Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-01-03
is ST0ESSELL
PLAYING FAIR?
Japanese Newspapers Think He
Should Not Have Destroyed
Ships or Blocked Port.
JAPS OCCUPY FORTS
Russian Generals and Officials Allowed
to Wear Their Swords Back to
Russia.

Toxic, Jan. 3.-Comment in naval
circles here upon General StoessePs
action in destroying Russian warships
and attempting to choke the entrance
to the harbor of Port Arthur and dis
patching torpedo boat destroyers to
| Che Foo, subsequent to his offer to
surrender the fortress is directly oppo-
site to opinions expressed in local pa.
pers. A member of the naval staff
said today that if he had been in StOes-
sells place he probably would have
been compelled to act in similar
manner and further if Stoessel had
been a Japanese he would probably
have committed suicide after dispatch
ing the destroyers and blowing up
those ships remaining in the harbor.
He expressed the hope that the EN-
peror would give General Stoessel hon
orable conditions of surrender despite
lis actions. Expert opinion upon the
condition of those ships varies upon
the question of Suitability, which will
be determined only by examination.
Retain Their Swords.
Toxic, Jan. 3.-The Japanese took
possession of number of forts of
Port Arthur today Russian officers
and officials will be permitted to re-
turn to Russia ON parole, officers re-
tanning their side arms.
Thousands as Prisoners.
Toxic, Jan. 3.-The capitulation
terms indicate that the Russian rank
and file of the garrison of Port Arthur
will come to Japan as prisoners.
Where Russia Biuffed.
Chez Foo, Jan. 3-Captain Kartzow
commanding the Russian torpedo boat
destroyer flotilla, which escaped from
Port Arthur and entered the harbor of
Che Foo Monday morning tells cur
ious story of ''blufing" by the Russians
at the beginning of the war; when, al.
though there was plenty of ammuni.
ton at Port Arthur, there was none on
the ships under Golden Hill save blank
used for salutes. On three
occasions when the Japanese warships
at long range the Rus
slams opened noisy fire with blank
the Japanese in each in
stance retiring. "Our Defense" said
Captain Kartzow, "has been replete
with such makeshifts."
To Give Parole.
Toxic, Jan. 3.-General Stoessel
has cabled the Emperor of Russia ask
ing permission for the officers to give
parole.
Japs at Using Tau.
Che Foo, Jan. 3.-A dispatch re-
,eived here from Using Tau dated
>. M, says that Japanese torpedo
boat destroyer entered that port at
loon and that there were others out
side. The statement that transport
With 800 soldiers arrived here yester-
lay is an error.
An Ugly Rumor.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 3.-There Is
umor of an attempt made upon the
ife of Emperor Nicholas at Wilma. No
letails of confirmation of the report
lave been received
OUICIdiIy 0eHICos
st. Petersburg, Jan. 3.-The Asso.
,iated Press is authorized to deny the
umored attempt upon the life of EN-
,eror Nicholas at Wilma. He has just
,assed Minsk, the capital Of the gov
of that name, 465 miles by
all west of Moscow.
Navy Sees Object Lesson.
Washington, Jan. 3.-The navy de.
has issued an official state
nent commenting in detail upon the
avail operations in the far eastern
var and giving it as the official opin-
on of the department that the abso-
ute superiority Of the battleship in
var has been demonstrated time and
gain.