Show CHARGES AGAINST RUSSIAN GENERALS SI 81 Petersburg Jul July document containing the Indictments against Lieu Lieutenant Lieutenant tenant General Stoessel the defender or of Port Arthur Lieutenant General Fock who commanded the Fourth East Siber SiberIan SiberIan I Ian division at Port Arthur Major ajor Gen Genera orl era R Reiss I s chief of staff tt to ge General s set sel and Lieutenant General whO preceded Lieutenant General Stoessel In command at Port Arthur w was s made pub public public lic here today These officers are being tried by on charges of cow cowardice cowardice ardice and treason The Indictments set forth that Stoessel and Fock deliberately sent false reports of battles tha never occurred recommended their own friends and generals who had lost battles for dec decorations decorations orations and surrendered the Port Ar Arthur Arthur thur fortress In spite of the fact that they had at hand ample munitions for resist resistance resistance ance An All the crimes with which Stoessel Reiss and Fock are charged are capital offenses |