Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-01-05
LIEUT.. GEN. COUNT NoeI.

capitulate. The document has peen
prepared and signatures attixed.
simultaneously with the conclusion OF
negotiations both armies suspended
hostilities. The Japanese army will
enter the city Of Port Arthur to-day"
Port Arthur, exhausted by months
Of almost constant fighting, decimated
by disease and casualties and hope
lessly sealed in its rocky fortress, has
surrendered. At nine o'clock'last night
Gen. Nogi, commandig the Japanese
army Of investment, received from the
Russian general, Stoessel, a note say
ing that he found further resistance
useless and asking for a meeting to
arrange terms Of capltulation. The
note was simple and direct. The Jap
anese general Immediately accepted
the offer to surrender and named COM
missioners to confer with representa-
tives Of the Russian commander.
The defense Of the position which
fell to it as a heritage after the Chi
nese-Japanese war has cost Russia
practically its entire feet In those wa
tiers. Its ships lie from Port Arthur's
inner basin to Chemulpo In Korea and
along the Shantung peninsula, bat
tered hulks of once proud vessels, or
ignominiously dismantled, interned In
neutral Chinese harbors. Save the
three or four cruisers and some lesser
craft that lie In the icebound refuge
Of vIadivostok, not warshlp now flies
the Russian cross in the waters of the
northern orient. And Japan, too, has
had its losses In the long drawn out
operations. Mines have struck from
Admiral Togo's feet list many fine
ships and smaller vessels since Feb
ruary s, when he hurled his feet at
the Russian ships In Port Arthurs
roadstead.
Dead and wounded in Heaps.
Chefoo, Jan. 3.-The Russian officers
who arrived here from Port Arthur
upon the torpedo boat destroyers which
escaped from that place have a single
word for what the fortress has been
for the last Ave days, during which the
Japanese have bombarded and assault
ca II ceaselessly nignt ana Gay. 1ney
use that word unprofanely and con-
yincingly, declaring that the horrors
witnessed were beyond description.
There was not a single spot In the
town which was safe from shrapnel'
Many Of the hospitals were hit and the
wounded refused to stay In them
Some lay in the streets on heaps q
debris, exposed to the bitterly cold
weather, and some staggered back to
ihe front, hurting stones and defyinl
the Japanese till taken prisoners OF
death came mercifully TO end theii
sufferlngs. There were five days and
nights Of this state Of affairs The
stock OF ammunition which had beer
carefully husbanded for months wa
almost gone and It was all too evident
that Japan was about to grasp thu
prize which had cost II an army o.
men and countless treasure. The cap
| ture Of 203-Meter hill by the japanese
was the garrlson's first vital wound
Then came the capture Of Rihlung
sungshu and Panlung mountains
There was no stopping the Japanese
who lived IN droves and fought will
the last instructive twitch Of thi
nerves. with eyes hxed upon thI
Llaotie mountain. stoessel had kille'
Japanese army and exhausted hil
ammunition. but they became NOR
furious, ferocious and fateful thai
ever. So the white nag went up"
sharp Criticism Of stossssI
Toxic, Jan. 3.--Gen. stoessel is be
ing sharply criticised for destroyini
the Russian warships Attempting q
choke the entrance to the hArbor o
Port Arthur and dlspatehi1E The tor