The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-07
PORT ARTHUR HAS FALLEN
NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE
LITTLE BROWN MEN.
After Heroic Defense Of Many
Months, General stoesseI Decides
to Surrender to the Gallant
Besiegers.

At last Port Arthur has fallen into
the hands of the Japanese. Exhaust.
ed by months of almost constant fight.
Ing, decimated by disease and casual.
ties and hopelessly sealed in its rocky
fortress, the gallant garrison has
yielded ia its besiegers and the end Is
now written TO one of the most dra.
matte war incidents of modern times
At Q o'clock Sunday night General
Nogi, commanding the Japanese army
OF invasion, received from the Russian
general Stoessel, a note saying that
he found further. resistance useless
and asking for a meeting to arrange
terms OF capitulation. The note was
simple and direct, and the Japanese
general Immediately named commits.
sioners to confer with representatives
Of the Russian commander. They met
at noon Monday to arrange the condi.
lions of surrender. The nature of the
terms agreed upon is not yet known,
bub hloDuN'h'n llplli iOhlO
that they will be of the most magnan-
imous character The emperor of
Japan himself, through the chief of
the imperial staff, has given public his
expression that General Stoessel has
rendered commendable service to his
country in the midst of difficulties"
and that 1t is 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 to march
out under arms and may be sent to
Russia on parole. Late dispatches
from japan have shown that the gal
liant defense of Stoessel and his men
has nowhere been given finer appre-
citation than in the land OF his foes,
and 1t Is more than likely that Japan
Will embrace the opportunity to show
her magnanimity and admiration of
the gallantry of Port Arthur's defend
ers by allowing them all the honors
WHICH wal ptllulS a NlClOIlOuS army
to bestow upon the vanquished.
The siege and the defense of Rus
sia's stronghold in the far east have
been marked by bravery, gallantry
and desperation unequaled in modern
warfare and hardly excelled in mill.
tary history.
The story OF the operations around
Port Arthur is one of repeated fight
Ing, both by land and sea; of the most
desperate and thrilling character. Iso-
lated instances of herolsm that would
have set the world ringing under less
overwhelming circumstances have
been dwarfed by the generally mag
nificent conduct of both forces. By
sea there have been torpedo boat
dashes of superb recklessness and big
ships have ploughed through mine
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 impregnable. They have faced
and scaled rocky heights crowned
with batteries and crowded with de-
tenders, suffering losses that military
experts say would have appalled, any
European army.
In the doomed fortress its people
have lived under n devastating rain
Of shell and shrapnel. On scanty ra-
lions, besieged on every side, know
ing that hope of succor or escape was
vain, the garrison has fought with a
stubbornness that has evoked the ad
miration Of the world. They met the