Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-07-08
TOday's Telegraphic News
SURRENDER OF PoTEMKIN.


Kuste1ji, Roumania, July S.-The
Kniaz Potemkin surrender to the au-
thorities here at one o'clock this after
noon.
One of the things asked by the mu-
tineers as condition of their surrender
is that they shall be furnished with Rou-
manian passports and shall not be ex-
tradicted to Russia. The local suthori-
ties are awaiting instructions from Buch-
Arrest, the capital, before making final
terms with the mutineers. In the mean
time, the torpedo boat and one of the
launches from the Kniaz Potemkin are
taking the soundings at the entrance to
to the harbor to find a channel through
which the battleship may pass. The
captain OF the port is preparing berth
where the battleship and torpedo boat
may lie in the harbor. Both the Kniaz
Potemkin and the torpedo boat are now
flying the Russian naval flag. The
greatest excitement prevails here. The
people sympsthize with the mutineers
and may make some demonstration in
their favor. The terms which the Rou-
manian officials offered to the crew of
TIE Kuiaz Potemkin when the battle
ship arrived there on Monday and which
the mutineers today asked should again
be extended to them were: That all
the mutineers should come ashore un-
armed, and surrender to the navy de-
partment, which would take charge of
the Russian vessels, and that the mutt
neers would be regarded as deserters
from a foreign country during their stay
in Roumania. In case they accepted
these terms, the ROumanian authorities
promised to furnish supplies to the Rus
SLAMS and said they would be given their
liberty to 60 where they pleased.
London, July S.-The correspondent
of the Evening Standard at Kustenji,
Roumania, wires that the mutinous Rus
sian battleship Kniaz Potemkin ar
rived there at midnight. The port cap
tain boarded the vessel for conference
with her crew.
Throughout the night the Potemkin
exchanged fash signals with the Russian
gunboat PsesuOpe, which was inside the
harbor, and which so far has remained
loyal TO the government.
KusteDji, Roumania, July ga depu.
tation from the mutinous battleshipKniaz
POtemkin, which arrived here at mid
night, rowed ashore this morning to treat
with the authorities here for the surren-
der OF the battlesbip and the torpedo
boat which has accompanied her on her
piratical cruise of the Black Sea.
The delegation was received by the
general commanding the district, the
Black Sea division and the port captain.
The mutineers offered to surrender the
Potemkin and her torpedo boat consOrt
on the same terms offered by the Rou-
manian authorities on Monday, ,when
the battlesh;p put into this harbOr.
The deputation was informed that the
terms offered on Monday would still be
given them, but the Roumanian officers
asked that the breech blocks of the guns
on the Potemkin should be surrendered
as a pledge Of good faith on the part of
the mutineers.
After hearing the offer of the Rou-
manian officials the dePutation returned
to the vessel to consult with their COM
rades.
The mutineers appeared to be anxious
that no harm should come to the vessel,
but they did not want her handed over to
the Russian government. They offered to
present the vessel TO Roumania, but the
tender was not accepted by the authori-
ties.
Two sailors of the vessel who rowed
ashore with the delegation which came
to treat for surrender deserted, as soon
as they reached the quay.