Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-01-05
STOESSEL SURRENOERS
PORT ARTHUR NOW IN POSSES
SION OF THE JAPANESE
The vanquished Army Permitted to
Retire with All the Honor. Of war
Admiral Roiestssrssy Must Re-
turn to the Baltic Sea.

Ahhles jan - he Text OF Gen.
Nogis telegram announcing the eapit.
ulation Of the Russian forces at Port
Arthur is as follows:
The rlenipotentiaries Of both par
ties concluded their negotiations to-
day at i.30 O'Clock The Russian
commissioners accepted on the whole
the conditions stipulated by US and
consented TO capitulate. The docu.
ment has been prepared and sigma
lures are now being affixed. Simulta-
neously with the conclusion OF nego-
iiations both armies suspended hos
tili,ies. Ii is expected that the Jspa-
ncse army will enter the city OF Port
Arthur tomorrow"
Port Arthur. whose hills have for
months run red with the blood OF the
braNvst o. o. TO- - -'Fke notions. has at
OF the japanese attack. Gen. Stoessel
most stubborn in carrying out the will
ot his sovereign. has seen the advance
6f the besieging army gain momentum
and energy until to hold out longer
would have been a crime against hu-
manity. The conditions OF the sur
render are not vet known. but in all
quarters It is anticipated that they
are such a. an honorable soldier may
accept from a brave and victorious
enemy
The authorities at ST Petersburg. In
the absence Of direct official news
from Gen. Stoessel that Port Arthur
has surrendered have not permitted
the news to become public Emperor
Nicholas Is In the south of Russia and
his ministers :. = for the time being In
the dark as to what dispatches have
been sent TO him from tine front
Toxic WAS the scene OF rejoicing.
people of all ranks finding in the out
come compensation for all the sacri-
fees Of life and money that was en-
tailed in the ten months siege
To what extent the fall Of Port Ar
thur will make for a restoration o,
peace is an open question. There i
an encouraging note in the expression
By Baron Hayashi. japanese minister
at London. of the ~hope ths; in some
way il will facilitate hnal peace. 90
though the pacific note Is perhaps lost
Ia AaAFA NhAlC VI AAAF
which call attention to the fact that
the besieging army will now - free
to 90 north. where IL will b. an Offset
TO the reinforcements Gen. kuropaf-
kin has heen receiving from Russia
since the battle Of Shahke The spir
il OF The Russian army may be Judged
by the statement Of the secretary Of
the embassy at London that the cam
paign will be renewed with fresh
vigor in the spring, and that the ns-
tion will not be content to permit
Port Arthur 10 remain in the hands
OF the japanese.
Both in Paris and London the opin-
ion is that the squadron under Vice
Admiral ROjestyensky. which started
for the Far East three months ago
will have TO retraee its way home. as
adherence to the original plans would
invite disaster without probability of
e1ecting a junction with the warships
at present in the harbor of vladivos-
tok
That Japan may not be permitted
10 retain possession of Port Arthur
without dispute Is shown in the fact
that Paris newspapers are already re-
yiving the claim made in 1901 that the
holding OF that position. commanding
the Eastern seas. by the japanese
would be 4 menace to European pow
ers.
There Is an expectation in diplomat
h. circles in 81 Petersburg that some
one OF the powers may make a ten
der OF friendly Office and the intima-
tiOn i conveyed thar the Uniiei
States may take the ir'tiative
Should this b. the case. IL could only
h upon ASSURANCES from both the
warning powers that the tender would
b received BY them in good part
Russian officers who have reached
Chefoo relate that the Port Arthur
garrison was completely worn ont by
Eve days Of continuous fighting. that
the supply of food was about exhaust
ed and tha; the limit OF resistance
had been reached when Geo. SfOeSSel
made his offer Of capifulatfon