The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-09-23
HORRORS OF WAR.
A MerciIess Stage Reached in Siege of
Port Arthur.

Chefoo. Sept. 2o.-According to Lieu
tenant Prince RadZivil. of the Russian
army. who reached here from Port Ar
thur bearing dispatches from Lieuten-
ant General Stoessel. the commander
in chief of the forces OF the Russian
stronghold, to General Kuropatkin, the
temper of the belligerents at Port Ar
thur has reached an absolutely merci-
less 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 g that suspicious were
entertained by both belligerents that
the other was misusing the Red cross
flag. These suspicious have been in
creased by the commission of various
acts by the soldiers of both armies, I'M
til now even flags of truce are not re-
spected by either side.
Armies Are Venomous.
The prince declares that the men of
both armies are absolutely venomous
in their a~ntagonisln. Lieutenant Cen
eral Stoessel has addressed his garri-
son 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 enter the fortress it
undoubtedly would be impossible for
their officers to control them and pre-
vent a massacre. For this reason Lieu
tenant General Stoessel is making no
objections to civilians leaving Port Ar
thur. When the 800 women who are
in Port Arthur engaged in hospital
work Were advised to leave they re-
piled that they would rather face the
possibility of massacre than desert their
posts.
Prince Radzivil, another Russian Of
ficer. two civilians and a woman, the
wife of q Russian staff officer, left Port
Arthur the night of September 16 on
n junk and arrived here last night.
Prince Radzivii got into Port Arthur
q fortnight ago. CARRYING dispatches
from! General Kuropatkin to ]1ieuten-
ant Stoessel. When he landed. in this
port he did not make himself known
undei the name given, but the CORE
srondent OF the Associated Press ac-
~cidentally discovered his identity.
The prince and the officer accom-
panying him brought out dispatches
and mail matter from Port Arthur
weighing in all eighty pounds. They
We're successful in escaping the vigil
lance OF the Japanese.
Continuing his interview with the
correspondent, the prince said:
The stories in circulation concerning
the shortage of provisions at Port Ar
thur are not true. There is an album
dance Of ammunition for both large
and small arms, and plenty Of pre-
served TODD.
of spirits. He is encouraged by the
heroic example set by the wounded
men. OF whom 5000 out of the original
5000 in hospitals la returned to. the
front.
There has been no fighting since
September / with the exception of out
post exchanges.
The Japanese shells have done great
damage to the hospital and other
buildings in Port Arthur, but the loss
of life from these commandments has
been very slight.
Soldiers Guardian Angel.
In consequence of the fact that flags
of truce are ignored. numbers Of jap
anese dead, who have been lying on the
slopes of the hills of the northeast de-
lenses for weeks past, are still unburied
and the stencil in Port Arthur from de-
composing bodies. when the wind is in
the right direction, is almost unbear-
able. The Russian soldiers, who are
in some cases posted only fifty PAGES
from heaps of decaying dead. have
constantly to wear over their noses
handkerchiefs soaked in camphor. as
otherwise they would be unable to re-
main at their posts.
White Flag Don't Count.
In the course of the assaults which
took place in the four last days of Au-
gust w companies of Japanese SOL
c:e:s. nss"Iding to Princ Radzivil.
found themselves at the mercy of the
this. however, the Russians paid no at
tent!on. and continued to volley rapidly
into the helpless ranks of the enemy.
IN the meantime Japanese troops in the