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Show I AMBITION, BUT NO FOOD. Stoessel Had Plenty of First-Warned, but None of Latter. SA.V FRAXCISCO. Feb. 10. Throe paroled pa-roled Russian naval captains and eleven He-Jtcnnnto arrived, here today from Port Arthur, en route to Russla,-on tho steamship steam-ship Siberia. Tho naval officers had no criticism of (ion. Stcca?el or tho conduct of the defense of Port Arthur, beyond the fact thnt the Russian fioot was undermanned and had not a aun'lclcnt supply of ammunition when the war began. Port Arthur, they fiald. would havo fallen tho latter part of August had it not been for tho strengthening strength-ening of the land forces with guns and men from tho licet. "Gen. Stoei'sel." said one of tho officers, Is a bravo soldier, a great -general and a truo patriot. Ho held to the last minute. min-ute. Ho had lots of ammunition, certainly, certain-ly, but I never heard of any armv which could Hvo on ammunition. Lack of food was tho main reason for tho surrender. There wcro not moro than 10,0)0 able-bodied able-bodied soldiers In the garrison when It 1 was surrendered." According to tho statements of the officers, offi-cers, but llttlo food vas carried through tho blockade by Junks. The Russian officers will leave for New York in a few days, from which place they will report to tho Russlnn Embassador Embassa-dor at Washington. They speak in th highest terras of the treatment accorded" them by the Japanese. None would express any opinion of tho Russian domestic condition, but they wero hopeful that the war would havo a successful suc-cessful Issue, |