Show JAPANESE WILL HAVE TO TAKE IT T 4 General Genera Stoessel Refuses to Surrender r Port ort Arthur 4 a ATTACK HAS BEEN RENEWED t I STILL 12 Th INTHE THE TEB DOOMED CITY c f St t L Petersburg Aug Aur A IS U u 12 1 p pm m report that General GenerI 4 f Sto l the Human ua commander 4 f at Pert Arthur declined ed to cap capItulate 4 r rt 4 t in response te W tile die J Lapan pm f 4 ese ee summons create creMe no DO 4 The war office omee o would have hake ve been 4 4 amazed if he be tad d yielded f 4 c 4 Tokio Aug Au 18 IS noon Lieutenant General Gi Stoessel te command at Port Arthur has Itata refused to surrender and sd has declined the offer made by the tile Japanese teBe for the removal of noncom noncombatants there Reasons for er this lat latter latter latter ter action are not given ven but it is 1 probable that tbt the are unwilling to accept a favor ML at t the hands han 8 of the Japanese e They conr cons however that tty necessity for far their re removal moval It te Is said aid that the Japanese attack will be resumed immediately it now enters upon its final stage stae eL LOSE L SE i r Japs Gained Important Positions in last Attack Aug A M 13 1 S I p m mA A battle bettle of t huge proportions raged aged around Pott Port Arthur Au Aug 14 and 15 1 and It Jt was resumed umed re Aug 17 The Japanese it is Ii J reported If sacrificed 20 more men en en tut Lut gained important advantages advant in inthe the he matter nattei of position The above news was brought here on Oft junks junka one of which havIng bavin on board three Rus Ru Russians ians concealed in the baggage bagga of or Chinese to escape cape e the Japanese left eft Port Pot Arthur last t night ni tand and was waz blown bIo ia rapidly a to by a sale gale The main force of 0 the attack was wan ws directed against the left wing and resulted In the capture of Pigeon bay bA positions lInd e nd some acme of the forts at Llao Liao Tle han At the Japanese hastily tUy ha mounted puns guns which did excellent sen Ire ice m in fl aiding the of the right wing ing where the Japanese e are said to lo have Trave captured two forts torts of minor value alue mounting eight gune 6 two siege guns bUn and six quick firing guns The position that the tue Japanese occupy on Liao L o peninsula is not clear ut numerous Chinese e sources aver that th Japanese J have been b n seen in force in that section Apparently a cruising attack origin originating ting in hr Louisa bay y swept through h the Pigeon bay bey positions po into the penin peninsula aula sula In the dolD of which a majority of cf the lives of the expedition were sacrificed On the night nl t of the lith the battle lulled somewhat when the II Japanese J sent the terms terne of or surrender to 10 Lieutenant General The Thet t terms provided that the garrison should march out with Ith the t honors of war ar And join General that all civilians be brought to a i pincer ac des designated by the tte t Japanese Japa ea admiral tbt that the Russian in tile the harbor Ti II seven ven namely the bat ships hips Sevastopol and aDd the armored cruiser Bayan the protected and twelve or more ire torpedo boat b at destroyers and four gunboats be surrendered to the Japanese f Lieutenant General Stoessel ei is al aY 1 ged d to have bave received the terms term Witha with a L 1 burst burs of wonderful profanity his Jda habitual taciturnity deserting him He strode the tb floor until be he became calm calmer calmI er r I and then remarked that if it the tile Ja Jan Jab n nse se proposition pr was wag a joke it was in m bad taste k Reply Rely Was Prompt General treatment tent of the Japanese major wan vias courteous but his bin reply was prompt and characteristic The to majot then asked Skeel for a three days daya d n truce in hi which to bury bur the lead dead This was refused refu The battle was nas renewed re wed at 10 l on the morn mom morning ing ug of the and as s the t junk left eft I it was waa being belig Del waged furiously y on all ajl sides side The Russian RU refugees es express tf that the fortress will will hold bold holdout holdOut out ut They state that reinforcements from irom General Generl Kuropatkin are expected ted within a fortnight bt A frightful incident inci nei I dent of or the fighting the refu refuge ge occurred in the storming ff f forth forta and anal 4 on the right ri h t wing wt n land mines were exploded It is s alleged that two Japanese ee infantry regiments men h two tuo n of cavalry ud nd 1 one artillery company were Mere de do destroyed The refugees further say that the tile I warships now at t Port Arthur are stUL UL to ULF in ill F lighting trim This Thin statement seems see credible in the light of recent developments Tt It is stated that Admiral l J t signal during the battle of Aug I 10 J I 0 was to remember that the tte emperors aj orders were not to return to PortAr Port At Ar Arthur I thur It K is i presumable that superficial repairs impairs have deceived spectators view viewing viewing ing in the ships under the disadvantages occasioned by the order r that no DO one oneto be bt allowed Io to inspect in t them at the taking of or is estimated at LOS 5 Shells Calling failing in Port Arthur tall fall mostly in Int ini i t he old oid town On the tt right wing it is stated that the Japanese have penetrated to an abandoned Chinese arsenal one and i miles east e of ef the city I Most ost of the dock yard buildings have lieen l een damaged I BAIE GOING ON General Stoessel Refused Point lank Blank to Surrender Chef o Aag Aug IS 11 7 73 p m Rus Russians flanS and aad e who left toft t Port Ar Arthur Arthur thur last night and aDd arrived e here bera be to today today tolay day lay declare that Lieutenant General Genera in command comand at Port Arthur I to surrender to the tile Japanese e and that the Russian began firing jn ig at the time set for replying to tot toi i t he thE Japanese Jap demand They Tt ey confirm COD rm ate ales a previous KeriOus reports that hat t there are seven seYeR lan Ruan ships In to Port Arthur harbor to JR addition to torpedo boats and torpedo torpe boat de do det Ct t reyers and aDd aver vr that the Ute Japanese have lose oat men before Port Ar At Arthur thur during the test Mat ten days daS r ANSWER YES OB ORNO NO V V Russians Were Not Allowed lowed to Alter Japanese Conditions Tokio Aug 1 5 p m Major Ya representing the Japanese Japa n forces besieging Port Arthur nut met the Russian chief chiet of or 3 m staff about gUt yards north of or bi in at 10 a 8 m rn AU IS 11 under a flag of true truc and delivered to nim the f of fer to remo remon remove to a place of or safety The tender included women aomen and children under 16 years yer of I p age priests diplomats and officers of ot I neutral powers The conditions of th the answer required that at t 1 it III o coK Aug Au 17 IT the imn no t un fT r a nag flag of or truce tre tr At 2 Aug i t a 8 I Continued d on Tog rag Tw Two o J JI I GI JAPANESE WILL HAVE TO TAKE IT from rem Page Pae 1 11 detachment of Japanese infantry would accept their delivery at the th conference ne point paint and ancI convey theta them to Delay Dalay to together gether bel with a limited amount of beg bag bagS begge S se ge the tM examination of which was wag as to be optional were for fur biddon k to bring rI books hooks writings docu doeu document men ment and articles relating to the war The were wem reo Bred to answer either yes o or no ao and they t were not al lowed to alter alt the Japanese conditions The e of f German Gernian has cabled a request reque that tut the Japanese se direct Com Corn Commander Commander mander mender B Q na and d Lieutenant na tit GIl hid tiji German attaches at Port Ir ArtI td N t withdraw t dr In accordance with Ith the Field Marshal rubal Ya ta the tb commander of the thebes besieging bes fovea force and the emperor Ger Germany mants many s om was wa delivered to the Rusian Ru Rue sian chief q staff At a co conference f f fT held h he t 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