The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-02
THE STORY.
How the Great Gener-
ais Met.
FINAL SCENES.
In the Surrender of Port Arthur Very
Interesting.
FINAL SCENES.

anese Army in Front OF Port Arth-
ur, Jan. 5 (yla TIen Tsin The
meeting of general Nogi and Gen.
Stoessel today was as undramatic
as the whole conclusion of the
siege. 1t had previously been ar-
ranged to take place at noon in
the single unchanged house of
the village Of Shut h i. The
house was miserable hovel called
Plum Tree Cottage. Through a
misunderstanding Gen. Stoessel
rode out of Port Arthur at 10
o'cl o k, accompanied by Col.
Reiss and two staff officers, to the
Japanese lines, and missed the
Japanese officer delegated to ee-
cort him to the meeting place.
The general rode there without an
escort and was received by Jun
ior officer who happened to be on
the spot. The latter telephoned
to Nogi, who hurried his depar-
ture from headquarters and ar
rived at IL o'clock, accompanied
by Mai. Ijichi, his chief of staff
and Coils. Yasuhara, Matsudaira
and Watanabe, staff officers, and
M. Kawakrin, secretary Of the
foreign Office at Toxic.
Gea. Stoessel is large man of
heavy appearance, and looks like
good fighter.
When Nogi, looking careworn
entered the compound of the cct-
tage, the generals cordially shook
hands and Nogi, through an in
terpreter, expressed his pleasure
at meeting a general who had
fought 80 bravely and gallantly
for his emperor and country.
Gen. Stoessel thanked Gen. Nogi
for the pleasure of meeting there
the hero of the victorious army.
Gen. Nogi explained that be
had received II mess, ge from his
emperor that the greatest consid-
GRAFTON be shown to Gen. Stoessel
and his officers in appreciation of
their splendid loyalty to their en-
peror and country. Because of
that wish, he added, the Russian n
officers would be allowed to wear
their swords.
Gen. Stoessel expressed his
gratitude to the japanese emper-
or for his saving the honor of his
(Stoessels) family, and said his
defendants would appreciate the
the thoughtful kindness of the
emperor of Japan. The general
also expressed the gratitude OF
his officers and thanked Nogi for
sending the message from Gen,
Stoessel to Emperor Nicholas and
transmitting his majesty's reply,
which read:
II allow each officer to profit by
the reserved privilege to return tC
Russia under the obligation not t.
take further part in the present
war or share in the destinies OF
their men. thank you and the
brave men of the garrison for the
gallant defense.''
The generals praised each Other
and their officers for their brave
ry
The conversation afterward turn
ed on the explosion of the mine a
Shangshu mountain fort. Gener
al Stoessel said the entire garrison
of the fort was killed or made
prisoners.
The Russian commander greatly
praised the Japanese artillery
practice, especially the concentra
ted fire which was instantaneou
with the explosion of the Shang
shu mine, The gallant deeds o
the Japanese infantry, Genera
Stoessle added spoke for them
selves. 1t was impossible to ex
aggerate their good qualities
The skillful work of the engineer
bad also won admiration.
Continuing, General Stoesse
said he had heard that Genera
Nogi had lost both of his sons an,
praised his loyalty in thus sacriflc
ing his sons who had died fightin
for their emperor and country,
General Nogi smilingly replied
"One of my sons gave his life a
Nanshan and the other at 20
Metre Hill. Both of these posl
tions were of the greatest impol