The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS
SURVIVORS RETURN
TOST.PETERSBURC
Army Physicians and Merchants
of Port Arthur Pass Through
St. Paul OF Way Home +.

Seven Russians. four of whom were
physicians in the Russian army, stationed
at Port Arthur during the siege, two mer-
chants and one a pastor, arrived in St.
Paul yesterday from the Pacific coast on
their way to st. Petersburg.
The party left Yokohoma. Japan, on
the steamship Minnesota of the Great
Northern lire, on April 5. arriving AT Seat
tie on the morning of April IS. They ar
rived III St Paul at go yesterday after
noon over the Great Northern road and
We're Immediately taken to the Rock ISL
and ticket Office, where berthS were Sc
cured over that road to Chicago. The
party left again last night and will arrive
in Chicago about noon today. From there
they will book over one of the eastern
lines to New York. One of the big steam
ship lines plying to Liverpool, England.
crossing England they will proceed to ST.
Petersburg by way of the North sea- the
Baltic sea and the gulf of Finland. The
trip viii require months travel
taken prisoners when the Japanese cap
tured Port Arthur and were deported to
Japan, being later released on parole
Fred NoyakS and wife were prosperous
wine merchants and brewers of Port Ar
thur before the siege, being well fixed
financially Before the siege had been on
a week they were ruined the officers of
the Russian army with their fondness foi
vodka confiscating all the liquor at hand.
Dr. B: BachlSifoff. DR.. Alexis Welicopol-
say and d.. K. Yaroslanler were phys
ltldllS OI Inc lEuSSlan army ana served
during the entire siege. DIR. Paul Yein=
blum was connected with the Russian
Red Cross society during the siege and
previously as an apothecarY. and saw
more service at the front than any of the
other physicians. His description of the
state Of affairs at Port Arthur showed the
horror Of the siege:
During the weeks that the siege was
on, he said Il estimate that al least
$4,000 men were killed on the Russian
side. Cooped up in the hills and on the
advantage despite the heavy fortifica-
tions, for once the Japanese had
the range nothing in the world could pre-
vent them from pouring a rain of shells
INTO Port Arthur. The japanese being on
the open ground could move about and Sc
cure the protection of the numerous hills,
making it difficult for our gunnerssto get
the range.
Before the war Port Arthur was a pros
porous place and business was on the in
crease. After the siege nothing remained
pug runs. At present the only Russians
left in the death hole are the wounded.
The trades people have all left. Many of
them who were on the way to prosperity
and many others who We're rich lost all
ana Dut few escaped. Everything was
coniiScated by the army after the siege
was fairly started and no return was
made to the merchants for the loss of
their goods. The spirit of patriotism led
the merchants to willingly help the SOL
dlers in their defense of the place but
later when the demoralizing effect of the
long siege began to be felt and the of
hcers ana even private soldiers no longer
respected the rights of the citizens. many
OF them died in vain endeavor to escape
from the place.
However, our forces made a determined
fight against odds and it is nothing TO
their discredit that Port Arthur fell I'M
der the circumstances the officers and SOL
dierS could not be blamed for their ac-
lions, struggling as they We're in the face
OF a hopeless situation with the knowledge
that nothing but death awaited them.
ReV. Alexis Semaht, pastor of a Greek
church at Port Arthur, was also one of
the party.