The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-08-18
DEMAND is MADE
FOR SURRENDER
RUSSIANS MUST GIVE UP OR suF-
FER DESTRUCTION.
PORT ARTHUR TAPS MERCY
Non-combatants Granted Privilege to
Come out, But Otherwise surren-
der Must Be Unconditional
Russians May Fight.

der Must Be Unconditional
Russians May Fight.
Scripps- McRae Telegram.
Chefoo, Aug. IL, 5 a. m.-Port Ar
thur is on fire. Added to the horror
Of the awful bombardment the Japan
ese have concentrated on the beleag
ured garrison, flames now are sweep
ing the town According to dis
patch to news agent from Toxic,
big oil warehouse was set ablaze last
night by SHE'LL and the position OF
the besieged Is so desperate that tee
Japanese have urged them to surren-
der. The flames are reported to be
spreading. The chief danger lies in
the fact that the fire may communi-
cate with the powder magazines.
In conjunction with this news
comes the report from st. Petersburg
that the garrison's ammunition is al
most spent. With little ammunition
for the guns and great part Of the
czars army withdrawn from the
trenches to fight the flames, military
experts believe the final assault will
take place at once if the demand for
surrender is denied.
Formal Demand For Surrender.
London, Aug. 1.-THE Kobe cor
respondent of the Star wires that the
commander of the Russian forces at
Port Arthur has promised to send a
reply to the Japanese demand for sur
render by ten o'clock this morning.
The demand was delivered by Major
Yamkha at an early hour this morn
ing, and while the great fire was rag
ing.
Answer Expected Soon.
Toxic, Aug. IL, 10 a. m.-The COM
mander of the army besiegb
Arthur reports that Major amoke,
member of his staff, was dispatched
under a flag of truce to the outposts
of the Russians, where he delivered
to q Russian staff offcer the offer or
the emperor Of Japan granting the re-
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Il demanded the surrender of Port Afs
thur An answer is expected today.
i Russia VIII Not Submit.
St.Petersbrug, Aug. 17--Noon The
announcement of the mikado's offer
to allow non-combatants to leave Port
Arthur, coupled with the demand for
the surrender Of the garrison, causes
revulsion of feeling here. The orig
inal report that non-combatants would
be permitted to depart before the
storming operations began was re-
| garded as a humane and considerate
act. The war Office is without official
confirmation of the summons served
upon Gen. Stoessel, but not the slight
est idea exists in military circles that
he will yield, so long as food and am
munition hold out without fight,
even to protect defenseless women
| and other non-combatants from the
horrors of bombardment
Casualties Aboard the AskoId.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 17-The cas-
ualties on the Russian warsnip Ask
old, now at Shanghai during battle
of Wednesday last, were eleven kill
ed and AZ wounded.
No Rest For the Russians.
st. Petersburg, Aug g17.--A dispatch
reporting the resumption of the jap.
anese advance in Manchuria has Deen
received from Mukden. The dispatch
says: ''The Japanese have occupied
Sandman on our extreme left flank.
On August Is small force of the en-
emy's infantry occupied Dapindshan
Pass, our outposts retreating." Gen.
Kuropatkin wires there is no change
in the situation. Rains are falling
everywhere. The Chunchuses are ac-
tive. The Japanese are constructing
a railway between Feng Wang Cheng
and Leng Chang Wan. The cars are
being drawn by men.
England Warns Russia.
London, Aug 1.-THE Russian
cruiser Ural was stopped by the Brit.
ism steamer Scotian Aug. 18th west OF
Gibraltar. After examining papers,
they allowed her to proceed. The
Ural was recently purchased by Rus.
sia from Germany.
"a British note was today sent To
Russia relative to the sinking of neu-
trail ships which declared that unless
Russia renounced every claim to the
right to sink such vessels, warships
would be employed to convey British
merchantmen.
Japanese Casualties.
Toxic. Aug. 17.-Admiral Togo re-
ports the Japanese casualties in the
sea fight of Wednesday last at 225
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