Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-22
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Russian Prince Carries Message
from Kuropatkin to Port Arthur.
wife of Gen. stocssel In Constant
Attendance mt Hospitals-Garri-
SON Maintains n Strong
Martial Spirit.

CneLOO, sept lS.-FTinCc fNou"i'Hi
another Russian officer, two civilians
and one woman, the wife OF Russian
staff officer, left Port Arthur the
night of September 16 on junk and
arrived here last night Prince Rad
rival got into Port Arthur a fortnight
ago, carrying dispatches from Gen.
Kuropatkin to Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel.
The prince and the officer accompany
ing him brought out dispatches and
mail matter from Port Arthur weigh
ing In all 80 pounds. They were sue
cessful in escaping the vigilance OF
the Japanese.
Continuing his interview with the
correspondent the prince said: Il left
Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel in the best OF
spirits. He Is encouraged by the he
roic example set by the wounded men.
OF whom 5000 out of the original 5000
in hospital have returned to the front.
There had been no fighting since Sep
TENDER / with the exception OF ar
tillery and outpost exchanges. The
Japanese shells, however, have done
great damage to the hospital and other
buildings in Port Arthur. but the loss
of life from these bombardments has
been very slight. Madame Stoessel.
wife of the general, is at the head or
the Red Cross work in Port Arthur.
She is in constant attendance at the
hospitals and cares tenderly for wound
ed men. In addition to this exhaust
ing work she finds time to give succor
to orphans and widows and to super
intend the making Of bandages. The
soldiers consider her their guardian
angel. The garrison Is maintaining
strong and devoted martial spirit
and has great confidence in Lieut. Gen.
Stoessel, who is cheered by the men
when he rides along the lines.
Prince Radzivil declares that the
men of both armies are absolutely
venomous in their antagonism. Lieut..
Gen. Stoessel has addressed his garri-
son, saying that the present mood or
the japanese indicates clearly the
necessity of resisting them to the last
drop of Russian blood, because. II the
Japanese soldiers entered the fortress,
It undoubtedly would be impossible
for their officers to control them and
prevent a massacre. For this reason
Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel is making no OBJ
lection to civilians leaving Port Ar
thur. When the 300 women who are
at Port Arthur engaged In hospital
work were advised to leave. they re-
piled they would rather face the POSI-
bility of massacre than desert their
posts.
In the course Of the assaults which
took place in the four last days OF Au-
gust two companies Of Japanese sol
diers, according to Prince Radzivil,
found themselves at the mercy or the
Russians and hoisted white flag. To
this, however, the Russians paid no
attention and continued to volley
rapidly into the helpless ranks OF the
enemy. In the meanwhile Japanese
troops in the rear OF the companies
that had raised the white flag saw
what their comrades had done and ex-
pressed their disapproval of the sur
render by firing into their rear. AS 8
result, FIRE from friend and foe. 6OC
men were annihilated. The dead fell
among the decomposing bodies OF pre-
vious assaults. For days afterward
the wounded men in this area raised
fiuttering handkerchiefs in their hands
in plea for help, but the Russians
were afraid to venture out to give sue
cor. Within a week the last arm had
made its last unregarded prayer FOL
help and the shambles was a quie'
CHASTITY field Of horror. Among the
heaps OF dead the prince saw two SOL
diers, one a Russian and the othel
a Japanese, lying locked in deaths
embrace. The teeth Of the japanese
were sunk in the Russians throat
while the Russian had forced two ol
his fingers into the eyesockets OF his
antagonist. The prince cited this az
merely an incident denoting the fe'
rocity Of the conflict at Port Arthur
The prince will rejoin Gen. Kuropat'
kin.