Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-01-09
WILL GO TO JAPAN
Russian Generals Will Share
Fate Of Their Men.
LONG BLOCKADE RAISED By TOGO
Fork and SmirnoT. refusing Parole
With Half Their Officers Decide
to Become Prisoners of War.
Car War Council.

NEuF war
LONDON. Jan. 9.-Advices from the
headquarters of the Japanese army at
Port Arthur says hat Lieutenant Con.
erals FOck and Smirnoff have decided
To go TO Japan as prisoners of war
General Smirnon was in command OF
the forts at Port Arthur. and General
Fock commanded the fourth division ot
the army there. General Fock says Inc
will drill his men in Japan.
Fifty per cent of the Russian officers
will 20 10 Japan and share with thcii
men the fate Of prisoners of war.
There are five Russian admirals M
Port Arthur. ono Of whom will 20 III
Japan. Among the admirals was Prince
O,tkt0mSky. reported 10 have escaped.
Twelve foreign naval attaches have
visited Port Arthur and inspected tie
remains of the Russian fleet.
Vice Admiral S|hibeyama. command
ant at Kure. has been appointed to the
command Of Port Arthur.
Lieutenant General Stoessel will
leave Dalny on Wednesday on II Jap
anese transport for Nagasaki. lie will
he accompanied by the other parolcd
officers. The Russians probably will
remain in Japan for a few days and
then proceed on q French steamer TO
Europe, going by way Of the Sucz ca
nal.
General Nogi reports that the officers
paroled TO date number AL and order
lies a29.
The transfer Of prisoners at Port Ar
thur was completed yesterday. The
total number of officers transferred
was SIS; men. 23.i91.
The Japanese intend TO establish a
naval station at Port Arthur.
The military administration at Port
Arthur will retain only Il small garri-
son as soon as the prisoners are with
drawn and order is restored.
General Kuropatkin from Mukden
reports the Illustration of a Japanese
attempt to surprise his ENTER front
during the night and the %bayoneting of
twenty-one japanese during a cavalry
reconnaissance in the valley of tho
Taitse river. in the direction of Sian.
chan.
.Advices from st. Petersburg this
morning say that the conference,
which Emperor Nicholas has beer
holding with members of the council
Of the empire, NJ. Wittc and other min
listers and advisors on the internal ant
external situation have not yet bccl
concluded, but nothing has occurret
which would indicate that the govern
lnent is prepared to depart from IT.
present programme of continuing til,
war TO the bitter end. Nevertheless
talk of peace is heard i'll many quar-
! tiers, the foundation for it bcin.
iscribed TO Foreign Minister Lams
dorff's alleged position in favor of ;
treaty of peace on the ground that
aside from the humiliation to military
prestige involved. it would only meal
the REIMBURSEMENT of Manchuria. It
which Russia already is formally
pledged.
The belief which existed in excep
liblhdliA Wi hi'd itiIiIOllNAiE fli
clcs that Japan would follow the fal
of Port Arthur with moderate pcac,
propositions has not been realized III
10 the present time.
4 dispatch from Tokyo says that .Ad
miral Togo has issued an order abol
ishing the blockade of the Liautonl
peninsula. For the present. however
no ships except those in the JapaneS,
government service will be allowed I,
enter Port Arthur.
IT is reported that Rear .Admira
Prince Ouktomsky and Rear Admira
Dochinsky have escaped from Port Ar
thur on Il small steam launch disguise,
as sailors.
\ report from Suda Bay says thai
Vice ADMIRAL B~Otrovsky'S division 81
the Russian second Pacific squadron
consisting of the cruisers Oleg. Izum
rud. Dniepcr and Rion and the torpedo
boat destrOyers GrOzny. Gromski an(
lezity. which have been delayed there
have left for Port Said.
RuSSiuDS prnIpd nnd nouo.