Show 1 TO SURRENDER PORT ARTHUR CAN NO LONGER BE DEFENDED Desperate Assault It on All S Sides for the Past Five Days General Noi i Receives a letter From the Heroic Russian Com of Torpedo Boat Destroyers J Ii It BULLETIN Tokio Jan Nogi reports tf that the he has received a letter from General Stoessel relating to the surrender of Port Arthur II t 4 t 4 4 4 t f tTY t Jan 2 8 a the fog which prevailed h here re 4 tIlls this morning had slightly lifted it was seen that two Russian tor torpedo torpedo boat destroyers were in the harbor A later latel clearing of the 4 atmosphere showed a total of four Russian torpedo bo t destroy 4 cra and one launch in the the harbor A bundle of dispatches was hf sent ashore by the Russians 4 Tokio Jan 2 10 a mTh Japanese Stormed and Captured Wan Tai yesterday Sunday rs of the Third Japanese Army Jan 1 via Fusan The Russians are arc preparing to evacuate their entire position east of Port Arthur Wantai hill is situated in about the center of the semicircle ot Of forts north of Port Fort Arthur between he tween the l tse mountain fort and fort Its capture divides the eastern fortified range 4 The Japanese in August ssi lly at attacked this hill hillH t t t t H i t t 4 44 4 4 4 4 t 4 t t t 4 4 t ri 4 t t 4 1 4 t 4 t 4 t 44 t 4 4 I 4 Jan Jun 2 1 p mIt is us un 4 that hostilities at Port 4 Arthur were vere toda today and I 4 that thai the Russian and Japanese 4 chiefs of stat staff met at Ing I Ito 4 to terms of I 4 1 Jan 2 2 p 1 4 StoE lers Jetter to General Nogi 4 says that further resistance is use useless 4 less The emperor has telegraphed to General Nogi commending Gen Cen Genit it 4 era Stoessel and directing that 4 4 full military honor be shown him 4 4 The chIef of staff taff met at noon 4 to discuss terms of surrender Cap Captain tain IJichi representing General 4 1 Nogi hu ha plenary power 1 f t 1 t t t 4 4 t 4 Jan Jn 2 lel 10 a follow TOKIO I cable has been led from I General Noi Nogi r I received a letter relating to sur render from General Stoessel the corn com iander of the l Port ort Arthur garrison Sunday Sunda night at 9 The news that the forces at l ort Arthur have been reduced to such n a that at last the heroic corn om mander has been forced to propose sur follows upon a month of re The siege b began an with the firing of the first gun un in the war I flOW nearly eleven ago ugo antI when perhaps the greatest stronghold lit in the world was garrisoned by 11 soldiers by a for squadron of modern battle cruisers and torpedo beam Th e have hUNe been destro destroyed ed edI I r dispersed until but a few torpedo boats remain in the harbor or Garrison Reduced The at latest accounts had hadA A been reduced to about men Ort On OrtI I nee 4 lull hill one of commanding 1 tion in the theries ti e ries of forts itch by the WAS by the after a 8 se sere re light In which the Io loss s on both was enormous It ws this hill that the death blows were dealt the 7 warships that were then remaining in inthe inthe the harbor and the se guns were l upon the toWn lown and such forts AS were range I On Dec l the t fort w was taken by the Japanese e them I mother another positIon from to other forts In the chain p of defenses es Played an Important Part and sapping wee e important In the capture of this potion m am the they were also Iso In n the fall of oC the fort Cort on Dee 29 a All ii these I served to cut rations between the fort dM de to be the last ditch of oC the the de defenders fenders from a great part of the th chain of forts From the hour ot oi the fall of ofFa Fa t events eventa have seemed to I br hastening to their theil culmination for 11 Dec 1 Sun hu mountain CeU into Vic h hands or of the be besiegers and only it a iti i 1 w hours later the H fort another strong position was wa captured The report that the of I Port Arthur had been accorded mm um behind mountain lit may have an that the Japanese e er foresaw that the t of within n a was FELL PELL ONE BY ONE Japs Captured Several 0 Ports Forts Saturday and Sunday Jan a niThe war ar department confirms the report reported ed assault on and aRd capture of aln yesterday esterday by the forces be besieging besieging Port Arthur The attack began after the capture of mountain I i At first the attack failed to succeed on account of the protection which the I Russians enjoyed and the desperate h of oC their defense Yesterday at 10 n a rn m the Japanese exploded a ferles f mines and in as tile tle works th they 1 b 11 j ck The a e explode a series of mines as they re retired tired ired t A o 0 the garrison re treated t southward Another portion n held h eld the gorge where they were buried by b y the debris dobris thrown up by the cx i of their thuir own mines Tokio Jan a mA telegram from f rom the besieging army at Port Ar Arthur Arhur thur hur t received today says Through an opening at the entrance Into nto I the bombproof In the gorge at S mountain all the entombed Russians were gradually brought The rescued r number