The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-03-23
STORY OF PORT ARTHUR
Written BY viii Brill, the
Special Correspond
ent.

What has Only been uliittd so nttui 'Hit /
f.ussia iosi ihe -tronghold because the /
oslccrs nf the army were dissciate' in
competent and lazy
pcrt Arthur. Jan. 2V.--lt's longish
,,i frons the United States TO Port Ar
n.lr Ths time repuifsd 20 make the trip
81 esq da-s and Is hours. At least that is
th,. limo So took me. 10 he sure there
pa Il hitch in nay transportation and ]
fnissed connections NJ Toxic. which de-
Iytd ne neariy Fix months. and then I
iook q rouncabort way and rode $50 miles
rorih of tie historic fortfcss. But !
fiauy reached here and today. as a meme
bsi of personally conducted excursion
iaity arranged by Field Marshal oyamo,
sudc triunphanhy into the town.
Tor two or throe days after Port Ar
ann surrendered the lie of Field Mar
sfal Oyama was not q huppy one. Tie
taoiaby regretted that The place had
,vei fallen Ii IS act often TINT man
hos to lister to such clamor as W.
rssd among the military attaches a
correspondents attached TO she Jepancse
armies Ia tho North We wanted to see
rat Arthur and we told the hcld marshal
"a Zach une o. us told him and each
se repeated the story daily, until ho
/frsly was forced to give ia and told Us
ihai We might come down FOR week.
III we had known whas awaited us we
lsonid NOT have been SO anxious The
81 hours riae packed Ike sardlncs ID
.iTle iHird-Siass railway cer IS ye; 2
nightmare sleep was ont Of the f-s-
ii,n and 81 REQUIRED all ones ates't>n
ID keep from freeang 20 death. Bat
ni4ny We arrived and then the full force
Fr11
-fh military attaches wanted 70 see forts
cno bear descriptions of battles and lee
inres "a technical details 81 the assaults
and the defcrse. The correspondents were
f,r getting INTO tRe town with an possi-
bic sueed 1t was another clash which
Wal. settled Nv so ains .he correspond
eats from - ,,ariy ana sending us into
theh = earse on an officer and al
lowing ~ p 10 shat we pleased.
Ir Port Arthur.
ss noon iodae, after an l1-miie ride
frcu hewlqurt,es on indescribably bad
5apaness hQrses we entered The town.
To. fully haif the wiy between head
tiarteis and the toxin itself we rode
through lhe district which was occupied
~ the Japanese troops The tre.iehes
aal pmnels. the PARALLELS and saps. have
bcsn described dozens o. times but the
best possible ceseiintion gives little littls
icsa os thenN y docs not seem possible
that such extensive approaches AIS the
sapanese dug could have heen made by
l.sm. For miles the valleys and the hill-
sides arc a close network OF Eigzag tren-
sl,,s and breastworiss OF sandbaga,
Livery hillside that'odered the slightesi
protection from. the Russian FIRE is hon
II ans. rfa
az luts 1uT u sandbags where the sol-
,iicrt ~. fnemsclves from the perfect
ri.i o. shells that fcll IN The valleys from
he Russian forts pa the hnis
After passing through miles Of these
trenches and approaches we reached The
Niic haif-.lestroyed Chinese village Of
ssrsii-in. which has become famous "a.
she viiiage ID whici tlte terms Of cdpitul-
f.ci, were signed and where Gen. Nog
ana Cen stocssel first lnet. Speaking o
signing the articles Of earitulaton re-
ndnds me Of good story which q jap
aTese 81 cen told me.
Toos Tco Much Sake"
Il seems that when TIE Japanese or
fcers detailed 10 arrange for the sur
render prepared Tor receiving the Russian
Ulcers. they provided catables and drink
shlcs. The terms We're not signed unit
ofie daflg cna then ne officers devote,
a.' hour or more 10 enioying themselves
,'lc Russians were not used 20 sake.
the Japanese national drink, and
fel4ns 20 have gotten the best of them
1hfy lost their way and instead OF ridni
istk Into Port Ar'hur they turned up a
tte headquarters of iho Ninth division
They were rut % bed hy the Japanese OF
nGrs and returned 10 Port Arthur f1 th