Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-07
STOESSEL SURRENDERS
PORT ARTHUR NOW IN POSSES
SION OF THE JAPANESE.
The Vanquished Army Permitted to
Retire With All the tionors Of War
Admiral RoJestvensky Must Re.
turn to the Baltic Sea.

Toxic, Jan. 2.-The text of Gen,
Nogis telegram announcing the capt..
ulation of the Russian forces at Port
Arthur is as follows:
The plenipotentiares OF both par
ties concluded their negotiations to-
dAy at 1870 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-
tlations both armies suspended hos
tiliti4s. II IS expected that the Japa-
nese army will enter the city of Port
Arthur tomorrow"
Port Arthur, whose hills have for
months run red with the blood Of the
brayest of two warlike nations, has at
last succumbed to the fierce tenacity
of the japanese attack. Gen. Stoessel,
most stubborn in carrying out the will
of his sovereign, has seen the advance
of the besieging army gain momentum
and energy until TO hold out longer
would have been a crime against hui
manity The conditions Of the sur
render are not yet known, but in all
quarters it is anticipated that they
are such as an honorable soldier may
accept from a brave and victorious
enemy.
The authorities at 81. 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 are for the time being in
the dark as to what dispatches have
been sent TO him from the 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 of
peace is an open question, There Is
an encouraging note in the expression
by Baron Hayashi, japanese minister
at London, of the hope that in some
way it will facilitate final peace
though the pacific note is perhaps lost
in the later words of the minister
which call attention to the fact that
the beseging army will now be free
IN, ,,tba : will hp a pftgpt
to the renforcements Gen Kuropat
kin has been receiving from Russia
since the battle of Shake, The spir-
i. 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 |
vlgor in the spring, and that the ma
tion will not be content to permit |
Port Arthur to remain in the hands |
of the Japanese.
Both in Paris and London the opn-
ion Is that the squadron under Vice
Admiral Rojosivonsliy which started
for the Far East three months ago, |
will have to retrace its way home, as
adherence to the original plans would |
invite disaster without probability Of |
a junction with the warships !
at present in the harbor of Vladvos-
tok,
That Japan may not be permitted |
to retain possession Of Port Arthur |
without dispute is shown in the fact |
that Paris newspapers are already re-
viving the claim made in 1901 that the |
holding Of that position, commanding |
the Eastern seas, by the Japanese
would be a menace to European pow
erS
There is an expectation in diplomat
ic circles in St. Petersburg that some
one of the powers may make ten
der Of friendly Office and the intma'
tion Is conveyed that the United
States may take lie initiative
Should this be the case, ii could only
be upon assurances from both the
warning powers that the tender would
be received by them in good part.
Russian officers who have reached
0hefoo relate that the Port Arthur
garrison was completely worn out by
five days of continuous fighting, that
the supply of food was about exhaust
I'd and that the limit of resistance
mad been reached when Geo Stoessel
made his offer Of capitulation,