Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-05
Writers Supposed to be High in
The Service Point Out Rad.
ical Faults Of Army
And Navy.
.MUTINEERS RUN
SHORT OF SUPPLIES
Admiral Kruger Returns Empty
To SebastOpOl After Second
Cruise to Odessa

st. Petersburg. July with the
publication in the official messenger
Of the official account Of the tragedy
AT Odessa, the hand OF censorship Is
raised and all the papers are filled
with columns Of accounts from for
eign papers. Leaving aside the ma.
chinations of the revolutiOnists, the
press with one voice declares that
the mutiny on the ships OF the Black
sea fleet was the result OF the rotten
system in vogue In the Russian navy,
the blue jackets being utterly neglect.
ed aud the officers living ashore ex-
cept during brief cruises. Captain
Slovo In a long review affirms that
the question Of food was mere pre-
text, the real cause being the com.
plete lack Of sympathy between the
men and their officers, most Of whom
he said are disgustngly incompetent,
owing their positions TO influence at
st. Petersburg. They care nothing
for good service or the well being
and contentment of the men. Other
writer's, some of whom are evidently
DlSu III SSlNiNtp Dut Nuo WlitO 0uoVb
assumed names, in a most savage
fashion declare that a bureaucracy
regime in the navy Is only reaping
what 1t has sown and plainly inti-
mates that similar conditions exist
in the army Fear" says SlovO, lis
the sole basis of discipline In the
army and navy and it will prove as
poor an instrument for keeping the
rank and file loyal to the throne as It
has in the suppression Of discomfort
among the people. The government
should learn the lesson that the SOL
diers and sailors are beginning to
awaken as the people have already
awakened"
Kruger Returns.
Sebastopol, July 5.The Black sea
squadron, under Rear Admiral Kru-
ger, returned here from Its second
voyage to Odessa. The squadron In
clnded the battleship Georgi Pobied-
Onosetz.
Fired on Strikers.
st. Petersburg, July 5.-Cossacks
fired on the Futiloff works strikers
this morning. The trouble started
by the arrest OF youth who was en-
tering the works.
The policeman who took him into
custody suspected the young man OF
having dynamite. Later, on being
arrested, he drew revolver and kill
ed policeman, and was himself
wounded by another officer. The
strikers quickly gathered and the
Cossacks charged, using whips and
then fired a volley, causing several
casualties among the strikers. The
excitement In the district Is intense.
Asks for Aid.
St. Petersburg, July 5.-The bat.
tleship Kniaz Potemkine has arrived
at Theodosia. port on the eastern
shore Of the Crimean peninsula with.
out the torpedo boat which she towed
out Of the harbor Of Kustenji.
1t is believed the battleship took
off the crew and sank or abandoned
the torpedo boat. Reports from
Theodosia show dissensions among
the mutineers, a portion of whom are
In favor Of surrendering. The ship
Is short Of provisions and coal and 1t
Is believed her career will be soon
ended. The ringleaders OF the NUT
my, however, knowing their heads
are In the moose, have demanded
coal and provisions at Theodosia un-
der penalty Of bombarding the town.
They are trying to make a port of
trans-Cancasia where they may get
the support Of the revolutionists.
Want Coal.
Theodosia, July 5.--The Russian
battleship Kniaz Potemkine has ar
/ rived here and asked for coal. pro-
visions and medical attention. The
mutineers demanded that the author.
tiles guarantee their safety during
! the stay of the ship here.