Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-08
The CRIMEAN PENINSULA
IS A HOTBED OF REVOLT

eastern shore of the Crimean PENN
sula, without the torpedo boat which
she towed out of the harbor of Kus
tenji. 1t is believed that the battle
ship took the crew of the torpedo boat
on board and abandoned or sank her
while on the way to Theodosia.
! The torpedo boat destroyer Smetilvy
which went in pursuit of the Kniaz
Potemkine evidently failed to overtake
her, as she has not been reported. All
idea of trying to sink the Kniaz Potem.
kin has now been abandoned by the
admiralty, as a report from the author
tiles of Theodosia shows that there
are dissensions among the mutineers,
portion of the crew fayoring surrend-
ering. :,
Fighting is believed to have occurred
on board the battleship during the voy-
age The ship is short of provisions
and coal, and the admiralty believes
her career will soon be ended.
Skull and crossbones Possible.
The ringleaders of the mutiny, how
ever. realizing that they have put their
heads into the moose, and that they
have nothing to loose, have demanded
coal and provisions at Theodosia under
the penalty of bombarding the town.
They are trying to make for Poti,
Transcaucasia, where they may get the
support of the revolutionists, Batoum,
which is fortified being too dangerous
a haven.
In the absence of supporting war
ships. it is doubtful whether the au-
hNriff Of ThnoIocio 1or fn rnCjcf
the demands of the mutineers.
The American steamer Garonne,
with refugees from Port Arthur on
board is at Theodosia.
All the foreign shipping in the Black
sea has been warned against the Kni-
az Potemkine, which, in view of the
desperate situation of her crew, will
probably not hesitate to hoist the
skull and crossbones.
Bureaucracy Cause of Uprising.
With the publication in the Official
the tragedy at Odessa the hand of
censorship is raised and all the pa
pers are filled with columns upon col
umns of accounts from the foreign pa
pers. Leaving aside the Vaccinations
of the revolutionists, the press, with
one voice, declares that the mutinies
on board ships of the Black Sea fleet
were the result of the rotten system
in vogue in the Russian navy, the blue
jackets being utterly neglected and
the officers living ashore, except dur
ing brief cruises.
Captain Clado in a long review, af-
firms that the question of food was a
mere pretext, the real cause being
deeper. in the complete lack of sym
pathy between the men and their Off
GERS, most of whom he says, are dis
gustingly incompetent.
Owing to their positions of 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 evidently are high in
the service, but who write under as
sumed names, in most savage
fashion, declare that the bureaucratic
regime in the navy is only reaping
what it has sown and plainly init
mates that similar conditions exist in
the army.
Fear" says the Slovoe, sis the sole
basis of discipline in the army and
navy, and it will prove as poor an in
strument for keeping the rank and file
loyal to the throne
Poles in Revolt.
Berlin, July Ga correspondent at
Kattowitz, Silesia, learns that the mem
bers of three regiments at Warsaw re-
fused to obey orders to go to Man
churia on June 49, The military COM
mander at Warsaw sent a detachment
of Cossacks to the camp of the muffin
GERS, who fired on the Cossacks, who
returned the fire. Fourteen of the m1-
tineers were killed.
Strike Ends at cronstadt.
Cronstadt, July 6. The dock labor
ers' strike has been settled, the trans
port companies reducing the hours and
increasing the wages.
A New Japanese Loan.
London, July 6. - Negotiations
for a Japanese loan Of $15O,OOO 900
dollars with the tobacco monopoly as
a security were practically completed
this morning. The terms will be signed
this evening.
Another Russian Envoy.
Washington, July ct is learned
today that in addition to those already
selected M. Pokotiloff, the Russian
minister to China, has been ordered
to the United States in connection
with the peace negotiations.