Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
RAISE STANDARD
OF REBELLION
Mutineers on Kniaz Potem-
kline Declare Open
War.
NOTIFY THE FOREIGN POWERS
Russian Government Processes I'm.
concern - Portion Of Grew, It Is
Believed, is in Favor of Surrender
ing the Vessel.

Theodosia, Crimea, July 6.-The
mutineers of the Kniaz Potemlline
today formally raised the standard of
rebellion and issued the following
declarations:
The crew of the Kniaz Potemkine
notify the foreign powers that the
decisive struggle has begun against
the Russian government. We consider
it to be our duty to declare that we
guarantee the complete inviolabilty
Of foreign ships navigating the Black
sea, as well as the inviolability of
foreign ports
Theodosia, July 6.-The Russian
battleship kniaz Potemkine has ar
rived here and asked for coal. pro-
visions and medical attendance. The
mutineers demanded that the author
tiles guarantee their safety during the
stay Of the ship here.
Odessa, July cit is reported that
the bottleship kniaZ Potemlline ap-
peared yesterday Off Alderman, twenty
seven miles southwest of Odessa. On
July torpedo boat entered the har-
Dor OF Alderman and demanded coal
and provisions, the authorities refus-
Ing to furnish them, whereupon the
torpedo boat fired two shots. The tor
pedo boat afterward obtained all the
supplies she required.
st. Petersburg, July 6.-While no
official confirmation is obtainable The
Associated Press has been informed
by an authority usually reliable that
the admiralty has received news that
the Kniaz Potemkine, after shipping
coal, provisions, and medicines is
again at large in the Black sea and
that her destination is unknown.
Whether the report of the sailing OF
the battleship be true or not, the
crew took remarkable step yester-
day, when, with all the solemnity Of
q provisional government it issued
manifesto addressed to the powers
announcing that civil war had been
begun against the existing regime in
Russia, and pledging the inviolability
Of foreign shipping, and foreign ports.
This action doubtless was taken to
luiet the apprehension of foreign pow
ers. and to leave no excuse for the
sending of warshiLs through the OAR
ianelles to effect the capture of the
battleship, which until now Russia's
Black sea fleet has not dared to at
tempt.
1t is considered shrewd move on
the part of the mutineers and stamps
the commander of the crew as
leader far above the class of the or
binary sailor and strengthens the
opinion that he is not member of
the original crew, but one. of the
revolutionaries who went on board at
Odessa.
The issuance Of the manifesto lends
a certain dignity to the mutiny and
proves that the crew and their COM
mander have no desire that the world
should believe them to be mere out
laws, but that they should be looked
upon as men seriously raising the
standard of revolution.
According to rumor printed in an
afternoon paper, the ships strong
box contained $4,000 and the mutin-
GERS would therefore be we'll supplied
with money.
In circles closely in touch with the
revolutionists it is regarded as a
foregone conclusion that the COM
mander of the Kniaz Potemkine,
knowing the situation in the eau
casus, will head for Poti or Batoum,
where the revolutionists are exceed
ingly strong, in the hope of produc-
ing a general uprising. With the
authorities in the Caucasus almost
powerless to prevent it, such con-
tingency is by no means impossible.
Dispatches from Tiflis received last
night says that reports of the rioting
at Odessa and the action of the Kniaz
Potemkine have aroused the most in
tense interest and the widest joy
among the revolutionists.
The receipt Of the report was fol-
lowed Immediately by a complete
strike, even the lamplighters quitting
work. The city is in darkness and
the inhabitants are fleeing to the
northward.