The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-29
RIPE FOR REVOLUTION.
Crisis the Most Serious in the History
of Russia.

! or Russia
st. Petersburg. June 9. 2.40 a. M
! More serious in its possible effects than
/ all the defeats i'm ManchuTia or the de
3 StruCtiOn of RojeStvensky' fleet was
news which reached St. Petersburg
early last evening that the standard of
open rebellion was floating on board one
+. of the emperor's battIeShips in the har-
! Dor of odessa. and that with shOtted
! guns the mUuUoUS crew. headed by
eight officers, was holding the ship
! against all Corners The authorities
/ are in almost state of panic, and at
I the admiralty CONSERVATION reiguS.
/ Admiral Wirenus. chief of the general
staff of the navy, said to the AssOci-
/ aeed Press that the admiralty had re-
Ceived adviCes regarding the mutiny,
but he was unable to give details. He
frankly confessed that the situation
was very grave and that he did not
know what to expect.
The Black sea squadron which left
, SebastOpOl Tuesday under command
/ of Vice Admiral Kruger, was due to
arrive at Odessa last night. and bat
tie with the mUtineeTs may occur at
any moment
J Strikers Hold the City.
The Kniaz Potemkine is a more
powerful ship than any in Kruger's
alton in increased by the fact that the
+ city is practically in the possession of
I the strikers who. according to the dis
patches. had already been encouraged
to open resistance by the mutiny of
the sailors and were erecting bdTricades
. and fighting the police and the troops
in the streets. The body of Omiltchuk.
. lying exposed on the quay in view of
the thousands. and the story of his
. crul death evidently fired the INA gin
. alton Of the WOTkmen. who in Odessa
. are of a particularly excitable charac-
CT, and especially the dock and wharf
men,
Revolution Would Spread.
Should the sailors of Kruger's ship
JOIN the mutineers the government
would nave to face open revolution,
which would spread like wildfre to
other towns in the Black sea littoraI
The workmen of all the towns from
which sailors are largely recruited are
imbUed with the sociaIistic and revO-
lutionary propaganda At SebastOpoI
less than d month ago diSCOTdS were
suppressed with difficulty
7 Ever since the war started ugly re
ports about the crews Of the Black sea
fleet have been current. Men have
been shot and even officers court mar
tailed for diSObedienCe. and yeSteT-
day at SebastopoI twelve sailors were
condemned 10 three years imprisOn-
meut for mutiny-
Nebogatoffs Crews.
No better evidence of the spirit of
the crews is needed than an official
communication made by the admiralty
yesterday that Admiral NebogatOff and
other officers who surrendered in the
sea of Japan would have to stand trial
by coUrt-martial upon their return.
Practically all of the crews of the yes
sells which surrendered came from the
. Black sea.
The fact that odessa is MT fortified
port explains why the Kniaz Potemkine
Is able TO lie i'm the harbor unmolested.
Crisis at Hand.
The news of the mutiny, coming just
F al this time when Poland is in a state
J. of ieTment. when agraTian disorders are
. coming To n head and when the gov
. eminent Is attempting mobilization in
volving about 100000 men. may easily
pTecipitate a crisis. and the aut hOrities
. are endesVOrinE to keep it from the
public. All newspaper dispatches have
been stopped. and the newspapers have
. been forbidden to mention the mutiny-
{ Nevertheless, the liberals and agita-
tors have many ways of spreading the
. tidings through underground channels
! and. for instance. in St. Petersburg the
. news was known i'm ali the cafes at
, midnight
Revolution Begun.
The radicals hail the event as the
dawn Of an actual armed revolution
The moment for which we have waited
has come said one in front of a res
{ taurant when he heard the news
, "OmiltChuks name will go down in his
tory as that of a martyr who precipi-
! tated the Russian revolution"
News has been received Of disorders
resulting from the mobilization in the
district of POltava. some rese-vists re-
b fusing 10 appear and others starting
riots The authorities at Poltava are
unwilling TO dispatch troops as the en-
= tire force available is needed IN that
TO- government