two officers and over 1 00 mon men According to the prisoners a bout corpses are buried under the ad debris d au ed by bJ the r tUne The Phe trophies taken include field and a tid m chine suns guns not yet d dAt dAt At 6 Saturday morning our S bod body tn n front of the east fort fortl fortI I O l mountain blew up a 3 part of o f the old Chinese wall and are now constructing c defense works there Tokio Jan 1230 p mIt Is re reported ported p that the Japanese are following up u p their successes as an aftermath of f the he t capture of and mountains They have captured the ob s ridge behind moun mountain tain aln t slight resistance being shown b by the he t Russians It is reported that the los l es of the assaulting party on the theatt att attack k on mountain were mall s Every indication points to a amater mater materIal 1 weakening of the defensive powel ower p of the garriSOn arrison at Port Arthur Jn n the i pf f mountain Satur day u g the charged a areo ared red reo nUy constructed ted fort on mountain which gives them pOH possession or of the entire line between mountain and H fort by bJ way of rig moun lain Simultaneously the he t extreme Japanese right pressing south along Pigeon ba bay captured the heights south th or of A here late today from flom the besieging arm army says Pirt o of he center dislOdging the enemy H fort at 7 this and also captured a new fort en mountain Thus the theUne Une between mountain and anil ir Ii r rt via mou tahi fell l firmly Into our of our right which commenced a at S norn I ing and the enemy who ye re slated stubbornly occupied u a helt height tt or of o at f J Jno no News ot of t r continuance of the lap iap anese SULo at Pert Arthur Is re received received I with tion In It 11 ko n that the Japanese Jalane e losses w were le I I comparatively It is believed helleved here I that the garrison lit finally I rea its limits of strength tb ance und and numbers I BELIEF ONLY IN DEATH I Port Arthur GarrisOn Does Not EXI Ex Expect Fleet to Arrive Jan 1 9 p o t tie e Port Arthur dated De Ded and Dec 5 hiM have hae reach d hetu hete I contain pathetic references reference to the last of the last ship of Rus las AsIatic squadron gEm Even General Sto Stoessel el who been beon In ct I to th navy sine Aug 10 issued an Order lauding th the e asto pOI pol and C J Essen who for live nights withstood the numerous Ut at Utta J ta 8 of till at t lust I the deAth rattle sounded the thu I gaping wounds In th the I sides and Asiatic flet fiet was no nomore more I Nothing y the could exceed the unflinching devotion ot tile men who nightly and calmly went forth Into the in 10 the face faroe ot of and ultimate AI Position Is Hopeless For th the first time since the siege be began gan the whose sole aim ulm has been seemingly to Inspire the garrison b trays signs Igns of pathetic hope hopelessness of en th heroic 1 e Discussing tl c btttle ot of 20 Meter h hl l the l I TI The t lve jin Its breast th tile t J I l Pas Lage 2 I f GENERAL STOESSEL SURRENDER Continued Page agel 1 80 oo pound shells shelLo which bi h split spIlt even the rocks and went through eighteen In inch st steel el as through paper Who but pr prOvidence can save us from these thunderbolts We do not cx e t the Baltic fleet We do not relief but we can an tight fight till death 5 What goes through it itis itis is to describe but Russia Russin wIll know what her sons isla have surre ed J It is past human genius to paint or describe Port Arthurs sufferings as they really are The fighting at hilt ac according cording to the lasted sixteen days until Dee Dec 6 when death whIch had hud bud no rest for sixteen days ceased her work The Only other mention of the Rus Russian RusSian sian fleet Heet is an expression of the feel feeling big ing or of helplessness ness that thal everyone every one saw was sas inevitable as ship sue suc succumbed to the huge hUg Japanese shells had ac according cording to the held a con conference conference ference with the Japanese In reference to the or of them the hospitals hospitais from the JapanEse shells sheIls The conference resulted in the making of the Red RedCross RedCross Cross flags larger larget and also the paInt paIntIng paintIng Ing or of the same on the sides or of the hos hospitals DENY STATEMENT Stoessel to Resist to the Last on M Jan 2 Kar tow command commanding lH the torpedo boat de destroyer destroyer which put into this harbor this morning Port Arthur the Japanese d to enter Port Arthur r but General who wa a sick will resist with the remnant or of the garrison on munt hl Captain dm denies les the report fr from m Tokio that General S Stoessel oes sel om to l yesterday The U yesterday blew up two of own fOrts n near ar the railway and completed the destruction ot of the crul ser Bayan The destroyers and also left Port Arthur yesterday esterday Their fate Is unknown Port Arthur is described ed b bY arrivals as a living hell The h are said to be nearly aU all destroyed |