The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-03


 other than that of pirates. and the ad- miral in command of the rest Of the fleet frankly confessing his inability to cone with the situation and ordering the fires of his warships to be drawn' has stupefed the Russian admiralty
 The whereabouts of the battleship Kniaz Potemkine Is unknown here' no plans for capturing her have been de- vised and the policy of, non-interfer- ence seems to be at the present ih- volved. The situation would furnish ubretto for a comic opera were not the elements of the plot SC serious.
 Dispatches from Odessa and Sebasto- pol, which are confirmed by the ad- miralty, clear up the present situation fully. The Kniaz Potemkine has sailed from Odessa and Is now at large and her crew reinforced by sympathiz- CTS from shore, Is still in control of the vessel
 On the Georgi Pobiedonosetz, which cast its fortunes with the Kniaz Potem- kline after its arrival at odessa and landed its officers, the moro loyal or more timorcus portion of the crew gained the upper hand and agreed to surrender and disarm the ship. The rest of the squadron returned to &c., bastopol without venturing to take up the gauntlet thrown down by the mu- tineers on tho Kniaz Potemkine. and Admiral Kruger after a council of war, finding that he could not depend on his crew, ordered the fires drawn beneath the boilers of his ships and gave per- mission to all the disaffected officers and sailors to quit the vessels and go ashore.
 The sailors of the Ekatorina II were known to be so mutinous that the bat tleship was left behind when tho squadron started for Odessa. the whole crew dismissed and the ship disarmed. The Kniaz Potemkine. which was steering a southerly course when she left Odessa, would within a few hours be south of the Russian limits and may | be heard from a some Balkan pr Turk | ish port.
 The spirit manifested throughout the 1 fleet goes far to explain the defeat in the Sea of Japan as a large part of the crews. especially those of Admiral Nebogatof's division. were drafted from the Euxine Sea and evidently were not in a mind to offer a stout l fight.
 The proclamation attached to the dead body of the Kniez Potemkine's sailor Omiltchuk, the text of which was received yesterday. contained the statement of the authorities that the revolt was engineered by social revo- | iutionists. The proclamation termi- mated with the slogan of the party. "one for all and all for one." This makes the situation more seriously than would have been the matter of simple disaffection and gives rise to the greatest apprehension that the rev. olutionary organization may have con- ducted an equally successful propa- ganda among the soldiers. the results of which will be suddenly manifested when the army is called upon in some I internal emergency.
 Though no permission was given to print the details. the latest develop ments are now known to all circles in St. Petersburg The Tsarya. a paper which has been dormant for some time and therefore not responsible tc the censorship. has been revived and has printed an extra edition giving full details of the mutiny and rioting at Odessa. Copies were snatched from the news boys and read with avidity everywhere. Long mail accounts of the events at odessa up to Thursday night have arrived and have helped the public to become fully acquainted with the situation. Up to o'clcck this morning no news as to the where abouts of the Kniaz Potemkine had been received in St. Petersburg. .-: