Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-06
THOUSANDS WILL DIE
Japanese Must Sacrifice an
Army to Win Port Arthur.
EUROKI REPORTED TO BE A CAPTIVE
Late Resident of BesieGed Fortress
Says Russia VIII Defend 1t to the
Last-GarrisOned by $4,000
Determined Men.

LONDON, June Ga st. petersburg
dispatch says:
w. S. Smith, a brother of Samuel
Smith, United States consul at Mos.
COW, and who is in business ut Port
Arthur, has arrived here. Mr.. Smith
expresses confidence that Port Arthur
will never be taken unless the Japa-
neSe sacrifice thousands of men. He
said:
1.-The Russians had $4,000 men ut
Port Arthur at the time l left there,
and every man was hale and hearty
and prepared to fight till the last to
prevent the capture of the fortress. All
the surrounding heights are strongly
fortified by intrenchmcnts, cmbank-
mehts and gun emplacements scientific
ally disposed. l counted in one day
between 300 and 400 guns.
"The Japanese can only take the
place if they are in overwhelming force
or if the Russians are asleep, and | do
not believe the latter will occur in view
of the vigilance everywhere manifest
ed.
Before l left the Russians came to
me and asked me if | intended to stay.
desiring me to take arms and join the
fire patrol, and requesting my wife and
myself to become members of the Red
Cross. Had it not been for my Ameri-
can citizenship | undoubtedly would
have been compelled to serve. All the
other men remaining in the fortress
ga, ,,- -, 1n4r- NtvnC nIlnnrn1 IN
take out only Il small amount of lug
gage owing to the rigid restrictions
under which the railway is being op-
Grated.
Rarely Il night passed mt Port Ar
thur without ~cannonading by the Jap
anesc. The fire always opened about .
o'clock and stopped mt Is. Now awaken
regularly at = O'Clock and cannot sleep
again for four hours"
A Tientsin report says:
-Four thousand Russians belonging
to General S~takelberg's brigade have
attacked 1900 Japanese, occupying Il
position five miles south of Wafang-
ten. The Russians were repulsed, los
ing 200 killed and 400 wounded. Tho
Japanese lost more than 100 killed"
At st. Petersburg it is said that Rus
STA will stand or fall by Port Arthur
that is, so far as the prestige of the
government with the lower classes is
concerned.
In the event Of the capture of the
fortress internal troubles in Russia are
possible, and local complications and
disturbances are inevitable.
Advices from Tokyo say:
at Is suspected here that the Rus
slams at Port Arthur are communicate
ing with points on the Chinese coast by
means of wireless biography. 1t was
reported that a wireless station had
been erected secretly at the village of
Pchwang, on Takin island, one of the
Miaotao group, situated In Iechlli
strait, and the Japanese cruiser Chitcsc
has been sent to the island to investi-
gate. 1t is reported that another such
station has been erected near Shanhai-
kwan.
"The Chitose steamed in close to
Liaoteshan promontory and discovered
four masts and Il watch house near
the coast. One of these maSts evident
ly was fitted for wireless telcgraphy
operations. The Chitose reports having
heard a series of explosions at Port
Arthur and believes them to have re-
suited from hastings preparatory to
the cmplacing of new batteries.
The Japanese torpedo boat destroy
er Ikazuchi has discovered and explod-
ed a large mine off Sanshan island at
the entrance to T~alienwan bay.
1.-The Japanese naval authorities en-
gagged in clearing out the mines in the
vicinity of Talienwan bay are employ
ing Japanese shell divers from Kushiu
province for the purpose. These divers
volunteered for this work and are Won
derfully expert. 1t is said that with
their diving paraphernalia they can
stay under water for half n day at a
time. Hundreds of Japanese fishermen
are volunteering to assist in clearing
away Russian mines, and 1t is proba-
BILE that some of them will be used for
this work. These voluntary offers are
taken to illustrate the unity of the
Japanese people in the war"
Reports from Newchwang say that
two carrier pigeons have arrived from
General Stoessel at Port Arthur. The
Russians will not divulge the mes
sages carried by the birds, but declare
they contain good information and are
very cheerful since the pigeons ar
rived.
The Russians are printing a newspa-
per in Chinese Mt Mukden for the pur-
pose of influencing the natives. The
latest copy received at Newchwang
says that the Japanese attempted to
float a second loan In America for 3d.
100, 600 but was coldly rejected. Other
contents of the paper explains that the
Russian loss in the Yalu battle was
due to the preponderance of Japanese
cavalry and says also that the Rus
slams will soon dictate peace terms i'll
Tokyo and that the leading Japanese
statesmen will be reduced to rikisha
coolies.