Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-19
'JAPS ATTACK AGAIN
Assault on Port Arthur Nov
In Progress.
HORRIBLE SCENES OF CARNAGE
Prince RhdzIviII's Stay of Siege
Awful FerOcity of Both Armies.
Fields Filled With Decay
ing Bodies.

Fields Filled With Decay
= ing Bodies.
CHEFU, Sept. 10. - Local students
of the military situation at Port Ar.
thur, basing their deductions upon re.
cent developments there, are of the
opinion that another grand assault is
either occurring at the present time
or is imminent. This opinion is based
On the very heavy bombardment of the
Russian stronghold that occurred on
Sept. 16, for such n bombardment
forms the usual prelude to an assault;
on the arrival here of important mes
sengers from Port Arthur at a time
when the running of the blockade is
extremely perilors, on Il recent author
itative statement that the Japanese
siege works are completed and on
Port Dalny an assault was expected to
take place in Il few days. These re-
ports We're received last week.
In addition TO the foregoing, there
is the common knowledge hat the
Japanese realize that their continued
inactivity increases the resisting pow
er Of the Russian garrison and their
consequent desire to make such period
of inactivity as brief as possible.
According to Lieutenant Prince Rad
Zivil of the Russian army, who has
reached here from Port Arthur bear
ing dispatches from Lieutenant Gen
eral Stoessel, the commander in chief
of the forces of the Russian strong
hold, to General Kuropatkin, the tenn
per of the belligcrents at Port Arthur
has reached an absolutely merciless
stage.
Prince Radzivil served with the Brit
iSh in the Boer war, and he says that
until he became aware of the state of
affairs at Port Arthur he had no idea
that war could be so horrible.
1t was set forth in these dispatches
some weeks ago that serious suspi-
cions were entertained by both belliger-
ents that the other was misusing the
Red Cross flag. The suspicious have
been increased by the commission of
various acts by the soldiers of both
armies, until now even flags of truce
or surrender are not respected by eli
Their side.
Prince Radzivil declares that the
men of both armies are absolutely ven
omous in their antagonism. Lieuten-
ant General Stoessel has addressed
his garrison, saying that the present
mood of the Japanese indicates clearly
the necessity of resisting them to the
last drop of Russian blood. because if
the Japanese soldiers entered the for
tress it undoubtedly would be impos-
sible for their officers to control them
and prevent Il massacre. For this rea-
o Lieutenant General Stoessel is
making no objection to civilians leav-
ing Port Arthur.
When the 300 women who are in
Port Arthur engaged in hospital work
We're advised to leave, they replied
that they would rather face the pos
.sibility of massacre than desert their
posts.
In consequence of the fact that flags
of truce are ignored numbers of Japa-
nese dead who have been lying on
the slopes of the hills of the northeast
defcnses for weeks past are still I'M
buried, and the stencil in Port Arthur
from decomposing bodies when the
wind is in the right direction is al
most unbearable. Tile Russian sol
diers, who are in some cases posted
only fifty PAGES fromeheaps of decay
ing dead, have constantly to wear over
their noses handkerchiefs soaked i'll
camphor, as otherwise they would be
unable to remain ut their posts.
In the course of the assaults which
took place in the four last days of
August two companies of Japanese
soldiers, according to Prince Radzivil,
found themselves at the mercy of the
Russians and hoisted a white flag. TO
this, however, the Russians paid no
attention and continued to vOlley rap
idly into the helpless ranks of the enc
my. In the meantime Japanese troops
in the real of the companies that had
raised the white flag saw what their
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disapproyal of the surrender by firing
into their rear. AS Il result of this fire
from friend and foe 600 men were an
initiated. The dead fell amoAg the
decomposing bodies of previous as
saults. For days afterward the wound
ed men in this area raised fluttering
handkerchiefs in their hands in pleas
for help, but the Russians were afraid
to venture out to give succor. Within
a week the army had made its last un-
regarded prayer for help, and the
shambles was Il quiet but CHASTITY field
of horror. Among the heaps of dead
the prince saw two soldiers, one Il Rus
sian and the other a Japanese. lying
locked in a death embrace. The teeth
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