The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-03
REBEL SHIP IS AT
RUMANIAN PORT
Kronstadt and st. Petersburg
Toilers Strike and Com
merce Ceases.
BLACK SEA FLEET
DISARMED In FEAR
Revolutionists Work Feverishly
to Spread News of Uprisings
Everywhere.

st. Petersburg, July 3.-The nerv-
business which pervades all classes is
increasing. The government polict
in keeping back the facts, bad as they
are, is resulting, in people giving will
ing ear to all the stories which are set
to receive credence. Many people are
convinced that the country is actually
in the throes of revolution.
Altho the critical character of the
situation can hardly be overstated, and
while the danger of a general upheaval
is undoubtedly real, there has been no
open mutiny of soldiers yet, and until
some regiments, following the exam
pie of their comrades of the navy, go
over, the rising has little chance OF
success.
r. Soldiers Won't Fire.
: At the same time there is enough
deep discomfort among many OF the sol
diers here to render it doubtful whether
they will stand the test of obeying or
ders to fire on the people in the streets.
General Trepoff's warning to the
newspapers not to print word about
the Black Sea fleet troubles, altho
obeyed in st. Petersburg, has aroused
insistent demands for permission to
publish the facts, while some of the
Moscow papers openly defed the in
hibition.
The revolutionists are working with
feverish activity in spreading the news
broadcast, circulating proclamtaions to
the soldiers and summoning the work.
men everywhere to strike and join the
movement for. emancipation.
General Strike Begins.
Today the workmen of the port of
ST.. Petersburg, following the lead of
the Kronstadt workmen, left work and
commerce is at standstill. All the
yards of the Neva are idle.
Kronstadt resembles city in time
Of war. The streets are patroled by
Cossacks, infantry and sailors. Some.
of the guard regiments have been
brought from St. Petersburg to Tsarsko-
fSelo and while outWartlly the city APP.
pears. calm, no one knows what to exr
/ pect frfom hour to hour. o.ezz
| It is rumore dthat the crew of the
tbattleship Alexander II. have mutinied
and sailed away with the vessel, but q
telephone message from Kronstadt says
this is not true.
Cravens on Black Sea.
The unprecedented spectacle Of a
powerful modern battleship cruising
around in the Black sea in. the hands
/ of crew who, under the rules of inter
! national law, cannot be regarded as
other than pirates and of the admiral
in command of the rest of the Euxine
feet frankly confessing his inability. to
cope with the situation and ordering
the, fires of his warships to be drawn,
has stupefed the Russian admiralty.
| Dispatches from Odessa and Sebasto-
pol, which are confirmed by the admir-
atty, clear up fully the present situa-
ton. The Potemkin has sailed from
Odessa and is now at large, and her
crew, reinforced by sympathizers from
shore, is still in control of the vessel.
The rest Of the squadron returned to
cstOpol without venturIng to take
tie gauntlet thrown own by the
i mutineeIs OF the Pote.' ~. and Ad-
finding that he could no, depend upon
his crews, ordered the fires drawn be-
meath the boilers of the ships and gave
permission to all the disaffected officers
and sailors to quit the vessels and go
ashore.
Vice Admiral Kruger IS return to
Sevastopol and his drawing the fires
from under the boilers of his ships and
uncoupling the engines is accepted as
conclusive evidence that not only could
he not rely on his crews to attempt to
coerce the mutineers, but as showing
that the bluejackets are in such re-
bellious spirit that it is feared they
NAV take possession of the ships and
join their comrades.
The exodus from Odessa continues.
While the city is calmer, state OF ter
ror almost exists. According to dis
patches received here, German and Brit
4 the consuls to take off foreign citizens
: in case Of necessity. A British ship
) has offered hospitality to the Americans
AZ Odessa