The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-09-24
SOLDIERS ARE NERCHESS.
sELLioERENrs AT PORT ARTHUR
IN TERRIBLE STATE.
Lieutenant RsdzIMl Carries Dis.
patches From Russian Commander
at Port Arthur to General KurOpst.
kin-Hs Says Red Cross Flag Is
ignored Entirely.

chefoo. Sept 20.--Aceording to Lieu
tenant Prince Radzivil Of the Russian
army. who has reached here from
Port Arthur bearing dispatches from
Lieutenant General stoessel. the com
mandeF in chief Of the sorces Of the
Russian stronghold, to General Kuro-
patkin. the temper Of the beiligerents
~ Port Arthur has reached an nbso-
lutely merciless stage.
Il was set forth in dispatches some
weeks ago that serious suspicious were
entertained by both beiligerents that
the other was misnsing the Red Cross
dag. The suspicious have been in
creased by the commission Of various
acts by the soldiers OF both armies un-
III nov even iiags Of truce or suFren-
der are not respected by either side.
Prince RadEivil declares that the
men d both armies are absolutely We
nomous in their antagonIsm. Lieu
tenant General stoessel has addressed
bis garrison. saying that the present
mood d the japanese indicates clearly
the necessity OF resisting them TO the
last drop Of Russian blood. because
u the japanese soldiers entered the
fortress IL undoubtedly would be i'm.
possible for their officers 10 control
them and preveat a massacre. For
this reason Lieutenant General Stoes-
sci Is making no objections 10 civil
lans leaving Port Arthur. when the
500 women who are In Port Arthur en-.
gagged In hospital work were advised
20 leave they replied that they would
rather face the possibility Of massacre
than desert their posts.
In consequence Of the fact that fags
ot truce are ignored. numbers Of Jap
anese dead which have been lying on
the slopes a the hills for weeks past
are stlil unburied The stencil from
decomposing bodies when the wind Is
In the right direction Is almost unen-
durable The Russian soldiers, who
are Ia some cases posted only SO PAGES
from he heaps of decaying dead. have
constantly 10 wear over their noses
handkerchiefs soaked ia camphor. as
otherwise they would be unable to re.
main Al their posts
In the course Of the assaults which
took place in the four last days OF Au.
gust. two companies Of japanese sol
dicrs. according 90 Prince RAdzlyii,
found themselves Al the mercy Of the
Russians and boosted q white nag To
this. however. the Russians paid no AZ.
iention and continued 10 Gre yolleys
rapidly right into the heinlesH ranks
Of the enemy. while the Japanese
TROOPS were ia the rear Uf the compa-
nics that hhd raised the white nag
saw wat their comrades had done and
expressed their dlRspproval Of the sur.
render by airing into their rear As a
result OF the Gre from friend and foe.
500 men were aanihilated. The dead
fell emong the decomposing bodies Of
previous assaults. For days after.
wards the wounded men In this area
raised huttering handkerChiefs in their
hands in plea for help. but the Rus
SLAMS were afraid to venture out TO
give euccor Within q week the last
arm had made its last unreEardcd
prayer Tor help and the shamhles was
quie, but RhaEtly field Of horror.
Among the heaps Of dead the prince
saw two soldiers. one a Russian and
the other a Japanese. lying locked in
a dea.h embrace. The teeth OF the
japanese we're sunk in the Russians
throat. while the Russian had forced
two Il his fingers into the eye sockets
LOT his antagonist. The prince cited
this an merely an incident denotlng tho
ferocl.y Of the conflict before Port Ar.
thur.
How Radxlvil Got Alvey.
Prince RAdEivil. another Russian Of.
acer. two civilians and one woman. the
wife of a Russian stan ofHcer, left
Port Arthur the night OF September
nc. on a junk and have arrived here.
Prince Radzivil got into Port Ar.
thur a fortnight ago.
Plenty Of Food and Ammunition.
In his interview with the correspon.
dent. the prince said:
The stories in circulation concern.
ing the shortage Of ammunition and
provisions at Port Arthur are not true.
There Is an abundance OF ammunition
for both large and small arms, and
plenty 81 preserved food. The Use Of
Chinese shells was merely saving
measure.
Il left Lieutenant General Stoessel
IN the best Of spirits He lie encour-
aged by the heroic example set by the
wounded men, OF whom 5000 out Of the
Original 5000 In hospital have returned
10 the front.
There has been no lighting since
September /. with the exception OF
artillery and outpost exchanges. Tho
JapanuAe shells, however. have doRe