Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-06
WOULD SHOW SYMPATHY FOR
VICTIMS OF RECENT RIOTS
AND FOR THE MUFFIN.
Gus SAILORS.

GUS SAllORS.
POTEMKINE ROAMS SEA
Ship Captured BY Rebellous Crew
Leaves Roumanian Port and Is Be
Ing stalked BY Torpedo Boats
Manned BY Officers, Hoping to Sink
Ship and Crew.
Bucharest, July q. - Before the
kniaz Potemkine sailed for kus-
tenji, delegation from the crew
handed the project proclamation
addressed to the representatives
Of the powers in Roumanla, for
malIy declaring war on all Rus
sian vessels which refuse to join
the mutineers. The proclamation
says the Potemkine will respect
neutral territory and foreign ship
ping. The delegation requested
the proclamation to be forwarded
to the powers.
Paris, July q. - A dispatch to
the Temps from ConstantinopIe
says the Russian steamer Emper-
or Nicholas II, which has been
ordered to proceed to Alexandria
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troubles at the latter place, is un-
able to leave constantinople on
account of mutny among the
crew, whose members insisted on
going to Odessa to protect their
families.
st. Petersburg, July 4-The execu.
tive committee of the social revolutions
lists have issued an appeal summoning
the workmen and all classes of society
interested in the overthrow Of the
present regime to show their sympathy
with all who fought for freedom at
LODI, Warsaw and other places, as
we'll as with the sailors who mutinied
at Odessa and Libau, by inaugurating
a general political strike. This has
been supplemented by a proclamation
for a general strike on Thursday. AL
ready $4,000 men are out and more
or less disorder has occurred.
Extensive Strike In Poland.
Warsaw, July 4. An extensive
strike was inaugurated at Kielce
yesterday as mark of sympathy with
the victims of the rioting at LODI
The railroad station at Kielce was at
tackled this morning and the freight
sheds were wrecked Gendarmes free
on the rioters. Troops have been
requisitioned to restore order.
Another Crew Mutinies.
st. Petersburg, July 4. - The min
lister Of the marine today received the
following from Admiral Kruger: "The
crew of the transport Proat, when leav
ing Rudrovc Bay, mutinied and ar
rested the officers. The second lieuten
ant and boatswain we're killed. The
Proat has arrived at Sebastopol and
and the crew is now repentant. The
officers have been released, the crew
begging them to resume their posts
Inquiry into the affair has begun"
Potemkine Near Odessa.
London, Eng, July 4. - An Odessa
dispatch says the Kniaz Potemkine
has been sighted twenty miles off that
port.
Quiet is Restored.
Odessa, July 4 - Comparative quiet
and order has been restored and work
has been resumed in the harbor.
The artillery posted on the coast
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vessel has been removed, as the naval
authorities here have decided that tor
pedo warfare will be more effective. 1t
is believed that crews on ships of
this type, being operated by compar.
atively small number Of men, can be
relied on to execute orders to sink a
vessel containing their countrymen
and comrades better than could the
crews of the larger vessels.
1t should also be remembered that
the Kniaz Potemkine is powerful
craft and that if fought by cruisers or
battleships 1t would be more than a
match for any two or three Of the
Black Sea ships.
INSTRUMENTATION Still Rife,
The situation is complicated by the
Iact Inat lne spirit or INSTRUMENTATION
is by no means lacking on board 9TH
ers of the Black Sea fleet
1t is reported and the report is cred
tied, that the crews of other warships
declined to fire on the Kniaz Potem-
kline when it steamed out of Odessa
last Saturday
There is much other evidence that
there is a spirit of characterization, to
say the least, on board other Black
Sea ships, stories concerning which
took concrete form in a report from
Sevastopol today to the effect that the
crew of the Ekaterina II were paid off
and sent ashore to barracks there be-
cause they could no longer be trusted.
The situation of the men on board
the Kniaz Potemkine is indeed desper-
ate. They are practically pirates, and
their predicament offers only limited
avenues for escape. If they do not