Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-05
SUBJECTION RUMOR
RUTINEERS said TO SHOWN The
White Feather.
II 10 Reported That 30U Men Deserted
From the eattieship kniaz Potem-
kline During Saturday and Asked
Mercy From Authorities, Leaving
Mutineers Short Handed to Fight.

st. Petersburg, July 3.-"The st.
Andrews flag is now flying from the
masthead Of the Kniaz Potemkine.'
An Odessa dispatch reports in these
by her mutinous crew. and adds that
a steamer has gone out to the Kniaz
Potemkine with supply OF provisions.
This was the first definite statement
received In st. Petersburg regarding
the surrender of the battleship, and
the dispatch, which leaves so many
details yet to be cleared up. Is accept
ed here with caution. and until 1t Is
fully established that an adequate
guard has been placed aboard the bat
tleship and command restored to her
commissioned officers. apprehension
that the revolt will break out again
will not be ended.
During Saturday st. Petersburg was
without definite knowledge as to
whether the crew OF the Kniaz Potem-
kline had returned to its allegiance or
whether the revolt still continued.
and perhaps mad spread to other ships,
and the inabinty of the government to
announce an end Of the uprising gave
rise to the darkest reports. The few
dispatches which arrived yesterday
through the official agency were evil
dently carefully censored and lacked
reference to the mutiny, but the de-
tails they have about the hurried en-
placement Of coast artillery in posi-
lions commanding the harbor and Of
the revolt continued.
Altogether, 1t seems apparent that
the submission OF the sailors of the
Kniaz Potemkine to Vice Admiral Kru-
gers squadron on Friday was only
temporary and that the mutineers had
changed their minds after their re-
turn to the harbor and the departure
of the squadron.
Whether the crew OF the GeOrgi
PObiedonosetz shared the disaffection
il not definitely known. but the Kniaz
Potemkine crew evidently vacillated
for a long time as to whether they
would continue the long contest or
throw up the sponge.
deserted from the kniaz Potemkine
during Saturday and threw themselves
on the mercy Of the authorities, there.
by leaving the mutineers too short
handed to fight and work their ship.
The report continued that the Vechls
crew declined an invitation to come
aboard and Join the forces Of the
Kniaz POtemkine. and that the surren-
der Of the battleship therefore was In
evitable.
II Is not known what punishment is
In store for the mutinous sailors.
though 1t is reported that the govern
ment has decided to hang every ffth
man. The chief mutineers. however.
who were under the leadership OF a
former ensign named Makhslutin, es-
capped to Constantinople, and those re-
naming are probably only their tools
Cronstadt was fairly quiet yester-
day. The strike Of the longshoremen
at one time seemed to be settled, but
the employers declared their inability
to pay the wages the commander Of
the district had promised the work
men, and the strike is still unended.
The events at Odessa, Libau and
Cronstadt increase the difficulty Of the
general situation. Unless the mutiny
is checked by the most signal pun
ishment 1t is apt to prove contagious.
1t increases the urgency for national
assembly as the sole remedy to bring
the substantial men OF the country
back to the government,