The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-10
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HIS FRIENDS
Gen StOeSsel Deceived By
Russian Reports
THOUGHT HELP NEAR
Was Told That Kuropatkin Was
Within 20 Miles of Port
Arthur
THOUGHT HELP NEAR


headquarters of the Third japanese ar
my at Port Arthur say that 5000 men
Of the Russian garrison ut Port Arthur
marched from the village of Yahutsui.
on the shores of Pigeon bay, for fifteen
miles to the railway station at Chang
lingtzu at o'clock, and the other de-
tachments followed soon after.
The Russians Were taken on special
trains of open trucks To Dalny, and
there they were Immediately embarked
for Japan on transports waiting at that
port
The long procession Of the remnants
of the gallant Russian garrison was Il
pathetic spectacle. The first arrivals
at Changlingtzu were four droskies
drawn by sorry looking horses. They
contained the stHif officers who had re-
fused to give their parole All wore
their swords, as they were allowed To
do under the terms of equalization com.
pact.
A few minutes later the first detach-
ment arrived. The regimental officers
marched with their men, their heads
bowed and their faces scanned with
lines, showing the result of the mental
and physical strain they had undergone
during the long defense.
As the Japanese soldiers crowded
about them with evident curiosity the
faces of the Russian officers were an
interesting study. All of them appear
ed to feel their humlllating position
keenly, and, though some seemed to be
resigned to their situation, others were
resentful at being regarded with curl
Osity. The men looked to be well fed,
but their faces, like those of the Off
GERS, indicated the awful physical
strain they had undergone. The Off
GERS were clean and well clothed, but
the men were clad in dirty looking
sheepskln coats and appeared TO be re-
signed and glad that the end had come
The prisoners were treated with the
greatest respect and kindness, though
they were regarded with much natural
curiosity, The soldiers were given
food, cigarettes and beer.
1t is reported that the japanese con-
sui at Chefu has received news of a
disastrous explosion at Port Arthur.
A large portion of General Nogi's
army has been already hurried north
to Liaoyang.
A dispatch from Port Louis, Mauri-
thus, says;
"It is supposed that the Baltic fleet
Is shetering either In some harbor off
Madagascar or off the Comoro islands.
"There are mysterious rumors here
of the approach of Japanese cruisers
and Of the receipt of strange wireless
messages"
Captain Tsunoda, the japanese staff
officer who was sent to Port Arthur to
inform General Stoessel of the mes
sage Of the emperor Of Japan, which
ordered that the garrison should be
treated with the greatest considera-
ton, says:
oChNAut ptOCootl y uiht inquiry WAS
about the whereabouts Of General Ku-
ropatkin. said I did not know exact
ly, but understood he was somewhere
about Mukden.
General Stoessel remarked that he
had last heard from General Kuropat-
kin on Oct 8, when the latter had said
he would come to relieve Port Arthur
soon. General Stoessel added that he
had sent out Chinese spies, who had
returned and reported that General
Kuropatkin, with a relieving army,
was at Kinchau. twenty miles north of
Port Arthur.
General Stoessel was plainly in
credulous at my statement that Gen
eral Kuropatkin had been defeated
and driven back toward Mukden, so |
produced maps, showed him the posi-
ton of the two armies near Shakhe
river and gave Stoessel details of Ku-
ropatkn's defeat with loss of 10000
to 10000 men, at which the Russian
general expressed amazement and
quickly remarked that he had been
misled.
General Stoessel then asked where
the Baltic feet was, and told him
that some Of the ships had not passed
the Cape Of Good Hope.
"With a hopeless expression General
Stoessel said
Now that Port Arthur has fallen