Show i t t BRAVE IS alami B STOESSEL CONDEMNED FOR surrendering PORT ARTHUR story being 90 9 circulated that surrender was not necessary and that Sald sellers lers bitterly resented such action correspondents from the scene of operations in tahe hir east aro now bending sending in a atory story which places general stoessel the defender of port arthur in a bad light and which Is intended to show tha lurrender ur of 0 tho the port waa aa really unnecessary in a dispatch from the headquarter headquarters ot of the third japanese army appears the following proposals for thy the surrender ur render of port arthur wore ore first made december 29 at a council of vi ar or general stoessel was in favor ot surrender eur render hut but some of his general officers and the troops i were not consulted the first news they had of the lurrener vas january 1 after general stoessel had hoa communicated with the japanese the cones scones following tho the surrender were disgraceful drunken soldiers filled tho the and refused to obey their officers many of them destroyed tho the guns upon tho the positions they ka k A and caie calie into the city without peri per aleas the infantry loudly protected that the fortress had been given away they threw their rines rifles and ammunition into the harbor and proceeded to break into warehouses and loot and drink vodka until in a helpless condition etwas it was evident that the surrender was not necessary Y as thero there were effective meu men in the fortress the supply i of ammunition waa was short abort but it was not exhausted food was scarce but private stores were not requisitioned by the military there Is no difficulty in getting good ideals in the tho city even now from the stores in private pos sevelon se aelon A portion of the fortress was capable of defence defense for months longer it was the opinion of the tho non combat ants at port fort arthur that the surrender waff was unnecessary as the troops were willing and able to fight light to the bitter end general Sto st 0 esel k gel was much blamed for what was characterized as a disgraceful conclusion of a splendid defense which endo ath thi the death of major general kondratenko who was loved by tho soldiers and was tho the life of pf the defense |