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Admiral Kruger Arrives with His
Squadron and No Resist
ance Is offered.
Imperial Sailors at Libau and Cron
stadt Mutiny, But Surrender
in a Short Time.
No Further Rioting Is Reported from
Odessa-Total of Five Hun
/ dred Slain.

Odessa, July Without firing gun
or making the slightest show of resist
ance, the mutineers on the Kniaz Po-
temkine hauled down the red flag and
surrendered the battleship to Vice Ad-
miral Kruger's squadron, which ar
rived here at noon Friday. 1t was an
anxious moment for Odessa as the
squadron of five battleships and seven
torpedo boats, with their crews at
quarters and their decks cleared Tor
action, steamed within range of the
kniaz Potemkine, the flagship flying
signals which read: yield or be sunk. ("
The display of force was too over
whelming for the mutineers and all
thought OF resistance was abandoned
Admiral Kruger ordered the Ekaterina
II. to place crew on board the Kniaz
Potembine and the other vessels of the
squadron Immediately sailed away.
The mutineers will be transferred to
the Ekaterina H., which is now lying
alongside the Kniaz Potemkine, and
will be taken to Sebastopol
Five Hundred Slain.
st. Petersburg, July mo further
rioting has been reported from Odessa
1t is announced that there was total
of 500 rioters killed in disturbances
which followed the arrival of the Knia7
Potemkine in the harbor in charge OF
the mutinous sailors.
Cause of the Firing.
Advices received from Odessa say the
firing on the town by the Kniaz Potem-
kline was caused by the local authori-
ties arresting ten of the crew who es.
corted the body of OmiltchulS to the
graveyard. After one projectile had ex.
ploded in house in thescenter of the
city, demolishing it's upper portion, the
authorities gave in and surrendered
the sailors.
Official Version of Affair.
The official version of the mutipy
affair puts an entirely new light on it
1t is claimed that the mutiny on the
Kniaz Potemkine was the result of a
plot concocted by 20 sailors who were
members of revolutionary organiza
ton. The complaints against bad food
were, it is asserted, mere pretexts
When the complaint was made to the
captain Of the battleship he caused the
bluejackets to be drawn UP on the deck
and asked those who were satisfied
to step out, and it was seen that they
were in the majority. Whereupon the
minority headed by the revolutionists,
who are said to have included foreign
anarchists, seized the guns and turned
them upon their comrades. A bloody
scene followed. Nine officers and
many men were killed or jumped over
board, and the mutineers, after placing
the remaining officers in irons, tool,
charge of the warship Commander
Golikoff was among those killed.
Red Flag Then Hoisted.
The red flag was hoisted when the
Kniaz Potemkine appeared off Odessa
When the body of Omiltchuk (the man
who was shot by the commander of the
warship according to previous re-
ports) was taken ashore for burial, it
was surrounded by crowds of students
and revolutionists, many of whom were
Jews. Inflammatory speeches were
made, and subsequently some of the
revolutionists went on board the ship
: and assured the sailors of the armys
sympathy and readiness to cooperate
With them. The sailors then turned
their attention to the ships in the har-
Dor, and to the portion of the city
along the water front, which was soon
on fire in many places.
Martial Law Proclaimed.
st. Petersburg, July Martial law
has been proclaimed in the govern
ments Of sebastopol, Nicholaieff and
Erivan. An imperial decree confers on
the yiceroy of the Caucasus the rights
of a military commander with special
powers. The same powers are be-
slowed on the commander of the Black
sea feet SO far as the districts of Sc
bastopol and Nicholaeff are concerned.
The governments of Sebastopol and
Nicholaieff adjoin the government Of
EMERSON, in which Odessa is situated
and where martial law has already
been declared. Erivan is a govern
ment of Transcaucasia, where most
serious disturbances have occurred