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Show I ; Wounded, Left 'cr'baUlcflcH, Dave Their Tcucs ! Gut. Out, Declares -St. Petersburg Journal; - Stankevitch of Gen. MIstchenko's division, divi-sion, showing: horribly mutilated Russians, Rus-sians, with hands cut off and tongues cut out and pierced by thongs. An offl. cer was found In a pitiable condition, but still breathing. He was restored to consciousness and said he had been fired upon deliberately by & Japanese soldier. His deposition, signed by the Russian authorities and several military mili-tary attaches, will soon be In our pos-slrm." ST. PETERSBURG.1 July 2. The Journal De Bt. Petersburg, the eeml-official eeml-official organ of the Foreign office, prints hls- morning' -ene- of - It Jnfre-. j quent editorial articles dealing with bffl- cial denial by the Japanese Govern-i Govern-i ment of the reports of the mutilation of 1 Russian wounded. The article says: i "A simple denial is not exculpation. I We do not deny that our wounded are i well treated at Easebo and other Japan-I Japan-I pse cities where well-arganfzed honpl-1 honpl-1 tals are operated,1 under the eyes of Eu-I Eu-I - rope; but on the field of battle, when tha Russians are forced to abandon the i wounded, a cruel fate awaits them, as i X tnelr agonised crjes there-. cannot 1 be heard In Europe. . I i: "A DhotosraDh has been taken by Dr. |