The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-06
COMMANDER sHREWD.
Leader of the MutineeFs Proves .
 Diplomat.


 St. Petersburg, July 6.--t215 a. m.) While no official confirmation is ob- tainable, the Associated Press has been informed by an authority unusually reliable that the admiralty has re- ceived news that the kniaz Potemkine, after. shipping provisions. coal and medicines. is again at large in the Black Sea and that her destination Is unknown.
 Whether the report of the sailing of the battleship be true or not, the crew took a remarkable step yesterday. when with all the soiemnity of pro- visionaf government, 1t issued q mani festo addressed to the powers. am nouncing that civil war had been be- gun against the existing regime in Russia and pleading the invioliability of foreign shipping and foreign ports. This action doubtless was taken to quiet the apprehensions of foreign powers and to leave no excuse for the sending of warships through the Dardanelles to effect the character of the batteship. which until now Russia $ Black Sea fleet has not dared to at- tempt. This is considered a shrewd move on the part of the mutineers and stamps the commander of the crew as leader far above the class of the original sailor and strengthens the opinion that he Is not a member of the original crew, but one of the revolu- tionaries who went on board at Odessa. The issuance of the manifesto lends a certain dignity to the mutiny and proves that the crew and their com mander have no desire that the world should believe them to be mere out laws, but that they should be looked upon as men, seriously raising the standard of revolution.
 Nothing has been received to confirm the supposition that the request for a doctor at Theodesia indicated a strug- gle for supremacy on the way from KustenJi.
 According to a rumor printed in af- ternoon papers the ships strong box contained $375.000 and the mutineers would therefore be we'll supplied with money.
 In circles closely in touch with the revolutionists it is regarded as a fore gone conclusion that the commander of the Kniaz Potemkine. Knowing the situation In tho Caucasus, will head for Poti or Batoum. where the revolu- tionists are exceedingly strong, in the hope of securing a general rise. With the authorities in the Caucasus almost powerless to prevent 1t. such a con- tingency Is not impossible
 Dispatches from Tifiis received last night say that reports of the rioting at Odessa and the action of the Kniaz Potemkine have aroused the most in- tense intent and the widest joy among the revolutionists The receipt of the report was followed immediately by a complete strike, even the lamplighters quitting work. The city Is in dark ness and the inhabitants generally are fleeing to the northward
 The Emperor Nicholas III, the crew of which Is reported to have mutini- ed at Constantinople. Is a Russian mer- chantman. Considerable anxiety Is felt because the cruiser Chernomoretz which was due at Sebastopol Monday, has not yet arrived
 order has not been restored at Bye lostok A censored telegram received last night reports that shooting has been heard. that crowds are fleeing and that wild excitement prevails, but no details are given.