PORT ARTHUR.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8, 10 January 1905, Page 5

PORT ARTHUR.

! IfEWS AT SUA RIVER. * THE TROOPS OVERWHELMED. i OYAMA'S LETTER TO KUROPATKTff. i Received *L 43 a.m.) j LONDON. January 9. i On the _■__. inst. loud erica of '" Banzai ! " from t_ a wliole Japanese front reached the Russian lines at tlie Slxa Biver. The rejoicing -eras at once inter- ! preted to mean that Fort Arthur I had fallen, and latex on —sis s-ojt- j | muse was confirmed. The news produced a very deep I impression spas tiie troops. I The Mukden correspondent of the ; Berlin paper, Lohal Anzeiger, I 'state- that Field-Man_al Oya-sa i -wrote a letter to General EnroI pat—in, infossroing iiim of tne capi- | tr___o_ of Port Arthmr. I In it he expressed his admiration ■ for the gallant defenders of the | townThe e_ ect of the news, add. the _o_al Anzeiger. proved o-rer-whehumg. inasnmch as a longer defence on the part of the garrison had been cosn&de—tly expected . NEWS WITHHELD AT MUKDEN. (Received 5.43 a.m.) I LONDON. January 9. The Daily Telegraph states that a ramonr of the capitulation of Port Artht—■ was allovj-ed to spread at tf-kdea on the st_ inst. bnt -at net officiaally confirmed np to the 6th. KUROPATKIN'S RASH PROMISE (Received 3.13 a.m.l I LONDON. January 9. At the beginning of October GenI eral Kuropatkin promised General . ; Stoessel to send speedy relief to the I ! beleaguered garrison. i | - I RUSSIAN CASUALTIES 25.000. •' (Received 8.53 a.m. 1 LONDON, January 9. Tke Japanese estimate the total ' _JMMl__ e__r_—ties at Pact Arthur ' ■*> tWwM*r~m—» ._.•«-_-_ 1%

THE NEWS IN BUSSIA. SUPPRESSED FOR DAYS. PRESS CENSOR AT WORK. LONDON. January 9 | The St- Petersburg correspondent | of the Daily Mail says the people I in the provinces were kept in ig- j nor—cc of the fall of Port Arthur for days. The press censor at Moscow al- i tered leading articles in -which the j capitulation -was bewailed. In the references to tbe capitulation the word " fall," as applied to the fortress, was consistently altered. GAIETY IN ST. PETEBSBUBG. NEGLECTED MEMORIAL SERVICES. i Received K.T3 __s. i LONDON. January 9. The Russian Christie.is was kept with the usual gaiety "in St. Peters- j burg. Only small congregations, includ- | ing a few bigh officials, attended l the special services in the Isaac and j Kazan Cathedrals in memory of those who had fallen in the defence I of Port Arthur. THE B-OC—AD E RAISED. FOREIGN SHIPPING EXCLUDED. SYDNEY. January 9. The Japanese Consul at Sydney has received a cablegram from Admiral Togo stating that the blockade at Port Arthur was raised oa. Saturday, but that no vessels would be allowed to enter the harbour at present except those in the service of the Japanese Government. A subsequent despatch states that the blockade of the Lino-rung Peninsula generally has been raised. THE JAPANESE INTENTION. NAVAL STATION WITH SMALL GARRISON. LONDON, January 9. 1 A small Japanese garrison is to remain at Port Arthur. It is intended to establish a naval station there. I THE SURRENDERED TROOPS. CA_ TTVITY BEFORE FABOI— j STOESSEL LEAVES FOB BUSSIA. LONDON. January 9. General Nogi reports that the delivery of prisoners under the capitulation was completed on Sunday. Tiie troops surrendered consist of 873 officers and 23.000 men. Of these 441 officers and 229 order- I lies have been given their liberty | on parole. G-enerals Floug, S:__—o_ and Gorbatvosky and Admiral Will—_ preferred to remain as prisoners. General Stoessel leaves Fort Ar- j I thur to-morrow on his return to ; Russia. I [Received 5.33 a_m.) j LONDON, Jannary 9. The 24,369 prisoners referred to I by General Nogi do not include the sick or wounded, -who would add considerably to the number of the surrendered troops. DESTINATION OF PRISONERS. (Received 5.13 a.m.) LONDON. January 9. It is stated on the authority of Reuter'.- Ajrency that the Russsian prisoners in the hands of the Japanese will be con- j veyed to —ure. where is situated the chief Japanese naval arsenal. GERMAN VIEW OF CAPITULATION. I i Received 8.53 a.m. i j LONDON, Janizary 9. Baron Kleiate, of the Russian navy, interviewed at Chifu, said that the main cause of capitula_an _ra_ the lack of heavy g__- . a_d __B___a_t_9n.