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Show 8CARCITY OF NEWS. Great Battle Evidently Impending or In Progress. A Iiondon dlapnlrh anya: The cur-tnln cur-tnln I drawn again upon tho view of the progresB of (he wnr, probably Indicating In-dicating that Important event are Impending or nf ot. The explonlcma henrd at Port Arthur auggost thnt the Russlnna have renewed their attempts to remove obstructions In (ho mouth i of the harbor. All kind of rumors are current, few of which appear to have any reliable luisl. Various special correspondent In SL Petersburg report Increasing depression de-pression In Russia over (he pronpec( of tho fall of Port Arthur and any that wild reKirla are In circulation al to dlaacnalnna between tho genor-nls genor-nls and thn highest ofltclala over qucs-tlona qucs-tlona of pulley and strntegy. Tho Dally Mall gives great prominence, to a statement "froui Runilan correspond-out," correspond-out," declining that Runnla will ntaml or fall with Port Arthur, a far a tho government prentlgo with tho lower clanHoa la concerned. "Internal tronblea are Inevitable," the correnpnndenl suyn, "should the fortress full. Count l.nmsdorff display dis-play a strong personality, but hi pout po-ut Inn Is precarious and ho I likely to he sacrificed as a acapegoat to popular popu-lar Indignation at thn way the wnr hua been conducted. Although It Is nald that Oenernl Kuroputliln haa lost favor at court, no chango In (he com-mnndershlp com-mnndershlp of tho army I contemplated." |