Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-12

To what extent the fall of Port Ar.
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 1t will facili-
tate final peace" though the pacific
note is perhaps lost in the later words
of the minister which call attention TO
the fact that the besieging army will
nov be free to 60 north, where IL VII
pe an Offset to the reinforcements
Gen. kuropatkin has been receiving
from Russia since the battle OF
Shakhe. The spirit of the Russians
may be judged by the statement OF the
secretary of the embassy at London
that the campaign will be renewed
with fresh vigor in the spring, and
that the nation will not be content to
permit Port Arthur to remain in the
hands of the Japanese.
Baltic Fleet Can Go Home.
Both in Paris and in London the
opinion is that the squadron under
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky which
started from Libau 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 effecting juno
ton with the warships at present IN
the harbor of Vladivostok.
That Japan may not be permitted to
retain possession of Port Arthur with
out dispute is shown in the fact that
Paris newspapers are already reviving
the claim made in 1901 that the hold
ing of that position, commanding the
Eastern seas, by the Japanese would
be menace to European powers.
Talk Of Peace.
There is an expectation in diplo-
matte circles in ST. Petersburg that
some one of the powers may make a
tender Of friendly offices, and the init
nation is conveyed that the United
States may take the initiative. Should
this be the case it could only be upon
assurances from both the warning pow
ers that the tender would be received
by them in good part.
Port Arthur He'll.
Chefu. Jan. 4.-The Russian officers
| who arrived here yesterday from Port
| Arthur on the torpedo boat destroyers
which escaped from that place have a
single word for describing what the
fortress has been for the past five
days during which the Japanese have
bombarded and assaulted necessarily
night and Gay. They used the WORD
importantly and convincingly. declar
ing that the horrors witnessed were
beyond any description.
There is not single spot in the
town which was safe from shrapnel
Many of the hospitals were hit ant
the wounded refused to stay in them
Some lay in the streets on heaps o
debris, exposed TO the bitterly COLI
weather, and some staggered back tt
the front hurting stones and defyins
the Japanese until taken prisoners O.
death came mercifully
To End Their Sufferings.
There were five days and nights
this state of affairs. The stock of am
munition which had been CAREFUL,
husbanded for months was almos
gone and it was all too evident tina
Japan was about to grasp the priz
which had cost her an army OF mel
and countless treasure.
The capture of 203Meter hill by tn
Japanese was the gafrison's first vita
wound. Then came the capture G
Rihlung, Sungshu and Panlung mour
| | ~ hOI "a
that he would fight till the last.
His plight last night" said Cap
Kartow, commander of the torped
boat destroyer Vlastni, Cooked lik
the last.
There was no stopping the Japal
ese, who died in droves, fighting wit
the last instructive twitch Of tn
nerves, with eyes fixed on Liaoti
mountain. Stoessel had killed Jal
anese army and exhausted his amm1
milton. but" added Capt. Karow, 1.-The
became more furious, ferOcious an
: fateful than ever.
$50 the white flag went up"
Stoessei Sharply Criticised.
> Toxic, Jan. 4.-Gen. Stoessel is b
s ing sharply criticised for destroyir
t the Russian warships, attempting
l choke the entrance to the harbor I
Port Arthur, and dispatching the to
pedo boat destroyers to Chefu subs
e uuent to his offer to surrender tt
fortress.
n The Nichi Nichi says that viii
q Gen. Stoessel made a gallant defens
t his action in blowing up the ships q
q ter he had offered to surrender leay'
). a lasting blemish upon his milital