The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-29
FLEET JOINS
REVOLT
Mutineers Take officer From
Prison 10 Command Them
RANK AND FILE ROTTEN
ManehurIan Force, In Open Rebel
lion-fight expected al
Ssvasiopol.
RANK AND FILE ROTTEN

~ itsi tsAtNiti w. wv - - AN'
entire f-si 10 Seyasioi,sl has lolne.i "a.
mugin.rrs asiarr la Ihrir revolt
The sailors have liberated Lieutenant
schmidt. an officer ~ the BLACK sea
squadron. who WAS Ia prison awaiting
trial Zoe placing s~Fsgilhs on III. graves
~ he muiin--rs killci last July.
Rclmhii went ahoanl the cruiser ot'
cliakni aud assumed command ~ the
squadron,
IA. governor ordered the squadron
60 leave the harbor. schmidt refused
90 obey aud notified the governor that
" any ~ the sailors under ARREST were
PLACED before . conrt martial the war.
ship would bombani the town.
4 later report says that N. sailors
nj s-yasiopoi have massacrod all their
officers.
According 10 n prlyai. telegram from
an emin.niiy Trustworthy SQUIRE IN 10
vasfopol a.. rrh.ls are 10 completely
masters ~ the situation that III. got-
ernm.ni viii h. compelled 20 acccSie 10
ul thrif drfhanuss
THIS information entirely bears out
III. tenor 81 the official dispatches.
which Intimate that "a. authorities
dare not suppress the muliny with
force unless the government can scnd
very strong coniing-nts from other
parts Of ihe country aud Invest the
town.
IL 10 needless 10 say that these dis
patches ar. not published. In fact. the
usual attempt is made Ia minimize the
gravity 81 the situation. The perfect
order and tranquility prevailing nj Sc
yasiopol are construed into symptoms
Of the collapse of the revolt. whereas.
as matter of fact. these symptoms
rather 80 10 show the perfect organiza'
ton ~ what II nothing less than a rev
oluiiounry movement. The sailors aud
their friends evidently remain In con.
trol. aud they have been Joined 10y the
laborrrs aud railway men. This has
rendered IL impossible 10 send rc-cn-
forccm.nts TO scvasiopol by train.
A dispatch from Moscow says that
the garrison there n disaffected. The
strikes continue.
II Il persistently rumored that Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaievltch will he
appointed regent Ia view Of the ears
alleged intention 10 ~ abroad.
The soldiers attached Ia the Military
School Of Electricity here have been
arrested 10y four baitalions of the Paw.
lovsky regiment aud taken 10 the
fortress Sts. Peter and Paul.
4 Scvastopol dispatch says that the
last day OF grace accorded the mutt
surrender on the part Of the men. The
hills towering above the harbor Of the
Russian stronghold la the Black sea
may soon res1und ~ they did In the
days Of the Crimean war with the
roar Of muskctry and cannon should
the government attempt 10 carry on
It's announced intention Of crushing the
revolt with the mailed fist.
The rebellious sailors are playing /;
waiting game and apparently have full
Nbiuu'h'' iilh' INV -uuN VI lht u'fl
will not be turned against them. II
they have not actually disregarded tn,
summons TO haul dowS the red fial
they seem determined To make the an
thoritlcs show their hands.
The stan quarters al Sevastopol are
guarded 10y Cossacks. and the officers
In the streets are accompanied by es
corts OF COssacks. the only branch OF
the service the fidelity of which Is alb
solutely unquestioned.
Professor Hodsky. editor of the Ma
sha Shisn. called upon the premier (,
demand permission for Father Gapor
to return to Russia. What Is the us,
OF deception among friends" sale
Count Witte 10 the professor. "Yor
and know. even II the police do not
that Father Gapon has been living il
your house since Aug IL"
The military officers at ST. Peters
burg admit that no reliance can b.
placed OIL the line regiments. not ever
on those now stationed In the capital
The spirit of revolt pervades the whole
army from Vladivostok to the Euro
pean frontier. and the Manchurial
forces are almost openly revolving.
The state of affairs at Sevastopol
Odessa. Simferopol and Tihls shows
that the revolutionary spirit has spread
| to southern Russia and Trausca,lcaSia