THE SURRENDER OF PORT ARTHUR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13235, 21 July 1906, Page 5

THE SURRENDER OF PORT ARTHUR.

THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS. SENTENCE OF DEATH FOB GENERAL STOESSEL.. •■';■; By Teifjt»p& Press A«*ocsaiionJ—Cppj'rijbt.\ St. Petersburg, July 19. The report of A the Commission of Inquiry appointed to report on the surrender of Port; Arthur recommends that General Stoessel be sentenced to death ; that ; General Fock be sentenced to-20 years'. imprisonment ; that General/ JKeuss be ; expelled from the army; and that Prince Alexieff be reprimanded. . When General Stoessel surrendered on January 2, 1905, the ..world understood that the garrison was perishing from lack of food and disease,, that ammunition was, lacking, and that there were not enough men to hold: the fortress*.; Military men, of all nations praised General Stoessei, and the Kaiser 'conferred the Prussian Order of Merit upon him. Then came details a I she guns in good order, the : ammunition and uie ; immense ■ stores of food that still remained—enough for two more months. The military correspondent of the Times, after inspecting the plate, said the surrender had been disgracefully premature. ; The officials at headquarters in St. Petersburg: at ; once ■ charged General Stoessel with having sent out false reports as to the state of affairs in the fortress. ;~ ■'. '.'■''' •■: • ■.. v-v- ./■ .-■:'■'.:.['