The Washington times., 1905-08-02

fire two blank shots at her. After these
shots the boat was signaled 70 approach.
When il came alongside the officers
were ordered to come on boad the bat
tleshlp. and were then confined. The
officer in charge of The dynamo protest
ed
IF thou wouldst speak to me" said
Mastutchenko. rip of tiny shoulder
straps and speak as man to man"
WHAT hast thou done with thy Off
GERS % asked the officer.
Thou wilt soon see," cried MaStut-
chenke, as he shot the officer dead.
At that moment the commander dD-
peared from the cabin He was an old
man, With white hair and beard He
tTembleG cOnyulsively. He cried: -
What art thou about? Thou art an
assassin
'Snence." yelled N1astutchenko. g or
shall kill thee.
.'Wouldst thou slay an old man like
me? Thou knowest not what thou doest
Thou art mad.''
Mastutchenko put the rifle to his cheek
and said: Commend thy soul TO God In
a second thou shalt be no more!"
Commandant Golikif shuddered He
crossed himself. He had scarcely done
so when he fell TO the deck shot through
the forehead.
Officers Arrested.
Mastutchenko now gave orders to the
sailors: Arrest the officers that re-
main!"
The officers were arrested and solemn
" stripped of their insignia OF rank
Three ripped off their own shoulder
straps, saying to the sailors: we are
with you for free Russia
These three remained on board: one
of them, AleXieff. was placed in com
mand. The others were put in a boat
and sent To Odessa.
1t was half-past eleven when Mastut-
cheuko began the revolt. BY quarter
past twelve the sailors were masters Of
the kntaz Potemkin, He called the
men together and said:
we are now going TO declare war on
all Russia which is not for liberty. The
revolutiCnaries will follow us
'Rabld creature that thou art" inter-
rupted PogownetZ, hast thou forgotten
that On July . the crews of the entire
meet were 10 mutlny. The word has not
yet been given to all. Thou beganst too
soon. We shall not be followed
No Turning Back.
What is done is done. The mistake
has been made. We must go on" re-
piled Mastutchenko, and he began to
intone the international" " and was fol-
lowed by the sailors in unison. Finally
the singing ceased. \ deep silence pre-
vailed, which was at length broken by
groans.
Who groaned?" demanded Aastut-
chenko. Go thou and see Pogownetz. -
POgownetz went to find out Presently
he returned, saying that it was the sur
geon lying wounded in his cabin
An, that pig, who IS the cause of all,
IS sick. calculated Mastutchenko
What shall We do with him?"
Death! Death. Let Us Kill him -
cried the sailors.
The Surgeons Death.
Twenty sailors precipitated them
selves into the cabin. They grabbed up
the surgeon by the feet and arms and
threw him into the sea. From the rail
AIastutchenko fired at him until the
Lody disappeared beneath the surface.
The sailors became troubled and
glanced st the mutineer while they
n.urmured among themselves "A
stupid, unnecessary thing, that
They repeated these words under
breath, for they were afraid of being
heard by Mastutchenko, who, with his
fierce Tartar eyes, watched and doni-
mated them.
Whence came this Mastutchenko?
W no knOWSI He himself says he comes
from Siberia, but-there is something
OF the japanese about him. He has
been in the Russian navy only three
years. and no one knows where he was
born OF who were his parents.
PogoWnetz IS a Roumanian from Bes-
sarabla, which was absorbed by Russia
twenty-five years ago. he has been in
the navy eight years. lie should have
account OF the war he was not allowed
tC go. He chafed under the enforced
stay, and IN him the seeds of mutiny
and revolution found rich soil.