The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-14

comp Wa blazing haIo. while rrc1t
|phoruaes oft "HarzaI" rr.pohopd through
/ the hnla
The entire pauIsou and au tho none
|comhatuuts win march out of the city
ou january tth to Kahuthwoi, whence
/ the Russian officers win Boz transported
to Dalny. and thence TO wherever they
may desire.
The prisoners of war win be detained
until they can be transferred to Dalny
and thence to Japan.
The conference between the Japa-
Inese and Russian commissioners, at
which the terms Of surrender were arr
ranged, took place at shuishying at
ID. m. on Monday afternoon, and lasted
Until o'clock at night. The Russian
commissioners were Chief Of STAFF Reiss
! Surgeon G eneral Balachof. Colonel
! Vostock and two other STAFF officers
with two interpreters. The japanese
commissioners were Major-General
Ijichi, Chief Of Staff Major Yamaoka,
Or. Ariaga and two others, STAFF OFF,
GERS, with two interpreters.
Thus has Japan won the greatest
Russian stronghold I'm the Far East af-
ter a siege in which she lost over So
600 soldiers who were put out Of ac-
ton I'm the most sanguinary and des-
perate fighting the world has ever seen.
The surrender Of the fortress at the
present time came as a surprise even
to Japan as the desperate determina-
tion and courage Of the Russians in
dictated that the struggle would be one
to the bitter end.
II was well known TO the japanese
that the destruction Of the fortress
guarding the main defences Of the
western half Of the fortified ridge made
the investment Of the place upon the
east only a matter Of a short time and
insured the segregation Of the forts
further east upon the ridge. The
steady advance Of the besiegers upon
the west flank since the capture OF 203
Metre Hill, up the valley from the
shores Of Pigeon Bay 10 the outskirts
Of the new town, enabled them, with
the capture Of the North TaiyankOw
Fort, to close IN upon the city from the
west, and segregate the Chair Hili
forts, 80 that they could be dealt with
IN detail II was evident, therefore,
that despite the most determined oppO-
sition, the investing army could ~ a
3 week or ten days closely invest and
dominate Port Arthur city, the center
Of the whole system 81 defence, "a
that the powerful forts, both east and
west, would be Isolated.
p II has been evident since the capture
Of 2O3 Metre Hill the destruction Of the
fleet and the awful manner ~ which
AZ
2 the eastern fortified ridge had beer
, captured, by means Of the explosion oi
! dynamite mines, that the fighting ardOi
? ,of the garrison was dampened, and that
the helplessness of the Russian position
had robbed them Of their logged de-
( termination 10 resist every inch Of th'
, advance Of the bcsieRcrH This hope.
lessuess WIS evidenced iu the weakness
Of the opposition TO the rapid advance
Of the JapaneFe on the west 1auk, since
y the fleet was destroyed. The tremen
70 dous effect Of the explosions which
- wrecked Suugshu Mountain Fort, tn
last Of the forts guarding the main de-
~ fences Of the eastern fortified ridge, f.
70 which half Of the dcfendcd8 we're XIII
ed and the remainder entOmbed Vi
made prisoners completed the di8or
ganizatiOn OF the defence. The subsc
quent spirited assault by the japanese
upon the principal line Of Ourtcr forth
hcations and the higher hills Of the for
tilted ridges, Immediately altcr Hh'
a capture Of Sungshu Mountain Fort
was met with feeble opposition, anC
" the night Of January igt saw the be-
o sicgers IN possession Of the upper line
e Of the fortified ridge from East Kek
q wan Mountain 10 the western eXtrc
NIFTY.
Had the garrison fought rs # ha'
previously done, this would have q
least taken days 10 accomplish an'
would have cost many lives.
The first definite iutlmatlOn Of th
= Russian intention 10 surrender cam
. on January lst, at 4 y. m, when IN
, Russian ENJOYS approached the Japa
y nese lines south Of the village Of Shul
d shiying. They we're met by Japanes
IT STAFF officers to whom they deliycre'
the letter Of General Stocsscl 10 Gen
eral NOgi asking TO have time 10
pHrlcy known, General Stocssel admit
ted tnr hOpclegsncss Of further con
tlnuing the struggle, ana that he wa
= prepared 10 surrender, IN order 10 say
the lives Of the remnant Of the bray
garrison which had fought 80 long am
80 well provided suitable terms cOul
be- arranged He asked FOR confer
cucc 10 settle these terms.
MajOr-Gencral Jichi, with . larg
10 escort, LEFT the Jaganesc hcadquartcr
% M u O'Clock on Monday morning, an
If rode 10 q appointed place. Short
before O'Clock the Russian commits
10 siOners arrived, accompanied by cav
b. airy escort. The conference took plac
70 with few Drellmlnaries, ana lasted un
II IN O'Clock a. night,