Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-03
Mutiny on Cars Ships Was
Work of the Terrorists.
A PRETEXT FOR REVOLT
REMARKABLE STATEMENTS OF
SAILORS WHO REBELLED.
Kniaz Potemkine Now Off Rouman-
ian Coast-Accompanied by Rus
sian Torpedo Boat.

BUCHAREST, July 3-There is much ex-
element on board the Russian battleship
Kniaz Potemkine where differences OF opin-
ion exist between the leaders some OF
whom advocate landing in Roumania. while
others are proposing to return to Russia
and joining the other mutinous ships. The
prefect of Kustenji permitted delegation
of the mutineers to enter the town and
purchase provisions.
The sailors report that the Black sea
feet not only did not try to capture the
Kniaz Potemkine, but that the crews OF
the ships openly rejoiced when the rebel
battleship left Odessa.
The crew of the Russian gunboat Pse-
2ouape now at Kustenji met some menu
bers of the crew of the Kniaz Potemkine
ashore and fraternized with them, the
sailors embracing one another.
The Kniaz Potemkine is accompanied by
a Russian torpedo boat.
About 300 Roumanian soldiers are being
concentrated al Kustenji to meet eventual-
ities and the cabinet ministers are proceed
ing there today to deal with the situation.
Major Negru, the military commandant
at Kustenji, reports that he was received
on board the Kniaz Potemkine by an en-
gfneer cadet attended by numerous guard.
The cadet informed him that the murder OF
the seaman, Omiltchuk, was merely pre-
text for the revolt, all having been previous
ly arranged by revolutionary committee.
To Demand Landing of Crew.
The port authorities at Kustenji. Rou-
mania have been instructed to call upon
the $50 mutineers who are on board the
Kniaz Potemkine to land from that vessel
without arms. informing them that they
would he treated as foreign deserters while
in Rou.nania.
In the event of the refusal OF the muti-
neers 10 submit to these conditions or OF
hostile action against the town, Roumanian
warships were ordered to use force.
The Roumanian navy" according to tho
latest issue of the Statesman's Year Book,
1905, consists of the protected cruiser Fills
abeta, launched at Elswick, England, in
1887. with 1920 tons displacement and 1900
horsepower, 3h-inch armor at the belt,
four 6-inch and eight machine guns; the
training ship Mircea, composite brig of $50
tons; seven gunboats, six coast-guard ves-
sells, screw dispatch vessel of 240 tons. six
first-class and two second-class torpedo
gradually expanding and there is project
of building two armored vessels. AT Galats
there is a marine arsenal"
The mutinous battleship KniaZ Potemkine
Tavritchesky has l., ,4S0 tons displacement,
with a nine-inch armor belt and twelve
inch arnlored protection for the guns. The
battery consists of four l2-inch and sixteen
6-inch guns. The vessel has 10 900 indicated
horsepower and a theoretical speed of
seventeen and a half knits. The Georgi
PobiedonosetZ is of slightly different class
of battleship, with 10000 tons displacement,
an armor belt of eighteen inches and gun
protection of twelve inches, carrying six
Pinch and seven 6-inch guns, the former
class being of an old type. She develops
II 600 horse power and is capable ot from
fourteen to sixteen knots speed.
Russian Cruiser at Alden.
ADEN. Arabia, July 3.-The Russian
auxiliary cruiser Rion Qormerly the Smo-
lensk) arrived here today, having on board
6IS persons from the French steamer
Chodoc, from Saigon, June ., for Bordeaux
and Hayre which is ashore off Cape Guar
dafui (at the east angle of Somaliland, East
Africa, at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden).
The last port which the Chodoc touched at
was Colombo Ceylon, which she left June
10.
The Rion, which homeward bound
from Batavia, was attracted by the Sig
nails of the survivors who managed TO get
ashore at Cape Guardafui despite the hos
tilty of the natives Only q few lives were
lost during the transfer of the passengers
and crew from the Chodoc to the shore.