Show T THE SEIZURE Of po PORT r A ARTHURI T U Gen Stoessel Says Japanese In Intend Intend Intend tend to Land and Seize The flie Fortress NATIONAL HONOR INVOLVED jle Declares They Will Never Take Fake Ta e It As He lie Will Never Give the Order to Surrender fO to BE NO IMMEDIATE INVESTMENT 1 ach Is Official Opinion In 10 St Peters Petersburg Petersburg burg Although Althou h It Is Japs Are Determined to Force Matters Port lort Arthur Sunday Sunda Feb 28 ten stoessel tOB commander c of or the tho gar gir garIson Ison here hero has Issued a n general order ollIer directing th the attention of or tho trop ind Inhabitants to the tilO tact fact that the Japanese Intend to land and seize selzo tho the fortress Tho general declares the Japanese consider tho te seizure of Port lort Arthur to bo bl a 1 question of at national lI honor and from tram their obstinate at nt attacks attacks tacks and bombardments of or the for tor fortress tress trus tre and boyS bays he hO can only on conclude that enemy will make every effort ert rt to capture the tho fortress falling which the will destroy the railroad and withdraw Tho enemy however proceeds the tho order Is mistaken Our Oar troops mow Know ami the Inhabitants are herewith informed by me inc that we will not yield Ve t 0 must mu t to tho the h as ns 1 J the tho commandant will never give he an all order to surrender I 1 caR call on all to become convinced of tho the necessity of or fighting to th II ath Those who leave leavo with without without without out fighting will not hot vaa ao themselves There Is i no flO way WI out On three Bides there Is the era eca and on tho fourth will willbe be he the th enemy There lher Is 19 no means of eap except Iy by II fighting Notwithstanding the heavy beav gale galo aIe which Is blowing th lights of Japanese pouting vessels ls were serc visible In the tho of ling flag during the night lOHT AND AD St Bt Petersburg Feb rho rhe today toby to publishes a remarkable editorial on the parallel between lort Tort Arthur and ami pointing out that the ports are arc identically situated Jolden Hill 1111 corresponding to tho the Sin MR Dalny to Admiral to Admiral and ana the to the Tria Irlo rho Tho editorial however arnn the tho nus to abjure fatalistic beliefs Although written without dm time knowledge of ten liti els remarkable general order Issued nt at Port Vort Arthur yester yesler yesterday e ter day the tha editorial as os n A strong reinforcement of Its purport that Port Arthur must t In no o orasa cas rasa bs be b surrendered Hath Both eem s em to foreshadow fore n a siege of ot Port Arthur and anda a bombardment which ti n dispatch from Crom Mao llao Yang ang san It Is rumored lit at Now Nosy chwang will ill occur opinion continues to be that the Japanese J will make no to tu Invest Port Arthur immediately al ni although though It Is added that they evidently fire are determined to force matters as ns rapidly cs as D possible In I ISI they landed on en In the northern part of ot the peninsula ul and the time Chinese made no resistance till Mill It took 28 days before boColo Port Ar Arthur Arthur Arthur thur was wan really Invested rho Tho ob oh object ohof of ot the tho Japanese now may IA be to this preliminary delay by h I dis die disembarking embarking their troops nt at Pigeon bay If It they ther do wild n a naval expert I f they will wll meet with opposition lion which sill II render their theil plan Ian Impracticable |