Tokio Celebrates Port Arthur Surrender In Jubilation
Telegrams from Tokyo report jubilant crowds and lantern processions after the Port Arthur fortress terms, with Russian officers to march out with arms and be paroled. In St Petersburg officials and liberals oppose peace while Manchuria awaits, as fortress garrison suffers from exhaustion and scurvy.
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Port Arthur
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Capitulation terms for Port Arthur and Russian forces
Telegram from General Noel details a capitulation with Article 1 stating all Russian soldiers officers volunteers and the garrison at Port Arthur are prisoners. Forts batteries ships arms munitions equipment and government property transfer to the Japanese army intact. Article 7 allows Japanese to permit Russian officers and officials to keep private property needed for life while signing parole not to bear arms.
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Port Arthur Defenders Paste Fates and Peace Talks
Figures from Port Arthur's garrison show original strength 85,000 with 7,000 killed 14,000 wounded or sick and 8,000 in forts. 265 percent of the force were put out of action by illness and fatigue as shells fell. Dispatches to St Petersburg and Kuropatkin hinted at surrender options contingent on relief. Peace rumours spread worldwide as Needy aid sails and labor strikes ripple through Chicago-area factories.
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Horrific Hospital Conditions Reported From Mort Arthur
The Daily Mail correspondent describes terrible conditions in Mort Arthur hospitals with exhausted Sisters of Charity fainting from hunger amid wounded patients. Medicines scarce and doctors few as screams and unanaesthetised operations fill the air, a nightmarish scene prompting brief escapes from the foul, shell damaged streets. A New Year’s Day encounter between a Russian and a Japanese officer under red flags shows brief civility amid siege.
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Browning’s Endless Writing Provokes Public Alarm
John Davidson criticizes Browning for relentless daily writing despite independence and lack of livelihood. He cites works like Sordello and Prince Hohenstiel Schwangau, noting the public fascination and an ensuing society formed to expose the emptiness of such output.
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The Journalist and the Privilege of Public Opinion
A quotation from Joseph Pulitzer notes that journalists alone mold opinion and touch hearts daily. It contrasts the fleeting chance of others with the journalist’s ongoing opportunity to address the community and earn its confidence.
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Classical allusions in a Cleveland Plain Dealer quip
A Cleveland Plain Dealer humor piece recalls a line about Homer and classical references. It notes Homer’s blindness and the trickiness of understanding classical allusions, highlighting the idea that such references seem simple once understood.
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Disgraceful Talk During the Play Last Night
A fragment from a Boston Tran script recalls disgruntled chatter about last night’s performance and a heated exchange between Mrs Tuttle and Sarah Snookins about the Brin dies family.
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