The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-06-30
REVOLUTION
AT HAND
Russian Government Almost
ParaIyzed
Army ALONE IS LOYAL
Whole Country Stirred and lnteIli.
gent Classes SOIldly Arrayed
Against Autoeraey.

ST PETERSBURG. June 3o-rhc
Russian government. although IL has
been almost paralyzed by the terrible
events ~ odessa aud the news that the
sailors at Lilinu also have mutlnis-l. u
making desperui. aud even frantic ~.
forts a. meet ih- situation and 10
stamp out the flame. u revolution be-
fore they can spread ~ the army
which Is now The last bulwark OF the
auiocracy.
With Poland rcd with the spirit OF
revolt. tie Caucasus already almost Ia
a stato 81 eiyil war. the agrarian dis
orders spreading rapidly. the whole
country profoundly stirred aud the in.
tonlgcnt classes solilly arrayed against
the government. all conditions seem
ripe for the long predicted revolution.
The arst act Of tho government after
dispatching Admiral Krusors squad
ron from Sevastopol was 20 summon
the kDiaz Poiemkin. whose mutineers
have now been Joined by the crews OF
the two torpedo boats which accompa-
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the threat of firing upon and sinking
the vessel This was followed by the
declaration OF martial law at odessa
and Llbau and the clothing Of the mill.
tary commanders with plcnary powers
An Odessa dispatch sent at 1923
o'clock last night said that the battle
ship Potemkin was firing on the town
and that Admiral Krugcr's squadron Il
not In sight.
4 dispatch from sSevastopol an
nounces that the squadron Of battle
ships. the Fri Sviatltelia. sinope and
Rostislav with cruiser and several
torpedo boats. only started FOR Odessa
at s'o'clock last night
This explains the nonappcarance OF
the squadron az Odessa. But IL Is diff
icult TO conjecture the reasons for de-
laying departure two days at such
critical juncture.
The volunteer feet cruiser Saratov
has been burned at Odessa.
Admiral Krugers orders are 10 sum
mon the Kniaz Potemkine TO surrender
and on refusal 10 sink her. after which
he is TO assist In restoring order In the
town.
The Odessa Central railway station
was destroyed by fire last night. many
persons being injured and taken to
hospitals
The funeral of Omiltchuk, which has
just been held. became an imposing
popular demonstration, which fortu-
nately was without disorder A pro-
cession of many thousands of persons
the military cemetery The coffin,
which was covered with the ST An
drew's flag and on which there were
numerous wreaths, was carried by |
eight sailors. The procession was |
headed by priests Neither police nor |
troops were stationed along the route |
to the cemetery, owing to a wise de- |
cision by the authorities and by which |
the possibility of a collision was avert
ed
dispatch from Libau, government
of Courland, says that the Russian
sailors there have mMinied, attacked
the government stores. seized the arms
and fired into the officers quarters.
Infantry, artillery and Cossacks have
been brought to the scene of the fight
Ing. Intense excitement prevails.
St Petersburg advices say that a
large part of Odessa, the chief seaport
Of Russia, has been burned by the mob.
Virtually the entire water front was
destroyed. Warehouses went. up in
flames after being looted by the riot
ers, and four or five Russian ships
which were lying in the docks were
burned to the waters edge. Dispatches
say that cloud of smoke from the
burning buildings hangs over the city.
The loss to property is estimated at
many millions.
The confagration extended for over
a mile, and thousands of tons of rail-
way sleepers and all the trestles sup
porting the elevated railroad serving
the port, together with all the contigu-
Gus buildings. have been consumed
the troops in the meanwhile firing vol
leys to compel the rioters to desist. 1t
is stated that many hundreds of clti-
zens, three police officers. ten police
men. twenty-three Cossacks and ten
soldiers were killed in the
streets.