The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-29
.MUTINEERS
 HOLDING OUT Last Day Of Grace Has
 Expired. BLOOD MAY FLOW TODAY Rebellious Sailors Dare Gov. ernment to Act. Count wftte Demonstrates That He Knows What |. Coin. on in the Empire and Tells of
 Gapen's Presence.
 

St. Petersburg, Nov, 29.--Q:54 a. m.) The last day of grace accorded the mutineers at Sebastopoi expired at mid- night with no signs of surrender on the part of the men. The hills towering
 above the harbor of the Russian stronghold In the Black Sea may re- sound this morning as they did In the days of the Crimean War. with the roar of musketry and cannon, should the Government attempt to carry (1ut its announced intention of crushing the re- volt with the mailed fist.
 The rebeilious sailors are playing a waiting game and apparently have full confidence that the guns of the fleet will not be turned against them.
 If they have not actually disregarded the summons to haul down the red flag. they seem determined to make the au- thorities show their hand.
 < Whether General Nepluoff, the com mandant of the fortress. who was re- leased by the mntineers today and who relieved General Baron Melfer Gako- molsd. will dare to accept the chaf- lenge of the mutineers and stake the discipline and loyalty not only of the troops at his disposal, but of the whole army on the coast is, however, doubt ful.
 Land Forces DIscontented.
 Dispatches from a score of garrisons th ktaSstd SflOW Atldl tuc iaAiu iorCGS of the empire are in a state of dfscon- tent and any order to the troops to fire upon their comrades in the sister branch of the service might possibly precipitate a general and widespread mutiny. On the other hand 1t would be difficult to starve out the sailors by regular siege as provisions and water can be obtained by them and as they are under the guns of not unfriendly warships
 The report that the whole fleet had gone over to the Afineers under the command of Lieutenant Schmidt. the revolutionary commander of the cruiser Otchakoff, is incorrect. though the offi- COTS of the other ships as during Vice Admiral Kruger's aboruve dsmoustra- ton against the mutineers on the knIaz Potemkine (now the Pantelei- mon) at Odessa, probably will be un- able to ootain obediencs of the men for the carrying out of any measures against their e mrades.
 The stan quarters at SebastopoI are guarded by Cossacks and the officers in the streets are accompanied by es- sorts of Cossacks. the only branch of the service the fidelity of which Is ab- soiutely unquestioned.
 Guard No Longer Loyal.
 Even the members of the Guard reg iments. who are the pets of the im- periai family and superlatively paid and treated as compared with the members of other regiments, are joining in the revolutionary movement. Two hundred and fifty members of the Guard regi- ments. who were said to have been lead CTS In spreading the revolutionary prop uganda were arrested at their barracks Sunday night It is reported that the sailors of the Guard equipages, from which the crews of the imperial yachts are drawn, will be removed to St. Pe- tersburg on account of disaffection among them.
 The Council for National Defense held a protraeted session yesterday at which the situation. was discussed.
 The rumblings of another general strike are becoming louder. The post and telegraph officials at Moscow al- ready have gone out and the strike has spread to twelve other cities.
 The general workmen's council has summoned a conference of the leaders throughout the empire for tomorrow (Thursday) to discuss the possibility of a national strike in sympathy with the workmen of St. Petersburg.
 Feeling Against Strike.
 There is strong feeling against such a strike. however. not only on account of the poverty of the workmen but also because it would interfere with the 1 great strike planned for January.
 delegation representing the hews- | paper union called on Count Witte yes- | terday to demand that the writer, NJ. who was expelled from | Warsaw by Governor General ScaIlon, | be allowed to reurn.
 The Premier said he would telegraph | to the Governor General suggesting the | exercise of all leniency possible fin the case of M. serasheffski. but he was not willing to issue a direct order.
 Professor Hodsky, editor of The Nasba Shisn, called upon the Premier to demand permission for Father Canon to return to Russia. What is the use of deception among friends" said Count witte to the professor. You and know, even if the police do not. that Father Gapon has been living in your house since August 13."