The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-01
HIS GUARDS
MUTINY
Panic at st. Petersburg and
Report Of Attack on Gar
FIVE THOUSAND DEAD
Idle Wires Hold Back News From
crimea-Reports Say Govern.
men, Troops Dominate.

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niosi alarming inaicaiIsn ~ ihe spread
81 disafieciion in tie army. extending
eyea g. regiments near me person q
the emperor. Ma given Ia the nussi
az Tsarskoc. Srlo of numbcr II sol.
dicrs belonging to the yellow cuiIus
siers Of tho guEpi. the hussars u the
guard and the lif-guani rlrrmcu far
presenting a SERIES ~ petitions. includ.
ing one against the nee ~ trouiis for
police purposes.
Tho regiments In question are those
which have hrs'n specially selected by
General Trrpon 10 guard the emperor
aud his family. They have bccn count,
81 upon Hs bcing loyal 60 the last.
ready even to b. torn 60 pieces ln de
Tense 81 his majesty. like the Swiss
guards % Louis XVI Their arrest.
however. although not for open s~ii.
ton. shows how tho icaven ~ dlscon.
tent IL working even within the pre-
cincis 81 the imperial pars az Tsas.
kOes elo.
The incident gave rise 10 n most
alarming rumor that the emperor had
bccn attacked and that n grand duke
had been wounded while defending
him. This IL said Ia be- absolutely I'M
true.
Communication with the outside
world has ceased here. n strike being
called In the general telegraph Office.
by n riise the management has sue.
ceeicd In reopening the cable lines.
when the strike went into operation
many OF the Russian operators were
reluctant to leave. but n walking dele
gate promptly smashed n bottle Of
hydrochloric acid on the floor. and the
fumes soon drove the men from their
keys.
Adviccs by telephone from Moscow
declare that that city Is In n state Of
panic and that the better classes are
hurrying abroad.
Reports from Sevastopol say that 5000
men persisted In the conflict at Sevas-
topol between the muiineers and the
loyal troops under General Gakomei-
skie. The LEADERS Of the mutlnecrs. IL
Is added. have already been executed.
two battlcships have been blown mp.
and mines have been laid at the en-
trance OF the roadstcsI. Lieutenant
Schmidt. commanding the mutineers.
* reported mOrtally wounded
According to late report. Admiral
Chouknln and General Gakomeisllic
called on the mutineers TO surrender.
whereupon. under the orders Of Lieu
tenant Schmidt. the mutinous vessels
replaced the flag Of st. Andrew with
red flags at their mainmast heads.
When the battle began the batteries
on the north side, which were suppos-
ed TO he loyal, instead of firing upon
the mutineers joined cause with them
and directed their fire on the city and
on the north side batteries. The Brest
regiment thereupon stormed the north
ern batteries with fixed bayonets, and
the guns were soon turned upon the
ships and the barracks of the mutt
neers.
A semiofiicial story is to the effect
that, although the Otchakoff the Dnie-
per- formerly the st. Petersburg and
transport were set on fire and sunk
during the battle, all the mutineers
have not yet surrendered.
Vice Admiral Chouknin was in COM
mand Of the loyal vessels, some of
which. including the PateleimOn, for
merly the Kniaz Potemkine; the Ros-
tislav, the gunboat Captain Sacken
and the cruiser Pamvot Agova, partici-
pated In the engagement. General
Baron Meller Gakomeiskie, commander
of the Seventh army corps, with 21,-
600 infantry and artillery was in chief
command ashore.
According to various reports, the
troops on the shore opened fire on the
rebel cruiser Otchakoff, which imme-
diately returned the challenge The
cruiser then bombarded the town and
the Notifications for about two hours,
but was finally set on fire with shells
and was burned off Admiralty point.
Lieutenant Schmidt, her commander,
was wounded and taken prisoner by
loyal torpedo boat while trying to
escape.
One report declares that the Brest
and Bialystok regiments carried the
camp of the mutinous sailors on shore
by storm