The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-09-22
Heavy Bombardment by the Jap
anese on Port Arthur Took
Place on Friday.
BELIEVED TO Be STILL GOING ON.
Fighting Between the Two Big Armies
Near Mukden is Expected to
Be Renewed Soon.
The Temper Of 6elliserents Has
Reached an Absolutely MerciIess
Stage, the Flag Of the Red Cross
Being Misused.


Russian losses in killed, wounded and
missing in the operations before Liao
Yang from August 13 to August &c.
have been received by the general
staff. according to the Journals st.
Petersburg correspondent. These
amount to two generals, 256 officers
and 21,SOO soldiers. In addition 1873
guns were lost. The material losses
include Notifications costing $50, 1000
600.
London, Sept. 1.-THE Daily Te,e.
graphs st. Petersburg correspondent
declares that a Russian statesman,
whose name. If revealed, would wing
his utterance with lightning rapidity
over the globe, asserted Friday that 1t
was his impression that the war might
end sooner than people imagine, not
through mediation, but through mu-
tual recognition of the ruinous nature
of the conflict which would lead to nc
gotiations that would result in Rus.
so-Japanese alliance.
Mukden, Sept. 19.--The armies hav-
ing recovered from the effects of the
recent fighting before Lao Yang, an
early development of the situation
may be expected. A mysterious move
ment eastward is on foot on the part
of the bands Of Chinese suitable for
military service. All the leading young
Chinese who have aided the Russians
are leaving Mukden.
Chez Foo. Sept. 19.--Local students
Of the military situation at Port Ar
thur. basing their deductions upon re-
cent developments there, are of the
opinion that another grand assault is
either occurring at the present time,
or is imminent. This opinion is based
on the very heavy bombardment Of
the Russian stronghold that occurred
on September l6, for such lombard,
ment forms the usual prelude to an as.
sault: on the arrival here of import
ant messengers from Port Arthur at
time when the running of the block.
ade is extremely perilous; on a recent
authoritative statement that the Japan.
ese siege works are completed, and
on reports from Japanese sources that
at Port Dalny an assault was expect
ed to take place in few days. These
reports were received last week.
In addition to the foregoing there is
the common knowledge that the Japa.
nese realize that their continued mac.
tivity increases the resisting power of
the Russian garrison.
According to Lieut.. Prince RadZi
vii, of the Russian army, who reached
here Sunday from Port Arthur, bear
ing dispatches from Lieut., Gen. Stoes
sci, the commander.in-chief of the
forces of the Russian stronghold to
Gen. Kuropatkin, the temper of the
belligerents at Port Arthur has now
reached an absolutely merciless stage
II was set forth in these dispatches
some weeks ago that serious suspic
ions were entertained by both bellig
erents that the other was misusing the
Red Cross flag. These suspicious have
been increased by the commission OF
various acts by the soldiers of both
armies, until now even flags of truce
or surrender are not respected by
either side.
Prince RadZiyil declares that the
men Of both armies are absolutely ven
omous in their antagonism. Lieut.
Gen. Stoessel has addressed his gar
rison saying that the present mood Of
the Japanese indicates clearly the ne
cessity of resisting them to the las
drop Of Russian blood, because II the
Japanese soldiers entered the fortres.
II undoubtedly would be impossible
for their officers to control them ant
prevent massacre. For this reason
Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel is making no OBJ
lection to civilians leaving Port Ar
thur. When the 300 women who are
In Port Arthur engaged in hospita
work were advised to leave, they re
piled that they would rather face the
possibility of massacre than deser
their posts.
In consequence of the fact that flag
of truce are ignored numbers of Japa
nese dead who have been lying on th'
slopes of the hills of the northeast de
fense for weeks past, are still un
buried, and the stencil in Port Arthur
from decomposing bodies, when tn,
wind is in the right direction, is al
most uncomfortable The Russian sol
diers, who are in some cases postet
only 80 PAGES from heaps of decayinl
dead, have constantly to wear owe
their noses handkerchiefs soaked II
camphor, as otherwise they would b.
unable to remain at their posts.