The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-02-03
HarShIy CritiCizeS
StOeSSeI For Surrender
o>r on rr RUSSIAN ApMIRAIS CAPTURED At PORT ARTHUR
DECLARES THAT SURRENDER WAS A DISGRACE AND WOULD
NEVER HAVE HAPPENED HAD GENERAL koNDRATENkO' THE
ENGINEER. BEEN ALIVE


TOXIC Jan asA Russian just Joined the prisoners
correspondent
covering the defense and surrender OF Tue 'o,les ne
surrender before the garrison had reached us
and uds Majordnera kond
East Siberian Rifle Brigade as the true
heroo the defense OF Port Arthur $500,
squadron who down with the batehp ret
on April 9TH inactivity the part Of the
taking ground would be hopeless owing to the INFER
iOry strength to engage the heet OF
unwise divide the force defending Port arthur
nv running ships to Vadvook The Admiral admits
the and navy and ntmates at
of matter counartia lie
ts that the Russians Port Arthur beyond
possibility salvage Japanese The statement is follows;
The Japanese naval attack on Port arthur wa" an
admired the manner IN Whch e
Japanese their ships and the remarkable way in which ey CON
cead their movements but they erred on the sue " t
they had launched all their tOrPedoboat hOa inc
which condition OF appropriateness instead OF s
ing only few vessels they eO"lo nave @ tId similarly
by destroying practically ship in the haroor' au
the and captured the fortress pra'Y WIN
out opposition completed and the majority OF the
had not been mounted The garrisO" m'"''S " ~ ~ " "
ten mile number barely
orders General StOs
should out and fight the Japanese
without definite object IN view
Immediately after we left the harbOr Tor
fleet fighting badly damaged vessels
would have been forced to run dsar while
escaping damage slight damage would have
compelled distance VadNostok after lighting sec
ond engagement squadron the su straits
The meaning of this ships, perhaps
able reach VadVOok in more or less
what could they have done there? Therefore the
heads notwithstanding the orders from
Petersburg, divide the defending force which
action would relieve Togo OF the necessity OF keeping the
protect the Japanese transport service
may argued possible for to give Togo sue
cu battle but in that we knew our own ner Inc cause OF %
The ships of the Russian squad
of endless experiments with all kinds oil
naval architecture and armament ana mere was no wv
of all builds equipments and speed we we're
speed for the maximum speed OF the
squadron unit which under thirteen knots In
every uanged ours by thousand yards
These facts show why would have been hopeless give
Togo successful battle an O rE manned b So that the
Arthur for the of assisting in the defense
fleet from engaging in other enter
|prses. ~N~%A
The gun equipment removal from
the vessels and the mounting the fortified positions
decided by the lamented MaarOh
of all his officers
from the first General stOesseI proved be in
Though full command he visited the
lifetime of General KOndratenkO KOndratenk
only the life the defense but he possessed in large measure
quality He interviewed in all of trouble and always
Emperor and the necessity for Defense
and these he placed above private differences His eease energy patience
confidence of the higher officers both the and
navy the defense
he able in large to direct its policy So left much " him.
KOndratenkO visited portion of the
position and constantly sked his life He inspiration No RUS
sian need be ashamed OF the defense made by the garrison while Knd
would have sixty the obstacles and
that with the most powerful explosives
at difficult for Russian officer to talk about the end
than mstakt The could easily held
for
and KOndaenO had remained alive would have held out for months
who had the ability and the through his tremendous
%
nearly among
his chief
render Through StOesser the soldiers what
coming the knowledge their enthu
| asm.
days capiuOn twenty
of the higher SOes
sci should
be fighting the possibly lie mentioned
children said thought
! the council to avoid a possibility
came without warning and the word surprise nndeqa
o rad ex