The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-05
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Flag 81 tie Rising IA SIN ll'1 VI Nov Now
Floats Overt the ACap-,s VI
t,1rcd Citadel 8s5ss I. i53
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e HEAD tARTERs OF ~ He y JAf'4AfEsE sd
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5(Censorcd) The flag of The Rising & sun 8,
floats tto-nigh over the pturetdl citadel
or Port Arthur z n y Il
When the. news Sof3 the surrend der iof athe
fortress reached X the soldiers B yeste rda ",
Ileaping from ouths TO .rnoutt tho ia pa
inesc drew close To theirlate enemies Sand
5fraternizcd freely with them. h S St
When nigttfall ME gren = bonfi fires 70 90
In the j a panese camp like al blazin nBs hal lot
while great choruses of N 4 Banzai'' echoed
through the Hills. " t ~ H.
Tho entire ga r1ison IND q The Il nom Z
,combatants will march out of The city
JANUARY 5th,8 to the vi LA Sc q hutWei,
near tho shores a of v III geons 1say from
which place tho \ Russian officers Will
wherever they ma desire. 3iS II III
Tho prisoners 81 /. wa h will be detained
at the Russian toarra cks I'm I the llage
until they can be- transferred to t.Jal lrly5
and from there to j pa y. si u
55i8 S The 4 e Conference 3
The conference bet ween the Russian and
Japanese 4 comlrfIss sioners at hi oh. the
terms Of surrender were q rrange ed N. took
place at the village OF shuishiying at a
o'clock yestcrday Monday a fternoonba and
lasted until q clock at mis- ght.3 & .5} I.
sSSSs SSs' he Russian commanders we're Chief II
Staff Relss, Surgeon { General Bal allucchoff,
Colonel yostock d nd two other staff % e.
sficers. with two ,ilterpret ters.
The Japanese issIoners were Ma
tor-G General 1jichi, chief Of sta II q, Major
YaInaoki Dr. a riga and two other sta IT
Officers, With two Interpreters: 3Ss ss
Thus has Japan won tho great Russian
stronghold In the far East, after five
months Siege, in Il which she lost over
20 900 roldie iers. who were So put "a out Nj. Of
action fl tho ost sanguinary ana des-
perateI fighting the world has eyef seeni
$ss fhougli the intimate lon that Russians
were Wiling to sure nd was known to-
: the Ulcers OF he Japanese staff on the
afternoon Sof JanuAr3 II t. 1t was not gem.
Eernlly known to- the hundred 'thonsandz zof
the investing army unit syeste terday Non
sday.) jfss Az 4
Came as Surprise.
The surrender or the Il fortress a Il the
present time came as a surprise ever, to,
the Japanese, rs ~ he Euespe era to de lerml-
nation and scourag &c OF the Russians, Y even
SinBthe last assaults. indicate thu q trouble!
gwotld be one 70 the bitter en,l. u g.
#S It has been erid lent since the capture;
Tofg ao3 Meter Hill !, the destruction Of the,
feet ana the awful manner in&which tho,
forts guarding the western half @ of the
eastern fortified ridge. had been captured
by means Of tho cx plosionSo dynamite
mines. that the fighting ardOr5 OF Il the
garrison was dan1pened and tnat the
#helplessn css OF tile Russian position had
robbed them Of their dogged determine
8tion3 to resist every inch OF the advance
4 OF the beseigers. This llopelessness was
evidenced In the weakness OF tho oppo-
5sition$to the$rapid advance Of the Japa n
8nese on tho west flank since the fleet
was destroyed. The tremendous effect
OF thosexpl ploslons which wrecked sungshn
noun tain fort, the last OF the forts
guarding the main defenses OF the enst Il
ern fortified ridge. wllIcl, half Of the d e.
Tenders were killed and the remainder
cntombed OF. ma de prisoners, completed
tho dIsorganlzatlon OF tho defense. si
First Intimation.
n Tho first definite intimatlon l.of the
Russian intention to surrender came at i
O'Clock Il In tho afternoon OF January 1st,@
when tho Russian ENJOYS approached the
Japanese lines, south OF the village Of
gShuishsying. They were mot by II 4 Japa- n
sncse staff off lcel', to whom they delirer-
ed the lettcraot General stoessel to Cen
eral NOgI, asking to have "a time for pa r.
ley arranged u, 4 y33 * 5f
fs IN this letter, az already known, en-,
eral stoessel admitted the 8hopele essness.
OF further continuing the struggle. and
that he was prepared ito surrender in orr
der to save the lives Of the remnant
3of the brave garrison which had fought
50 long ana so we'll provided suitable
Rtorins could BIO arrange lie asked for
q conference TO settle these terms, .S
Major General Ijichl wit h$sns large es--
cort left the ia panese lcadquart tcrs at
III o clock Monday morning and rode TO
the appointed lplncc. Shortly before
O'Clock the Russian commissioners y
rived accompanied by n cavalry escort
$s3 Tho conference took place With few
gprelminaries and lasted until 8 o'clock
3at night, 553; I!.fi yias Y a