Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-07-05
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INCOMPETENT
Officers of Black Sea Fleet Hold
Positions Through Influence
at St. Petersburg.
ROTTEN NAVAL SYSTEM
The Cause Of. the Mutiny on the Vessels
Russian Papers Are Scathing in
Their Remarks on the Regime.

st. Petersburg, July with the
publication In the official messenger of
the official account of the tragedy at
Odessa, the hand of censorship Is
raised and all papers are filled with
columns of accounts from the foreign
papers. Leaving aside the machina-
tions of the revolutioniSts, the press
with one voice declares that the mutt
ny on the ships of the Black Sea feet
were the result of the rotten system
in vogue in the Russian navy, the
blue jackets being utterly neglected
and the officers living ashore except
during brief cruises. Captain Clado,
in long review, afirms that the ques-
ton of food was mere pretext, the
real cause being complete lack OF
sympathy between the men and their
officers, most of whom, he said, are
disgustingly incompetent. Owing
their positions to influence at st. Pet
ersburg they care nothing for the good
Of the service or the well-being and
contentment of the men. Other writ
erS, some of whom are evidently high
in the service but who write under as
sumed names. in most savage fashion
declare that the bureaucracy regime
in the navy is only reaping what it has
sown and plainly intimate that similar
conditions exist In the army. Fear"
says the Slovo, SIS the sole basis of
discipline in the army and navy and ii
will ac ina mt
keeping the rank and file loyal to the
throne as It has proven in the suppress
sion of discomfort among the people. |
The government should learn the les.
son that the soldiers and sailors are
beginning to awake as the people have
already awakened"
Black Sea Squadron Returns.
Sebastopole, July 5.-The Black Sea |
squadron, under command of Rear Ad. !
.,4ti al Kruger, returned here from its |
second voyage to Odessa. The squad |
ron included the battleship Georgi Pc.
biedonosetz.
More Trouble With Iron Works
Strikers.
st. Petersburg, July 5.-The Cos
sacks fired on the Putiloff Iron Works
strikers this morning. The trouble
started by the arrest of a youth who
was entering the works. The police
men who took him into custody sus.
pected the youth of having dynamite.
The latter on being arrested, drew a
revolver, killed one policeman and
was himself wounded by another Off.
Ger. The strikers quickly gathered
and the Cossacks charged, using whips
at first and then firing a volley. caus.
ing several casualties among the strik-
ers. The excitement in the district is
Mutinous Crew Wants Provisions.
Theodosia, July 5.-The Russian
battleship Kniaz Potemkine has ar.
rived here and has asked for coal,
provisions and medical attention The
mutineers demanded that the authori.
ties guarantee their safety during the
stay of the ship here.
Potemkine Endeavoring to Reach Poti.
st. Petersburg, July 5.-The battle
ship Kniaz Potemkine has arrived at
on the eastern shore of
the Crimean Peninsula. without the
torpedo boat which she towed out of
the harbor Of Justenji It is believed
the battleship took off the crew and
then sank or abandoned the torpedo
boat. Reports from Theodosia show
among the mutineers, a
portion being In favor of surrendering.
The ship is short of provisions and
coal and 1t is believed her career will
be soon ended. The ring leaders of
the mutiny, however, knowing that
their heads are in a moose, have de-
coal and provisions at Theodo-
sia under penalty of bombarding the
Town. They are trying to make Poti,
Trans-Caucasia, where they may get
The support of the revolutionists.