to be disappearing. According to a statement Issued by the general tnIT at Bt. Petersburg, rains are agiln falling over a widn area of Manchuria, with the prospect of Impeding operations, opera-tions, but even more Iraporlnnt la the Information from an exceptional source tbat the Japanese have once more delayed to long. General Kuropatkln has now withdrawn with-drawn the bulk of hi army safely north nf Llan Yang, leaving only ft strong rear line to contest tho advance ad-vance when It comes. According to this Information, th Japanese have about nnn.noo men tn tha armies operating agnlnst Kuropatkln, Kuropat-kln, rendering It too numerous for blm to rlBk a general engagement |