The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-08
TROOPS IN BALTIC PROVINCES
AND OTHER SECTIONS IN
OPEN REVOLT.
FIFTY MUTINF[RS ARE KILLED
PANIC-STRICKEN POPULATION
FEARS THAT A CATACLYSM
is IMMINENT.

st. Petersburg, via Berlin, Dec. s.
Intense alarm prevails here. Com
munication with the outer world by
telegraph ceased Saturday morning
when the Finnish operators joined
their Russian comrades.
The population is almost in a state
Of panic, fearing that the %railroa'
will stop running and that the inh5
tants, therefore, will have no mode oi
flight in the event of the cataclysm
which they seem to fear is imminent.
Stories of the spread of disaffection
in the guard regiments are in every
body's mouth and the revolutionaries
continue to boast that the troops will
no longer fire on the people.
Troops in Open Mutiny.
The Associated Press has just
learned from a high authority that the
situation in the Baltic provinces has
grown exceedingly grave and that the
troops at Reval and neighborhood are
in open mutiny.
All attempts to secure details of the
upI oluS ApfC lIuo q llC nv
| cording to reports the attitude of the
troops in the Baltic provinces is re-
garded by the government as the most
! dangerous factor that has thus far de-
veloped.
Count White continues to refuse )
deal with the telegraphers, declaring
that for the government to yield
would be equivalent to it's abdication
at their order.
Mutiny at kieff.
London, Dec. 5.-The Daily Nails
Kieff correspondent in a dispatch
dated Dec. 2, and forwarded by way
of Podwoloczyska, says:
Early this morning a company OF
sappers, dissatifed with their mar
tinet commander, mutinied and per
suaded a second company to join
them. Numbering a thousand, the
mutineers marched to the barracks of
the 125th Kursk infantry, which,
however, remained loyal. Finally the
mutineers arrived at the barracks of
the artillery division and the Azoff in,
fantry regiment.
Fifty Are Killed.
1.-The Azoff men answered their ap-
peal with insults and the rebels.
opened fire upon them. The Azoffs
answered with three volleys. A por-
ton of the mutineers fled, but the
others continued firing. The AzOffs
replied with deadly volleys, and finally
the rebels fed headlong, throwing
down their arms. Two hundred of
them surrendered and were conveyed
to their barracks by Cossacks. Fifty
dead and a hundred wounded mutt
neers were left on the ground.
"A court-martial has been convened
and notice issued that any further at
tempt at mutiny will be quelled by ar
tillery."
Troops Rebel at Odessa.
Vienna, Dec. 5.-The Taeeblatt pub
fishes a communication from Odessa,
which was mailed to Podwoloczyska,
Galicia, from which point it was tel
egraphed. 1t reads as follows:
"The Ismaili and Donau regiments.
stationed at Odessa, mutinied, but the
authorities succeeded in disarminr "
the men,"
Warships Disarmed.
Paris, Dec. 5.-Undated dispatches
from st. Petersburg arriving by way
of Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, give the
following information:
There is the greatest excitement
among the sailors and the authorities
have ordered the disarmament of the
warships. The officers, fearing a mu-
tiny, acceded to the demand of the
sailors for the release of a workman
who was arrested while distributing
revolutionary proclamations."
Fear Outbreak Of Troops.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 2, via Eydtkuh-
men, Dec. 4.-The most elaborate pre-
cautions have been taken against a
feared outbreak by the troops as a re-
suit of the Sebastopol mutiny. The
naval battalions have been completely
gained over by the revolutionaries
and are almost beyond control. They
have been deprived OF their arms.
Guard for American Embassy.
Berlin, Dec. S. - A guard for the
United States embassy at St. Peters
| burg passed through here yesterday.
The men, who were dressed in civil
ians' clothes, are believed to be from
| 1.-THE cruiser Minneapolis, which is at
| Gravesend, Eng.
Washington, Dec. 5.-The men re-
| ferred to as passing through Berlin
en- route to the American embassy, as
| cording to the state department, are
| probably household attendants which
| Mr.. Meyer, the American Ambassador
| to Russia, has engaged for his person.
! al service in st. Petersburg.