Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
CARS SHIPS BURN
Jap Siege Guns Play Havoc
With Town and Shipping.
GENERAL NOGIS TWO SONS KILLED
st. Petersburg Holds That Japan
Hopes For Peace Through RoOse-
veIt's and So support
Hague Conference.

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LONDON, Dec. 10.-Advicos from st.
Petersburg this morning say that the
Russian authorities evidently are not
vet satisfied as to the truth of the re
port of the destruction of the remain
der of the, Port Arthur squadron, as
the censor has not yet permitted the
publication of foreign reports to that
effect. Nevertheless these reports are
in the hands of the admiralty. where
they are considered as sounding the
knell of the Port Arthur fleet. The
only regret expressed is that they did
not go out for a final fight or sink in
deep water, where they would be be-
You'd hope of salvage.
Dispatches from Tokyo say that the
naval staff with the Port Arthur army
reports that the protected cruiser Pai-
lada was set on fire and has heeled
to port. with her stern down. Eleven
shots also told on the gunboat Gilyak.
The armored cruiser Bayan is still
burning.
The commander of the naval artillery
reports that the transport Amur was
hit by fourteen shells and sank by the
stern.
Many shots have greatly damaged
buildings near %Pheyushan.
The second son of General Nogi, the
commander of the army that IS pe-
sieging Port Arthur, was killed on
Nov. 80 in the course of the final Jap
anese assault upon Two Hundred ana
Three Meter hill. The generals eldest
son was killed at the battle OF Nam
shan hill on May 81, and he is now
childless.
The opinion is expressed in Official
circles at st. Petersburg that the ac-
ton of Japan in accepting the invita-
ton of President Roosevelt to Il second
conference at The Hague was in1u-
enced by the hope that it might in
some way pave the way for a restora-
ton Of peace.
A Tienstsin report says that General
Oku, after a three days artillery ell
gagement, has driven the Russians out
of the small lofty island of Gushan, in
the river, ten miles north of Liaoyang.
The Russians, it is added, abandoned
Il quantity of supplies and several guns
and retired to a position eight miles
northwest, from whence they heavily
bombarded the Japanese, setting lire to
kerosene gstorehouses and causing a
great conflagration. The Japanese are
still calamity holding the island with
II small force.
According to a report here, the Port
Arthur garrison, with the exception of
those manning the forts, has already
rctreated to Laoti mountain.
The. fight for Two Hundred and
Thfee Meter hill was the most. desper-
ate and sanguinary since the siege be-
gan. The opposing forces were 50 close
together that only the fort walls OF a
few yards of level ground separated
them. The struggle from start to finish
was at close quarters. with bayonets
and grenades and rifles used as clubs.
The f~erocity of the attacking Japanese
was equaled by the defending Rus
SLAMS, who died at their posts, every
where fighting till their last breath.
a Honolulu report says that the Brit
ish steamer Dulwich has landed III ia
pan 400 heavy Armstrong guns and
$500 tons of naval ammunition for the
Japanese naval yards. The guns are
sent for the purpose of regunning the
vessels of Admiral Togo's feet i'll prep
aration for meeting the Baltic fleet.