Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-01-05
AROUSE RESENTMENT
SUGGESTIONS REGARDING or,
FERs OF PEACE NOT REL
iSHED eY RUSSIANS.

St Petersburg, Jan. 4.-The food
OF kilograms from abroad bringing talk
OF peace arouses only resentment in
official circles here, and even many
liberals who are urgently pressing the
the dreadful story of heroism and sui
fering of the Port Arthur garrison,
declare emphatically against any ces-
sation Of hostilities until Russias
honor is indicated by a victory in
Manchuria- Equal resentment is
aroused by foreign criticism of Cen
eral Stoessel for blowing up the ships
in the harbor and destroying the town
of Port Arthur when he could 10 long
er defend them.
Accounts received from Port Arthur
refugees of the straits to which the
garrison was reduced before it sur
rendered are almost unexamp,ed. Il
is quite true that some explosives
were left wherewith the ships and
some houses we're destroyed; but the
ammunition of many of the forts was
absolutely exhausted. Some had not
fired shot for two days before the
negotiations opened The men had
month, and many were suffering
from scurvy- Even the effective
soldiers were
Nearly All Wounded, = ::
and dropped asleep amidst the Japa-
nese bombardment beside their own
useless guns. One midshipman who
had passed through the siege has
turned a white haired, prematureIy
aged man
Admire. Ion here for the heroic de-
tense is mingled with wonder how
General Stoessel continued to hide
the true condition from the world.
Emperor Nicholas has already
granted General Stoessel's request
that his officers be allowed to give
their parole. ,.'
In Russia. for the moment the peo-
pie seem to have forgotten all their
differences in the common grief.
The revolutionists, who had intended
to mark the event with demonstra-
lions, evidently found the moment in
opportune, and no disturbance is re-
ported anywhere in Russia Never
theless, that the revolutionists intend
to make every use of the fall of the
fortress later is not doubted. ..
The governments position is a dit-
ficult one. 1t has enemies ready to
take advantage of whatever course il
adopts, and peace under present con-
ditions would probably compromise
the dynasty more than the determina-
ton to continue the war to the bitter
end.
War Party Ascendant.
The emperor will arrive here
Wednesday, and council of his adj
visors will likely be held immediate
ly. Much as the situation is compli-
Gated by agitation at home, the war
party seems still completely in the
ascendant, and the indications are the
emperor's advisers are practically
unanimous that Russias prestige
abroad and the security of the dynas-
ty at home make it impossible for
Russia to accept humiliating peace
dictated by Japan as the conquefor.
Still there is every evidence that
Japan would prefer moderate terms:
and it is possible an offer of generous
terms would make good impression
and pave the way for the reception
of the proposals in a conciliatory
spirit.
While the general impression is
that peace at this stage is impossible,
there always is the possibility in au-
tocratic government that the unex-
'pected may happen. The suggestion
that President Roosevelt would be
willing to tender the good Offices of
the American government in case Rus
STA intimated that it would be accept
able. has aroused most friendly
feeling, but high officials say that Rus
Eta :an give no such intination and
will continue to refuse anything ex-
cept direct PROPOSALS from Japan-