New-York tribune., 1904-09-19
DEAD LIE UNBURIED.
Horrors of the Siege-Garrison Re
soLUed to Fight to End.

soIUed to Fight to End.
Cbe-Foo. Sept. 1s-According TO Lieutenant
Prince Radziwill. Of the Russian army. who
reached here last night from Port Arthur bear
snr dispatches from Lieutenant General Stoes-
sci TO General Kuropatkin. the temper Of the
belligerents at Port Arthur has reached an ab-
solutely Inerciless stage. Prince RadziwiTl saw
service with the British in the Boer war. and
he SAYS that until he became aware OF the state
OF affairs at Port Arthur he had no idea that
war could be so horrible.
II was SET forth in these dispatches some
weeks ago thai serious suspicious were enter
tained by both bellgerents that the other was
Inisusing the Red Cross flag. The suspicious
have been increased by the commission Of va
rious acts by the soldiers OF both armies. until
now even flags OF truce or surrender are not ro-
spected by either side.
Prince RadziwiII declares that the men OF both
armies are absolutely venomous IN their antag-
onisn. General Stoessel has addressed his gar
TisOn. saying that the present mood Of the Jap
anese indicates clearly the necessity Of resisting
them to the last drop OF Russian blood. because
n the japanese soldiers entered the fortress it
undoubtedly would be impossible for their off,
GERS to control them and prevent a massacre.
For this reason General stoessel IS making no
objection to civilians leaving Port Arthur.
When the three hundred women who are in Port
Arthur engaged in hospital work were advised
70 depart they replied that they would rather
face the possibility Of massacre than desert the!-
posts.
In consequence Of the fact that flags Of ,.ruce
are ignored. numbers Of japanese dead who
have been lying on the slopes Of the hills Of the
northeast defences for weeks past. are stilI un-
buried, and the stencil in Port Arthur from de-
composing bodies. when the wind is from this
direction. is almost uncomfortable. The Russian
soldiers. who are in some eases posted only fifty
PAGES from heaps Of decaying dead. must con-
stantly wear over their noses handkerch,efs
soaked in camphor
IN the course OF the assaults which +ool, nlaca
IN the last four days Of August two commands
of japanese soldiers. according TO Prince Radzi-
~ill found themselves at the mercy Of the Pms.
slams, and hoisted a white flag To this. how
ever the Russians paid no attention. and con-
tinued to voiley rapidly into the helpless ranks
OF the enemy In the mean time Jansres.
troops in the rear Of the companies which had
raised the white flag what their comrades
had done. and expressed their disapprovsl Of
the surrender by firing into their rear.
As result Of this fire from friend and foe six
hundred men were annlhnated. The dead ,eu
among the decomposing bodies OF previous as
saults- For days afterward the wounded noan
m this area raised huttering handkerchiefs in
their hands in pleas for help. but the Russians
We're afraid TO venture out to give succor.
within week the last arm had made its last
unregarded prayer for help and the shambles
was quiet but CHASTITY field OF horror.
Among the heaps Of dead the prince saw two
soldiers. one Russian and the other Jap
anese. lying locked in a death embrace. The
'seih Of the japanese we're sunk I'm the Rus
sans throat. while the Russian had forced tao
q hls fingers into the eye sockets Of hts an
tagOnist.
The prince cited this as merely an incident
1sn0ting The ferocity Of the conflict at Port Ar
tnuF The prince viii leave here tomorrow TO
rejoin General Kuropatkin.
Prince Radziwiil, another Russian officer two
civilians and one woman. the wife Of a Russ,sn
s.af officer. left Port Arthur on the r,,,,, =,
September IL on a junk and arrived bsro Lao,
night
The prince got into Port Arthur = for,r,sb,
ago carrying dispatches from Genera, t,,,ro-
patkin to Lieutenant General stoesscI when
ne landed At this port he did not make him
self known under the name given oto,.o 50,
s'l'SpoiaeAt OF The Associated Press ac-
eiaentaiiy discovered his ident.ty.
The prince and the oilioer aooor,na,,,,,,,., hin,
Confined third pags