Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-10
PRISONERS OF WAR
Russian Garrison March Out
 of Port Arthur.
MINE EXPLOSION AT FORTRESS.
General Stsessel Fad No Idea of Con- dttions of Russian Army in Man- churia-Talks of Renl Cause
 of the War,

utaOus OI AtusSlon army Tn Nk0ns
 churia-Talks of Renl Cause
 of the War.
 LONDON, Jan. 10--Advicas from tho headquarters of, the Third Japanese ar- my at Port Arthur say that 5000 men of the Russian garrison at Port Arthur marched from the village of Yahutsui. on the shores of Pigeon bay. foh hhfteen miles to the railway station at Chang lingtzu at 8 o'clock, and the other de- tachments followed soon after.
 The Russians were taken on special trains of open trucks to Dalny, and there they were immediately embarked for Japan on transports waiting at that port.
 The long procession of the remnants of the gallant Russian garrison was a pathetic spectacle. The first arrivals at Changlingtzu were four droskies Nrawn by sorry looking horses They contained the staff officers who had re- fused to give their parole All wore their swords. as they were allowed to do under the terms of equalization con- pact.
 The prisoners were treated with the greatest respect and kindness, though they were regarded with much natural curiosity. The soldiers were given food, cigarettes and beer.
 It is reported that the Japanese con sul at Chefu has received news of q disastrous explosion at Port Arthur. A large portion of General Nogi's army has been already hurried north to Liaoyang
 A dispatch from Port Louis, Mauri- tius, says:
 "It is supposed that the Baltic fleet is sheltering either in some harbor off Madagascar or off the Comoro islands
 There are mysterious rumors here of the approach of Japanese cruisers and of the receipt of strange wireless messages"
 Captain Tsunoda. the Japanese staff officer who was sent to Port Arthur to inform General Stoessel of the mes sage of the emperor of Japan, which ordered that the garrison should be treated with the greatest considera- tion, says:
 General Stoessel's first inquiry was about the whereabouts of General Ku- ropatkin. I said did not know exact ly, but understood he was somewhere about Mukden.
 General Stoessel remarked that he had last heard from General Kuropat- kin on Oct 6. when the latter had said he would come to relieve Port Arthur soon. General Stoessel added that he had sent out Chinese spies. who had returned and reported that General Kuropatkin, with relieving army. was at Kinchau, twenty miles north of Port Arthur.
 General Stoessel then asked where the Baltic fleet was. and I told him that some of the ships had not passed the Cape of Good Hope.
 with a hopeless expression General Etoessel said:
 "'Now that Port Arthur has fallen there is no use for the fleet coming any farther
 "The real cause of the war was. in General Stoessel's opinion. the igno- rance of the Russian people of the fighting qualities of the Japanese. The first attack on Port Arthur in Febru- ary by the Japanese fleet was tre- mendous surprise
 It is reported that Admiral Rojest. vensky's squadron will return from Madagascar and go to the island of Malta, where it will await the third Russian squadron. consisting of the battleship Nicolai l. and the cruisers General Admiral Apraxine, Admiral Oushakoff. Admiral Senjavin and Via dimir Monomach. This squadron will leave Libau at the end of January. join the admiral at Malta and proceed to the far east with Admiral Rojestven- Sky's dOtilIa.