The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02
APPREHENSION STILL EXISTS St. Petersburg Fearful q
 Mutiny. AN OPTIMISTIC DISPATCH Kniaz P0tempkine Surrenders
 Under DureSS. Penalty to Be InAict~a on tAe MeAA1o Ia DiscusseA-BelieveA thst vtvsry
 Fiftb Man is to De
 Hanged.
AN OPTIMISTIC DISPATCH

St. Petersburg, July 2.--1 q m.)-i '"The St. Andrews nag Is now living from the masthead of the Kntas PctssnS kine."
 An Odessa dispatch received here Ae 2 o'clock this morning reports in theee words the surrender of the battieshlp by her mutinous crew and adds that . steamer has gone out to the Kniax Fo- temkine with a supply of provisisns.
 This was the first definite statement received in St. Petersburg regarding the surrender of the battlcshir and the dispatch, which leaves so many detAilD yet to be cleared up Is accepted hero with caurion, and until 1t Is fully estaD- lished that an a2eau1te guard has been placed aboard tbe battleship and cCuz-s mand restored to her commissioner 0f~ ficers, apprehension that the revolt VIII break out again will not be ended.
 During Saturday St. Petersburg wae without definite knowledge as to wheth-i CT the crow of the Kniaz Potemkfne had returned to its allegiance or whether the revslt still continued, and perhaps had spread to other ships and the in- ability of the Government to announces an end of the uprising geve rise to the darkest reports. The few dispatches which arrived yesterday through the official agency were evidently carefully censored. and lacked reference to the mutiny; but tho details they gave about the hurried emplacement of coast are tillery in positisns commanding the harbor and of the refusal If the author ities to allow the sailors of the Kniaz Pctemkine to purchase provisions seem-; cd tc bodc i'll.
 American Consul Heenan at Odessa, who, Friday. announced the surrender of the Kniax Potcmkine. yesterday sent a panicky dispatch to Ambassador Myers beginning: Panccky News.
 Terrible news" It gave report that other ships of the Black Sea hAet had mutinist and declared. though not definitely. that two warships, evidently the Kniaz Fotemkine and the GoorH3 Pebiedonosefs were in the harbor, but not mentioning whether the revolt con~ tinued. s Although 1t seems apparent that the submission of the sailors of the Knisa Potemkins to vice-AAmiral Kruger's squadron on Friday was only temporary Sand that the mutineers had changed their minds after their return etc the harbor ah6 the departure of the s1uad- ron. whether tho crew of the Georgi Pobiedonostz was spared disaffcction Is not definitely known. but the Knis1 Potemkine evidently vaccilated for long time as tc whether they would continue the long contest to throw up the sponge.
 1t is reported here that three huns dred men deserted frcm the Knia1 Potemkine during Saturday and threw themselves on the mercy of the authori- ties, thereby leaving the mntineers too short handed to fight and work their ships. The report continued that another crew declined an invitation to come aboard the Kniaz Potemkine and join forces with the mutineers
 It Is not known what fate is in store for the mutineers. though 1t Is said tho government has decided to hang every fifth man.
 Cronstadt was fairly quiet yesterday. The strike of the longshoremen at one time seemed to be settled, but the en1- ployers declared their inability to pay the wages the commander of the dis trict had promised the workman. and the strike Is still on.
 The events at Odessa, Libau and Cronstadt increase the difficulty of the general situation. Unless the mutiny is checked by the most signal punish ment, it Is apt to prove contagious It urges tho necessity for & national as- sembly as the sole remady to bring the substantial men of the country back to the government.