The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-26
OTHER THINGS FORGOTTEN.
Alarming News From sebastopoi Frlgh-
 tens Russia.

St Petersburg, Nov. 25.--In view of the alarming news received today of a nautiny at Sebastopol. the proceed inEs of the Zenstvo congress at Mos- cow and other developments In the Rus sian situation paled into insignthcance.
 The formidable revolt, in which sail prs of the fleet, shore eduipages and infantry sarrisons. are participating. eppears at the present to be beyond the power of the vice admiral Chouknin. commander of the Black Sea fleet, to control. as the dispatches say nothing of counter measures being taken or of the attitude of the other regiments of the regular garrison. LA
 The nnutfnAers and rfotous strikers are parading the city with red flags without interference and it may be pos sihle, as was the case at Odessa, that the guns of the battleship Pateleimon (formerly the Kniaz Potemkin) and nate the city and no measures are be- ing taken to quell the mutiny even if Admiral Chouknin has sufficient loyal troops at his disposal.
 Hope for an End.
 Officers of the Admiralty hope that the mutiny may end like that at Cron- stadt when the sailors. after night of drunken revelry, returned to duty for the most part without compulsion.
 But the Sebastapol outbreak seems to be on a different scale- The dis patches say nothing of the reasons for the mutiny and the demands of the mli- tineers. and no details are obtainable at the Admiralty. though the conjecture is advanced that demands for better food and the release of reservists might be responsible. for it.
 The lack of good officers is frankly given by one of the highest officers of the naval staff as the principal and underlying reason for the alarming con- ditions in the Euxine fleet. As at Cron- stadt practically all the good officers were drafted for service with the fleets in the Far East during the war and the force of commissioned officers at &c., bastapol is now only about one officer to over 400 men and many of these are utterly incapable.
 Revolt of Breat Regiment.
 The revolt of the Brest regiment is one of the most serious features of the situation. It is the first time that an in fantry regiment as a whole mutinied and the question on the lips of every one in the capital is how long it will be before it is folloyed by others; per- haps even the St. Petersburg garrisons.
 The revolutionary ferment, in spite of the efforts of the officers is known to have affected a portion of the en- listed strength of many regiments and the Sebastopoi mutiny may be the spark that is necessary to set in flame a widespread revolt.
 A despatch from Sebastopol says that the condition of Rear Admiral Pisarev- ski who was wounded sriday by the mutineers. is critical. T. is not known whether the men attaeAed other offi- cers.
 The outbreak at Sebastopol compn- cated the problem of the government with the agrarian situation. These disoF- ders are growing and the governors of five provinces have sent represen- tations to the government that the troops available are insufficient to re- store order and urgently appealing for achievements and therefore 1t is not easy to organize a force to be dis patched to the relief of Sebastopol
 The Cossack batallions which are now being mobilized in the Don prov inces will apparently be needed in the home districts to preserve order.