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Show PREPARINQ FOR WAR. ri(tUaf irenglh of Hn.al la rietn tee-neatly luereaaert. The flursian navy Is new second to that of England nnd Is n-n.g urength-nd urength-nd every month by th addition, of new h.p-i. wrltra William' K Turtle In the Chicago It. cur l H.-rnid. It clalme the fastest torpclo host In the world, which waa designed hy Unkoveno. a Kuaalan engineer, anil waa built with great e.crei y In a French shipyard. II la rigar-alniiicil, tapering to aharp polnta nt both ends, and filled with powerful machinery, which drlvja Ita triple arnwa with a ape d of 40 mllea) an hour. It ran carry fuel for a crulae of 3,0oU mllea, nnd It la claimed that It enn croaa the Atlautlc in three daya and a half. The llualane are getting ready for an emergency, which mean, a war with j Japan, and are Increasing their navy , and putting their army In fighting con- j dltlon with grent energy and at great expenae. The army hna recently been completely reorgnnlxed and provided with new equipment.. The Husalana unloaded l.nno.oon rlfl nf obsolete pattern pat-tern upon the Chlneae government and auliMtlliitcd new onea of long range, high power and .mall rulttier. Thoae were Russian guna whlih the Uoxerg fired at the llrltlsh embasay In Peklo during the recent hlego. ' ltuenla hna II! flrat-elaaa battleahlpa. 12 armored cruleera, 11 flrat-rlaaa crula ' era. and l'J6 torpedo boats. The loweel : estimate of the peace strength of the Ititaslnn army under the pre.ent re-organltallnn re-organltallnn alnce January 1, 1001, la 42.000 ollicera nnd 1.100,000 men, and the war footing of 75,000 offlcera and 4,500,000 men, whlrh la It million mora than the present numerical atrength. When the veaaela now under construction construc-tion are completed the Ruaalan navy ; will be Increased by 113 ahlpe of alt clnaaea. Including 24 battleship., 21 rrillsern, 41 gunboats, 85 torpedo boat dratroycra nnd 46 turpi lo boata. Fifty ttbmarlne boata are alno under con- ;i atructlun. J |