The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16
ADMIT FORTRESS
IS NOW DOOMED


ST. PETERSBURG, December g.
With the confirmation o. the news that
the japanese have occupied 203-meter
hill and the report that the Russians
unsuccessfuly attempted its recapture,
officials at the War Office are begin
ming to prepare themselves for the in
evitable. Golden hill and Liaoti hill are
higher and dominate 203-meter hill. but
the officials say that If the Japanese
succeed in mounting heavy guns upon
the latter it probably will be only a
question of days or weeks before the
fortress falls. Still there Is not the
! slightest idea among General StoesseTs
friends that he will surrender, even IL
he should be ordered to do so. 1t Is
hinted that it is possible that If the
fall of the fortress is shown to be in
| evitable, the Emperor may direct its
surrender in order to prevent the un-
necess sary sacrifice of the remnant of its
brave defenders; but it is believed by
those who know Genera, Stoessel best
| that he will make good his threat to
| hold out to the last man and last
cartridge in Port Arthur.
! The ships in the barbor, it can now
be stated on high authority, are in no
condition to attempt to break through
the investing squadron. The guns of
the war ships were long ago landed
and the marines and sailors have been
participating in the land defense. Some
Of the ships also have been injured by
shells. If the fortress falls it is under
stood the ships will be taken outside
and sunk in deep water, in order to
prevent the possibility of their ever
being of service to the enemy.
TALK OF BLACK SEA FLEET.
The question of the advisabilitv of
re-enforcing Vice-Admiral Rojest-
vensky's squadron with the Black sea
q, fleet is again being agitated by some
of the papers, notably the Novoe
Vremya, which points out that, with
the addition of the Black sea vessels,
Rojestvensky will have superiority
which will insure victory over Admiral
| Togo's fleet. The Novoe Vremya calls
| attention to the fact that japan was
not one of the signatories of the treaty
closing the Dardanelles, and asserts
that If Japan had the power she might
force an entrance into the Black sea
| and engage the Russian fleet. Con-
| versely, the paper continues with
! the consent of the Porte there
/ is nothing in the treaty to pre-
vent the exit of the Black sea fleet to
| fight some power which Is in no wise
| involved in the treaty. 1t is argued
that Great Britain is the only power
4 W oh n 10 lSn
over the iuncture of the two fleets.
| The project was warmly advocated by
some of the officers of the Admiralty
before the war, but it never was sane
toned, and the Admiralty does not
admit that the subject has been re-
vived. Neither does the Foreign Office
admit that any pressure is being eX-
ercised to secure the consent of the
| Porte for the pa assage of the Darda-
nelles by the Black sea fleet.
900 90 . ess
Territory of Hawaii VS.. Tai Chong,
charged with common nuisance.
w. F. Harris yesterday filed in the
Circuit Court his bond in the sum of
$4,000 as administrator of the estate
OF the late f. j. Walker. The Pacific
| Surety Company is the bondsman.
| John Walker has filed his answer to
/ the suit of Lord * Belser in the injunc-
tion proceedings brought to restrain
the Commissioner of Public Works
from granting Walker the contract to
construct the Alakea street slip. Walk
er sets up a general denial of the al
legations of the complaint which grew
out of a question of whether an order
on a perfectly solvent firm could be
accepted by the Commissioner of Pub
lie Works in lieu of a certified check
The federal grand jury was in ses-
sion all day yesterday, looking into
the alleged frauds at the last elections.
The witnesses We're all Democrats, the
most conspicuous among them being
Hon Curtis Iaukea, who took nearly
all the afternoon to tell his troubles
and then, it is said, did not get
through. In fact, there is curren,
belief that the Coloners troubles have
only just begun. He will have a lot
more when he gets to Washington.
Administrator Cecil Brown filed hi!
II inventory as administrator of the es
tate of the late Kenahu Brenig in tn,
, , Circuit Court yesterday. The total val
y y ue of the property is $19ls5.
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Can be cured by commencing at the
- first symptoms to use Chamberlain