The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-11-17
Cen. ST0ESSEL'S S
LAST APPEAL
It is Rumored That the Raj
toropny Had Dispatches
Asking Permission
to Surrender.
OFFICERS AND CREW SILENT
North Sea Negotiations Halt
a q Beckendorff May Be
Recalled.

mored here that the dispatches Brought
by the. Raztoropnk included one from
General Stoessel to the Gar, in which
he asked whether he should continue to
hold out, awaiting relief, or, in view of
the garrison's condition, make the most
advantageous terms possible with the
japanese for surrender. On this point
the commander and crew of the Raztoro-
pliy are, Of course, silent. They did at
tempt, indirectly, to give the impression
that affairs We're not so desperate at
Port Arthur as had been reported
The Raztoropny brought with her
copies Of the .sNeva Krai,n Port Arthur''s
military daily, in which it is said that the
Russian Battleship Retvizan surprised
and sank a japanese torpedo boat de-
stroyer on November IL, while the de-
stroyer was engaged in laying mines.
The men of the Raztoropny confirm
the. report that General Stoessel, Russian
commander at Port Arthur has been
wounded.
LONDON, Noy. II, 1901 The Chefoo
correspondent of the "Daily Mail7 says
that the Raztoropny started from Port
Arthur at midnight. Her engines We're
run at full speed, but she was unable to
make more than ten knots owing to the
big seas that swept her deck. The sever
ity Of the gale, added to the fear of pur-
suit, kept the crew under an anxious
strain. The gunners did not leave their
posts, and the commander was on deck
throughout the passage.
The correspondent boarded the Raz-
toropny upon her arrival and found that
her commander spoke English. The 9TH
er two officers and the crew of fifteen
men looked strong and healthy and were
in high spirits. They were we'll clad and
neat, but the interior of the vessel was
dirty. Tie commander alluded to this
apologetically, saying. eve have had
little time to clean up. The crew have
been busily greasing torpedoes and tor
pedo tubes, anticipating a fight as we
left the harbor."
A fat bulldog puppy ywas walking ON
the deck The correspondent saw in a
storeroom fresh meat, bottled beer and
packets Of tobacco and cigarettes.
The Telegraph's Chefoo correspondent
says he is officially informed that the
Raztoropny brought no dispatches from
Port Arthur. Fer commander trans
mitted the following message to the
Czar:
.sThe Japanese attacks have been
everywhere repulsed. No main forts have
been taken
According to the Shanghai correspon-
dent of the Morning Post the garrison
at Port Arthur attacked he Japanese on
the night of Nov 13, but were driven
back with heavy losses. The Japanese
have nearly finished the work that is de-
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