RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

Bush Advocate, Volume XVII, Issue 3, 5 January 1905, Page 5

RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

(Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.) London, Jan. 3. General Stoessel, on Sunday, still wanted to fight in order to keep his promise to the Czar not to surrender. His generals replied that- it was impossible as their men were so exhausted that they went to sleep while standing at their posts'. . Tokio newspapers contrast the Mikado's magnanimity with General Stoessel's conduct in destroying the Russian ships. The hospital ships Kazan and Mongolia alone, remain afloat. Three Russian torpedo launches have also arrived at Chifu. Field-Marshal Lord Roberts' considers the magnificent defence of General Stoessel will establish him as- a splendid fellowwhom all the world must admire. Lord Wolseley, formerly Commander-' in-chief of the British forces, considers the defence splendid and admires the indomitable pluck and determination of the Japanese. Lieut.-General Baden-Powell describes it as an honourable surrender after a splendid defence. Major-General Sir Alfred Turner, In-spector-General of the Auxilary Forces, considers that Russia, in order to reinstate herself, will turn her attention to the north-west frontier of India. Admiral Bowden-Smith describes the siege of Port Arthur as a most daring and persistent attack and states it was the most heroic defence on record. Sydney, January 4. The Japanese Consul has received a cable that Admiral Togo had declared, on the first instant, under command of the Imperial Government, that the blockade of the Liaotang Peninsula should only be maintained hereafter on the coast lying to the westward of a straight line drawn from south of the entry point to Wedge Head. The Imperial Government has decided not to allow, for the present, any ships except those in their service to enf;er Talienwan without the special permission of the naval and military authorities concerned.