Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-04
THE LATE ENEMIES FRATERNIzE
Entire Garrison and Non. cOmbatants
viii March 0ut OF the City
Tomorrow
OFFICERS TO BE TAKEN TO 0ALW
Thence They Can Go Where They
Choose--PrlsOners Of War VIII 3
be Sent to japan,

Headquarters of the Japanese Third
Army al Port Arthur Jan. 3, via Che-
FOO Jan. (, 8 p. m,-(censored)-
The nag Of the Rising Sun floats to-
n,pbt over the captured citadel Of Port
Arthur.
when the news OF the surrender of
the fortress reached the soldiers yester-
day. leaping from mouth TO mouth the
Jopanese drew close 20 their late enc
mics and frlternlzad freely with them
with nightfan came great bonhres'
rising I'm the Japanese camp Ike
blazing halo. while great choruses Of
"Banzars" echoed through the hills.
The entire garrison. and al the nom
comhatants will march out Of the city
Tomorrow TO the village Of Yahuthwei.
near the shores of Pigeon bay from
which place the Russian officers VIII
be TRANSPORTED 90 Dalny and thence
to wherever they may desire.
II was well known 10 the japanese
that the destruction OF the forts guard
ing the main dcfenses Of the western
half Of the eastern fortified ridge made
the investment of the city upon the east
only "A matter of a short time, despite
the strongest efforts " the defenders,
and also ensured the segregation Of tho
forts further east upon the ridge,
ADVANCE OF BEsIEGERs.
The steady advance Of the besiegers
upon the west flank. since the capture
OF Two Hundred and Three Meter hill,
up the valley from the shores Of Pigeon
bay TO the outskirts Of the new town
enabled them, with the capture OF the
north Tayankow fort to close In upon
the city from the west and to segregate
1.-THE chair hin forts SO that they could
be dealt with I'm detail.
II WIS evident therefore, that despite
the most determined opposition the In
vesting army could IN a week or 10
days closely invest and dominate Port
Arthur city. the center of the whole
system Of defense, so that the powerful
forts both east and west would be
isolated
This fact, however, did not warrant
the assumption that the resisting power
of the position was at an end.
Though the Japanese hoped for the
surrender of the fortress, they expect
ed that another month would be neccs-
eary to reduce II because Of the evident
Intention Of the garrison to fight to the
bitter end,
GARRIsONs ARDOR DAMPENED.
10 has been evident since the capture
OF 2Oj-Meter hill, the destruction OF the
fleet and the awful manner I'm which
the forts guarding the western half of
The eastern fortified ridge had been
captured by means OF the explosion OF
dynamite mines, that the fighting ardOr
Of the garrison was dampened and that
the hopclcssness OF the Russian posi-
ton had robbed them OF their logged
determination to resist every inch Of
the advance OF the besiegers. This
hopelessness was evidenced I'm the
weakness OF the opposition to the rapid
advance Of the japanese on the west
flank since the fleet was destroyed,
EFFECT OF EXPLOSIONS.
The tremendous effect OF the eXplo-
sions which wrecked Sungshu mountain
fort, the last OF the forts guarding the
main defenses o. the eastern fortified
ridges, in which half Of the defenders
were killed and the remainder entomb-
eu or made prisoners. completed the dis
organization of the defense.
the japanese u non principal lines OF
outer fortincations, and the higher hills
q the fortified ridge Immediately after
The capture of Sungshu mountain fort
was met with feeble opposition ana the
night OF Jan, | saw the besiegers In
possession Of the upper line Of the for
uUed ridge from east Keekwan noun
tain to the western extremity. Had the
garrison fought as Il had previously
done, this would have, at least taken
days to accomplish and would have cost
many lives.
INTIMATIoN OF SURRENDER.
The first definite intimatlon Of the
Russian Intention 10 surrender came at
I o'clock In the afternoon Of Jan. /.
Nhen the Russian ENJOYS approached
we Japanese lines south Of the village
VI Shuishying. They were met by a
Japanese stan officer, TO whom they
delivered the letter from Gen, Stoes-
sci to Gen Nogi, asking 10 hav time
Tor parley arranged.
IN THIS letter, ms already known, Gen.
sloessel admitted the hopelessness OF
iurther continuing the struggle and
mat he was prepared "a surrender I'm
order 70 save the lives Of the remnant
OF me brave garrison which had fought
80 long and go we'll provided suitable
Nrms could be arranged lie asked for
conference to settle these terms.
Mal-Gen. ljichi, with a large escort
sIt the japanese beadquarters al ii
Voflock Monday morning and rode Ia
we appointed place shortly before
o'clock the Russian commissioners ar
i'Sgssd accompanied by cavalry escort
Tie conference took place with few
preliminaries. az"
PRISONERS or WAR
The prisoners Of war viii march ou,
or The city Jan. g. Thursday 10 the
village and be detained at the Russian
barracks until they can be Transferred
10 Danny and from there 20 Japan.
me conference between the Ruasian
ana Japanese commissioners MT which
me terms OF surrender We're arranged
,uok place at the village OF Shulshiy-
W. al ! o'clock yesterday (Mondny,
night. 'O'oON at
RUSSIAN COMMISSIONERS.
The Russian commissioners u,oro
chief OF Stan Relss, Surgeon -,ien
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