The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-09-19
VENOM OF OPPONENTS
1t Is said Feeling Between Bclliger.
ents Is Ritter.
RED CROSS DISHONOR.
Wounded Call Vainiy Fer Assistance
and Dead Bodies In Des0mp0s-
ing Condition Lie Unhar-
led gu Battlefield.

Che o. Sept. 19.--According ts
Lieutenant Prince Radzivil OF the Rus
sian army. Who reached here Sunday
from Port Arthur. bearing dispatches
from Lieutenant General Stoessel to
General Kuropatkin. the temper of the
belligerents at Port Arthur has reached
an absolutely merciiess stage. Prince
Radzlvei served with the British in
the Boer war. and he says that until
he became aware OF the state Of affairs
ct Port Arthur he had no idea that war
could be so horrible 1t was set forth
In these dispatches some weeks ago
that serious suspicious were enter
tained BY both belligereufs tina. the
other was misusiug the Red Cross flag
These suspicious have been Increased
by the commission IF various acts by
the soldiers OF both armies. until now
even flags Of truce or surrender are
rot respected By either side.
Prince Radzivil declares that the
men Of both armies are absolutely
venomous IN taeir antaeontsFn Lieu
tenant aieneral Stoesael has addressed
his garrison saving the present mood
Of the Japa 1ese indicates clearly the
necessity OF resisting the INTO the last
drop Of Russian blood because II the
japanese soldiers entered the fortress
II would he impossible for their officers
10 control theEa and prevent a massa-
ere. For this reason Lieutenant Gem
Il
civilians leaving Port Arthur when
tbs 300 women. who are In Port Ar
thur engaged in hospital work. were
advised 90 leave. they replied that they
would rather face IN epnssibility Of
massacre than desert their posts IN
consequence Of the fact that flags Of
truce are ignored numbers ~ Jap
naeae dead. w2h have been lying on
she Slopes OF the hills az the northeast
6efenses for weeks past are stul an
buried and tire stencil in Port Arthur
from decompoaing bodies when the
stnA 81 tn the right direction ls al
most unbearable The Russian sol
dtera. who are IN Some eases posted
only nifty PAGES from heaps of decay
Ing dead have constantly to wear up
on their noses handkerchlefs soaked
IN camphur or otherwise they would
he unable 20 retnsiu ~ their posts.
In the course Of the assaults WHICH
took place la the four last DAYS Of Au-
gust t~o companies Of japanese sol
diera according 10 Prince Eaa1lvfl
found themselves "a She mercy Of the
Ra#aiana aaH raised the white flag
TO This. however TIE Russians patid no
attention and continued 70 FIRE volii@a
apaiy iuto the helpless ranks Of the
enenv. Ia the meantime japanese
tfsgps IB Inc rear Of the company that
bad raised the white flag saw what
their comrades had done and expressed
their 3iaarprosal Of the surrender by
firing into their rear "A result Of
this sirp from friend and foe 500 men
we're aunthtlated The dead fell
among the decotu posing bodies % pre-
vious assaults. For days aftevwArd
the wounded men Ira this area raised
flutteriug hAudkerehgefs In their
pleas FOR help. bat the Russians were
afraid "a venture cut 10 give aid.
Within a week the enemy had made it's
last prayer Tor help. and the shamhies
was quiet but CHASTITY feid of hor-
ror. Among the heaps OF dead the
prince saw two soldiers, one a Rus
sian and the other a Japanese lying
locked in death embrace The teeth OF
the Japanese were sunk I'm the Rus
SLAMS throat, ~hile ths Russian had
forced two OF his fingers into the eye
socket Of his antagonist
The prince cited thls as merely an
Incident deuoting The feroctty OF the
conflict at Port Arthur.
Continuing his Interview with the
correspondent, the prince said The
stories In circulation concerning the
shortage 81 ammunition and provisions
at Port Arthur are not true There
is an abundance Of ammunition for
both large and small arms and plenty
OF preserved food. The Use ~ Chinese
shells was merely saving measure
Il left Storssel In the best OF spirits
He is encouraged BY the heroic exam
pie set by the wounded men. OF whom
seoo out OF the original 5000 in the
hospital have returned Ia the front
There has been no aghting since
sept I. with the exception 81 artillery
and out post exchanges
The japanese shetis have done
great damage to the hospital and other
building IN Port Arthur, but the losses
been very slight
~On sept IL the bodies of 2seo Jap
anese soldiers were discovered between
Port No, 2 and Fort Ne. ) The stencil
fro1n the decemeozea bodies attracted
Investigation The Russian authorities
admit that they are aat able TO en-
plain what engagement resulted in this
slaughter
Prince R8dKtvti gives anatheF wers
sten frou heaFsas concerning the two
companies Of JNFansss treopa that
surrendered. Aecardln9 20 this yer
sion Japanese battery 4res nrHs an
ths two companies shen the whits
Ffag vas RAISED. wheFsnEpam the tao
companies turned 4aa charged the tat
terry.