The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-11-11
cApITULATION
RUMORED
Dispatches Say General Sto-
essel Has Surrendered
Port Arthur.
JAPANESE FLEET READY
Talk OF a sortie by the Inn
prisoned Russian War
Vessels.

T LONDON, Nov. II. 1904. A telegram
from Rome says that dispatch has
been received there stating that Port Ar
thur has eapitulated.
The Japanese Legation here has receiv-
ed nothing confrmatory Of the report,
which. on account of its source, must be
received with the greatest reserve.
BERLIN, Nov. II, 1904 The ''Lokal
Anzeigero prints a Toxic dispatch stating
that Gem Nogi, commanding the troops
before Port Arthur, is fully empowered
to negotiate with Gen. stoessel, the Rus
sian commander, for the surrender of
Port Arthur. The eapitulation Of the
fortress is expected to occur today.
Japan is inclined to offer acceptable
conditions. Gen. Nogi mas been notified
that he will be held personally response
bile for any excesses by his troops.
| LONDON, Nov. HIT is impossible
to say what probability is to be attached
to the rurnors of the ending of the ghast-
| ly struggle at Port Arthur. The latest
reports represent that not only IS the
land fighting continuing there, but it is
limited from more than one source that
the imprisoned warships are about to
make another 3sortie.
| Refugees who arrived at Chefoo in
| junks Thursday say that the explosion
of the magazine Sungshushan killed
eighty of the. defenders. The japanese
| continue to excavate winter quarters in
the hillsides.
The Chefoo correspondent Of the Tele-
graph says that the military authorities
insist that two empty junks be constant
| ly kept at Liaotishan ready for emergen-
cies, and it is only when there are more
than two there that Chinese refugees are
allowed to leave Port Arthur.
They reach Chefoo in wretched
state. The soldiers take their shoes and
coats. Their emaciation shows their
sufferings from starvation. The corre-
spondent says it is a mistake to sup
pose that these Chinese wilfully lie about
the position at Port Arthur.
The fact that their movements in the
fortress were greatly restricted, and
| this, combined with their ignorance, re-
| suits in their giving exaggerated ac-
counts of genuine incidents of which
they were unwilling spectators. The
horrors they have undergone have in
some cases bewildered them, preventing
them from telling coherent stories.
| A correspondent of the Telegraph
dating his message Tientsin, says that
| while be was travelling from that port
| to Chefoo on Wednesday his steamer
I was overhauled by the japanese cruiser
! Chiyoda, which fred two shots to COM
pei the steamer to heave to, and then
! detained her fo ran hour and half
| questioning those ON board Of her.
There ore three cruisers west Of
| Port Arthur and some gunboats and
| torpedo boats close to land. The Japan
ese anticipate another naval battle at
any hour, and are quite prepared for it.
Their warships are circling around,
| closely watching for other vessels. Any
ship passing within the twenty mile
limit fixed b~ the blockaders will be fred
on.
Although the Russians have protected
the decks and hulls of their warships at
Port Arthur with sandbags and other
devices it is asserted that the Japanese
fire compels them continually to shift
their positions. They are, therefore,
about too maze another sally.
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