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Show 'STOBSSilDMES-'-;- Asks Terms of the Japanese ! General to Prevent Further Fur-ther Sacrifice of life; a Medtin? Arranged. ' ; 49 0 .' mPORTAS FEATURES OB LONG SIEGE. - J ; ';: ruj. 'J''' , M-i :fi ;' iV11.'" .7". Siege of Port Arthur begIns...-.-.'"-.".--'..."Tbruary , 1904 (? Port Arthur cr.pitulatea ,....-...,..;.....V.i....-,'.Janoary 2. ,1905. ' 203-Meter hill captured December 4, 1904 ; WrEast Keekwan fort taken..;.. December 19. 1904 , - : Rlhlung fort taken '.. V. December 29. 1904 ft - Petropaylovsk blows up ,............ . ...... ... April 13, 1904 w , ' - Battle of Yalu river..:..:...:.-.-.... ......... ......April 2 to May 1, 1904 Dalny captured by Japs... ,.. May 1V1904 -'' KuS!;laA -fleet attempts to escape...... July 11, 1904 - ) Russians In garrisoa when sieare began ,....40,000 Russians killed , 25,000 Japs killed (estiiiiated) ..M.OOO - The Bussian squadron Jn Port A rthur harbor at the time, war broke servlce elsewhere. Our baae wcome more secure than ever." I Tributs to StoesseL :' " Baron Hayaahl paid trlbulf to Gen. Stoessel, saying: I'l" "The aurrender wiU In WJTftrt the glory belonging to him S-rd his men nor our admiration for their splendid defense." ' ' , - Baron Suyemtasu. son-fh-l or Marquis Mar-quis I to and former Jsm-se Minltr of the Interior, who is now in this city, was asked what effect the fall f Port Arthur was likely to hav on the fixture fix-ture course of the war, and 1 remarked that so long as Russia wsy there could be no termination of St of Gen. iisssrisi tllv the legatloir confirms the-AUteas. the-AUteas. eleVTokio advice. '"S'stoessers prop- f'" ed Te terms and process of -nrren-oer are to be negotied . between the rVspecUve delegatest noon January Janu-ary 2." '-' ". . -! J ig) VSJ gt S o sr w , UtOKKV Jan. 2.-Cen. Nog reports as follows: ' ' V"At S In the afternoon of January l the enemy's bearer of a fiag of truce came into the first line cf our position bouth of Shulshlying and handed a let-ter let-ter to our officers. The same reached me at 9 o'clock at night. The letter Is as follows;.-:.' ' . ' ' --"-Judging by the general condition ' . o'f the whole line of hostile positions held by you, I find further reslatance at Port Arthur useless end for the purpose pur-pose of preventing needless sacrifice of fives I propose to hold negotiations v Uh reference to capitulation. : "Should job consent to the same you will please ' i'l "joint commissioners for discussing y U rdcr and conditions regarding c-.t'aUon c-.t'aUon 'and also appoint a place foi iVh corouilssloners tq meet the samt pointed ty raft. ; - - Jt"'l take this ' rporturUy to convey y lo your excellency assurances of my re-I re-I Jpect , v STOESSEL.' leply of Jap Cornmand-r. ' 1 ""Shortly alter .dawn today I will dls-Ipatch dls-Ipatch our bearer of a flag of truce with "the following reply addressed to Stoee- " ..mAA'.': -. - : :' r ","1 have the honor to reply, to your proposal to bold negotiations regarding "- th conditions snd order of capitula- tion. For this purpose I have appoint-1 appoint-1 ed as-commissioner Maj.-Gen. IJlchl, chief ot staff of our army. He will be " " accompanied by some staff officers and civil officials. They will meet your - commissioners January .; 2, loon, at .' Bbulshlying. The commissioners ' of both parties will be empowered to sign a convention for the capitulation without with-out waiting for ratification and cause the same to take immediate effect. Au-' Au-' ; thorixatlon for such t plenary powers shall be signed by the highest officer of both the negotiating pirties and the reme shall be exchanged by the respective respec-tive commUsionera , , , -'I avail myself f this opportunity to convey to your extellency assurances .". of my respect. . . , j . , NOGL " JAPAKKSE HOPE THE FALL CF PORT ARTHUR WILL BRING ABOUT PEACE v. ! LONDON, Jan. 2-At noon the Japanese Jap-anese legation recetred an