| Show DESPAIRS FOR RELIEF OF PORT ARTHUR Dec 80 evening The navy nl department published tonight n a letter written by b a II mini mall of ot the battleship Sevastopol which had fallen tallen Into th the hands of oC tho the Japan The writer despairs of ot the fortress arid and tell teil of or the destruction wrought by bl the Japanese hells hell He lie says mys time the Russians lIu ar mire N re to their fate ate and are determined to fight light to A R finish rather than suffer stiffer the tb shams shame of oC surrender owing to starvation tr lUon Following Is II the text of oC time the let letter lett term ter t r The fortress lt cannot resist after atter De n December cember The Th progress ll of ot the enemy In i educing our hue lino of ot outer I defenses defense Is not nol fully tull known know 11 but bUl It Is II Irresistible We Se ure IIII sadly disappointed over the of ot the second Pacific squad squadron ron ran and arc dally daily mitering our miserable end Hen Oen Impregnable ble line lint of ot outer defenses Is II now a I amyth amyth myth With Two Hundred and Three Meter Melr hill bill lost the Ibe rail fall of ot Port lorl Arthur cannot be avoided Its capture by h the Japanese moans means the th fall frill of oC the tho town however strong the other defenses The new neit town lon Is at Itt the mercy of oC the tire lire The old oil town alone Is dependable defendable anti here id ne may resist slice mice be prolonged of the th defenders of oC Two Hundred and ond hill hilt wore vero lost loll The Sevastopol which 1010 exposed to the tb tire lire in the tho day da time on the night of Dec 8 without being l ft tilt the with only til III lust M l u uC of lit lie hel of or COO GlO GG luth When thema she lIe went out she die had bad her nets nta down but was wu twice 11 by b the ene ens enemy mys my torpedoes torpedo sid aud wu was botched beached Ir damaged Gait den toai highly praised the and ad crew rw of tho the ship Fuel Pel la is almost unobtainable and It Ill IllI Is Impossible I to tu keep our bodies warps warm We no longer have K a wireless tele tale telegraph graph system end have havo no Ito moans mean of Dt with wills the outside world our Jut Isolation ls is I There Is II I no slew news and te WC have had no Information for or a u long time iliac It lt Is II I Impossible to tn smuggle ammunition ton tin fhe The of tile tue King Kin Arthur brought unity only barley barle The King 1 Arthur a British steam Im steamer er fr was wall captured Dec ftc It while white attempt attempting ing In to leave Port Arthur uy ny IJ the Jap sulleN site She III had on cit RuSsian naval emetic rl who were tresS to 10 join Mn the second an la is now at iii sebo undergoing trial t r 1111 There II Is a Q large larv hole In the bull hull of the tJI Sevastopol and ud Ib chi he It II completely disabled All that remains for those on onboard board beard here her Is tl lo to do their utmost in lit ro re r pull the itt enemy attacks The torpedo boat came tote to 0 the Sevastopol amid attacked her as a If Ir they were WIN going through or maneuvers Should the he Sevastopol sink link we WI are areto areto areto to land ut itt K a place plate already decided upon All are Rt however prepared to tu light to tt the very er last On ue us of or time the depends depend the th duty of ot retaining the time hon honor hondl or dl of ot time the navy and avoiding the time shame and nd humiliation of ot threatened tarn starve lieu tUm We would rather die dl than titan be thus thu I chained II From Prom Deo DIC 1 the enem sheila began to tall fall on the time deck dock of ur time the lb Sevastopol mid tint some point of ot them pierced pl through the thc decks deeke to 10 the time bottom bOllom of ot the deck ille k Who Vimo is II responsible for tor the fats fate tat we weI face It Is II he lie who dill did not Itoh give gin In lii I for tor the prevention at of a Jail JeP anese an landing on time the Llao Llio Tung penin peninsula sula eula I Among our there are very tery Ir f rw few w who share to bravo death the tie ma ins majority having no mo other desire desi than theta to save 11 ve their own lives Iv but bul we are mere de tie determined to die Ie fighting |
