Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-01-06

hGtslsL SlG ssrSLese coIL12os2cISTs
] Appointed 20 arrange the terms OF
! he cspt.pIa1Eo- q the Russian forces
a. Port Arra1- slgnea ne compact OF
surrender q. s:45 o-cioek last night
Toxic. Js1 The tex, Of General
Sog.s telegram announcing the cap
ttulatEon Of the Russian forces al
Port Arthur is ss follows:
TIE pIsaiCoteararies Of both par
ties concluded t1el- negotiations 10
day Ct 400 O'Clock TIE Russian COM.
misstoners accepted On the whole the
conditions stipulated by pE and coz
scented 70 cspituiate The document
nas been prepared and signatures are
now being affixed. simultaneously
With the conclusion Of negotiations,
both armies suspended hosti!ities. IL
IL expected that the japanese army
VIII enter the city Of Port Arthur to
MORROW"
Wasain gtcn, Jan. 5-Although he
had TO official news regarding the sur.
render Of Port Arthur. Count Cassini,
the Russian ambassador, mad no hesi-
tation In rei;erating what he has re-
pea teily annc1uced-,hat the loss OF
por, Arthur would not have the
slightest effect on Rnssia's det-rrnlna-
ton to fight 10 the end.
Russia Will pursue the war 70 the
end" he said, "and the temporary loss
0f Port Arthur. after such valiant
defense, can only sguT Russia on TO
an ultimate victory"
Washington, Jan. 3-Port Arthur
has surrendered. Exhausted by
months OF almost constant fighting,
decimated by disease and casualties
and hopelessiy sealed in its rocky
fortress, the gallant garrison has
yielded to its gallant besiegers ad the
end is now written Of the most dra-
matte war incident OF modern times.
At 8 O'Clock Sunday night General
Eogi, commanding the japanese army
1T investment, received from the Rus
elan General Stoessel note saying
that he found further resistance use.
less, and asking for meeting to ar
range terms Of capitulation. The note
was simple and direct and the jap
anese general Immediately named
commissioners to confer with repre-
sentatives Of the Russian commander,
They met at noon yesterday to ar.
range the conditions OF surrender.
The nature of the terms agreed upon
IS not yet known, but dispatches from
Toxic indicate. that they will be OF
the most magnanimOus character.
Chs emperor Of Japan himself. through
he chief Of the imperial STAFF, has
given public his expression that Gen.
Stoessel has rendered commendable
service to his country in the midst OF
difficulties" and that It Is his wish
that military honors be shown him.
A despatch from Toxic quotes mill
tary opinion as believing that the en-
tire garrison will be allowed to march
out under arms and may be sent to
Russia on parole. Late dispatches
have shown that the gallant defense
Of Stoessel and his men has nowhere
beon given finer appreciation than
In the land OF his foes. and it is more
than likely. that Japan will embrace
the opportunity to chow her magma
nimity and admiration OF the gallantry
Of Port Arthur's defenders by allow
Ing them all the honors which war
permits a victorious army to bestow
upon the vanquished.
The Russian Torpedo boats Skory,
Stratni, vlastni and Serdity, now at
Che Foo, have been disarmed, and
the Japanese destroyers which fol-
lowed them in have left the harbor.
It is reported that there are $4,000
sick and wounded at Port Arthur, and
man the forts.
Toxic, Jan. 3.-Ihe siege and the
defense Of Russia's stronghold In the
far east have been marked by bravery
gallantry and desperation unequaled
in modern warfare and hardly ex-
celled In military history. The story
OF the operations around Port Arthur
Is one of repeated fighting, both by
land and sea. of the most desperate
and thrilling character. Isolated in
stances OF heroism that would have
set the world ringing under less over
whelming circumstances have been
diva rfad by generally magnificent con-
duct Of both forces. BY sea have been
torpedo boat dashes OF superb recK-
lessnes.s aad big ships have picns"s%
through nina fields with heroic dis
regard to give battle or in wild efforts
to escape. BY land the Japanese have
hurled themselves against positions
declared to be impregnable. Thew
have faced and scaled rocky heights
crowned with batteries and crowned
with defenders. suffering losses that
military experts say would have ap-
palled any EurOrean army.
In the doomed fortress its people
have lived under devastating rain
of shell and shrapnel. On scanty ra-
tons, besieged on every side, know
ing that succor and escape was vain,
the garrison has fought with a stub
bornness that has evoked the admira-
ton OF the world. They met the I'M
firing assaults Of the Japanese with
a grim valor that won even the praise
of their foe, and the fighting has been
waged with "reminiscences that Of
ten refused truces to bury the dead
and collect the wounded. Over corpse.
flied trenches men have fought hand
to hand with cold steel and dubbed
guns, and at short range have hurled.
at each other hand-grenades filed
with high explosives. The whole
story Is one Of undaunted courage and
sublime bravery. What Port Arthur
has cost in human life and in money,
no estimtte of even approximate cor
Eectness can be made. The losses
have been appalling. 1t has been re-
ported that in some Of the engage
ments leading up the the recent cap
ture Of 203-Meter Hill. the attacking
force lost as hig> as forty per cent
of the force engaged while the garri
sons losses OF which no word have
come. must have been frightful.