official com-Ttunlcatlon com-Ttunlcatlon from Ibklo repeating the lBymatlon given out eight hours previously pre-viously in the Associated Press dispatches dis-patches from Tokie as to LleutGen, Stoessel's overturts for ' capitulation. This official communication disposes of the definite announcement ot surrender prematurely published In London by one English and oae American agency. No doubt, howevet, is entertained in competent quarters that terms will be arranged and that the Japanese will con be In effectiv occupation of Port irthur, the magnificent defense of hich is the sub.leet of eulogy on all sides.,: i - . May StfProlonged. ; .wA5 Japanese legsOon It was said that the negotiations over the terms of surrender might ? entail considerable communication with Tokio and possibly possi-bly prolong the negotiations untU Tues-m Tues-m or 'ven,wedsday. but there was little disposition to doubt that an agreement would be reached. ' ne-i?!.?1 Pressed relief at the fact that the sacrifice of life on the I rt L arrlon and the besiegers to The fall of the H5 t,f Minister added, would mark the close of an Important phase ot lZnli "leM lnumber tirtlcb Tou,d D available for nvai ?ent of Marshal SnI, (Btr0n Hyshi was not In woSd have IV the "U"nder XJ, r neflnlte. Immediate ln- the war iS6t t00 ot terminating relteSe's tM!,Sdltt,on tl Minister May Zxpedlte Peact. :-; ' ' . HhLl0, Conned Baron 'SVwiorts if r01 nnrmatory of our lnE?. defl,lt '"Tender but surrenaer or the great fortr... i. t. MILITARY HriORS ' SH0WM SfSSSZL BY EMPEUCIl'S ORDERS ' TOKIO. Jan. X, 2:80 p.-m. Marshal Tamagata, chief of general stair, under orders from" the i Emperor. has dispatched dis-patched the following cablegram to Oea. Nogt: . ' ' ' "When I rerpectfully ' Informed his Majesty ot Gen. Btoessers proposal for capitulation but Majesty was pleased to state that Gen. Stoessel ' has rendered commendable service to 1 country in the midst of difficulties a It la his. Majesty's Ma-jesty's wish that military honors .be shown to hlai." J ' - - J KEPOETS OF SUBSpEB com as a yapaisB ' TO iwca PUBLIC. PARI8. Jan.. 1 TT ports . of the Japs Are Magnanitious. ; . " It is believed herejthaV the' Port Arthur Ar-thur garrison has revived liberal terms. There -is a general fctspositlon 'to be magnanimous. In view of the garrison's '" - marv elous defense. t"he public had not been informed of th result of the meet-- meet-- Ing of the capltulati n cornmiscr-ors at j noon W'.r. ;i wfc- saeved that the terms had c!ready b en agreed upon. . In military circle the opinion was expressed that the discussion?; covered ' only a few euestionf Including allowing the garrlsor. to mamfi out carrying their srrrs, permittir? th garrison to return ly r.ui."ls with or w thout their oClcers - - i reQu'rlr.r their" rarole not to take - farther t nrt In (he war. - -1 r- -. tha j Japan w!'.l permit i -rl..rn o return to Koaela '.v i tiv! tat'J i"-ro: mmeni. iT,e term,jof surrender of troops in the fl j to re,orce . the Disposition of PrlsoiersC may In some waixL'i?,?,1101 tt This depends upoVRi1!"'11 P" us. .It may strel1 "1J tlon of Russia toS 'f .litermlna: all costs. Its effect at cannot be doubted ?rrf,a.Pa fho,weIlr' I '1 negotiatlona for thejender of Port Arthur came as 'prl8 while , the hoUday celebration going on and all public and prlv',8lness was suspended. sus-pended. The JapaTY atlon was the first to receive ofTM confirmation of the report that OlfP"1 h1 Mk'4 for terms. .The Pf'P office was not advised. - ' ,2L .I ' The news traf1. Japldly and was widely discussed8 J.f various official and. diplomatic c'pt:j1 French sentiment sen-timent general' aPrlaJ the heroic defense of Gen:.08 but It accords regognftaion o1, 1 "'""iT 're of Gen, Nogl n-'I Tc.-o. The Anerlcan emf iir 1 bri.: rt reception re-ception this t t ? where t: surrender sur-render of Por -lrtwnu:i va,tte r -vau-kag toplo am-' Ictal sr.. . ;0-inatto ;0-inatto guests 1 k . - . - ' |