The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-01-06
PORT ARTHUR HAS FALLEN
NOW IN THE HANDS or THE
LITTLE BROWN MEN.
Amer a Heroic Defense Of Many
Months, General stoeasel Decides
70 Surrender 10 the Gallant
Betiegers.

Al last Port Arthur has fallen into
tho hands Of the japanese Exhaust
ed by months Of almost constant fight
ing. declmated By disease and casual.
ties and hopclossly sealed in its rocky
fortress. the gallant garrison has
yielded 10 IS boacgors and the end is
now written 10 one Of the most dra
matte war incidents Of modern times
Al o'clock Sunday night General
Nogi. commanding the Japanese army
Of invasion. received from the Russian
general. stocsscl a note saying that
no found further resistance useless
and asking Tor a meeting 10 arrange
terms Of capitulation The no.o was
simple and direct. aud the japanese
general Immediately named commits.
sioncrs 10 confer with representatives
Of the Russian commander They met
at noon Monday 10 arrange the condi.
tons o. surrender The nature Of tho
terms agreed upon Is not yet known.
but dispatches from Toxic Indicate
that they will be- ~ the most magnan.
imous character The emperor ~
Japan himself through the chief Of
the imperial stan has given public his
expression that General Stocssol has
rendered commcndablc service 10 his
country In the midst Of difficulties"
aud that II ~ his wish that military
honors be shown him"
a dispatch from Toxic quotes mill
tary opinion as believing that the en-.
tire garrison will be allowed 10 march
out under arms and may be sent to
Russia on parole. Late dispatches
from Japan have shown that the gal.
liant defense OF Stocssol and his men
has nowhere been given a finer hppro.
citation than In the land Of his foes,
and II Ia more than likely that Japan
will embrace the opportunity TO show
her magnanimity and admiration Of
the gallantry Of Port Arthur's defend
era by allowing them all the honorf
which war permits a victorious army
to bcstow upon tho yanqulshod.
The siege and tho defense OF Rus
ala's stronghold In tho far east hay,
been marked by bravery, gallantrJ
and desperation uncqualcd In modern
warfare and hardly cxcclled In mill
tRry history.
The story OF the operations around
Port Arthur IL one OF repeated night
ing. both by land and sea OF the most
desperate and thrilling character lso
lated instances OF herolsm that would
have set the world ringing under losi
overwhelming circumstances have
been dwarfcd by the generally mag
nlncent conduct OF both forces. by
sea thore have boon torpedo .boai
dashes Of superb recklcssncss and bis
ships have ploughed through min,
fields with heroic disregard TO give
battle or In wild EFFORTS to escape
by land the Japanese have hurled
themselves against positions declared
TO be imprcgnablc. They have faced
and scaled rocky heights crowned
with batteries and crowded with de
Tenders. suffering losses that military
experts say would have appalled, ans
European army
In the doomed fortress lts people
OF shcll and shrnpncl on scanty ra
tons. hcslogcd ON every side. know
ing that hope ~ succor or escape was
vain. the garrison has fought with d
atubbornncss that has evoked tho ad
miration Of the world They met m,