Show PLACES BLAME I UPON STOESSEL Governor of Port Arthur Arhur in This Country Count I I SURRENDER PREMATURE P DISASTER AT MUKDEN QUICKLY FOLLOWED Portland Ore Ort March 30 A Ver Yer civil governor of Port Arthur prior to to the tIme surrender of that fortress to the Japanese passed p through h Port laud land today toda en route from the Orient to Russia leaving on time the night train for forSan forSan San Francisco While in this city dt M I was entertained at the th prominent climbs club by hy W v u II G a 8 n prominent resident of Portland Po Id and amI by hr b W mV Yo I D president of the local chamber of commerce AT V bitterly resents the tue Ut sur render of General Stoessel which he believes could have been postponed for two more months at least When asked what import attached to these two months the former governor replied that the by 13 b releasing in the th neighborhood of Japanese and an amount of heavy ha artillery w s undoubtedly ly responsible for fOl the time sanguinary Ian defeat of the time Russians at Mukden Poor Opinion of Stoessel The former governor has a poor opinion opinion ion iou of the abilities of General Stoessel whom he lie rates as us inferior as a a com commander commander mander to several s generals beneath him himin l rn in rank The two generals to whom he lie gives ives the credit for resisting the time Jan Jap Japanese Javanese anese during the long siege are Gen Generals Generals Gm orals and amid Kondratenko The former he lie states was w a strategist of the first rank while the time latter was a am masterly sterly m executive Upon the death of General Kondratenko M gays bays ays the Russians had hind no chief hief who was able to carry out plans and with Stoessel constantly becoming more rc and more discouraged at the re repeated repeated repeated successes of the Japanese it was but a matter of but a short while until the time surrender took place Praises the Japs Of the tIne Japanese soldier M 1 speaks in ill the time highest t terms He lie II how however however however ever does not attribute their in battle ro so o much bravery to as to a n lack hack of feeling He cites eite as an illustration that in battle the Japanese repeatedly charged over oer thousands of bodies of their dead com corn comrades comrades rades and anti witnessed the time death of rel rei relatives and friends without apparently apI losing nerve in the slightest degree This M says is an impossibility impossibility for any European race rac racer M 1 r recounted the experiences eXPeriences of the Russian garrison at Port Arthur during the siege where for months an au increasing bombardment both night and arid day da wore vore those in Port Arthur almost to distraction He re remarked remarked marked d the horrible precision of the Japanese artillery sa that the tIme Jap Japanese Japanese Japanese anese seemed familiar with every even part of the fortress and placed shells when wherever wh whenever r rev ever ev r they the seemed to desire with the most macat terrible effect |