The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-07-01
MUTINEERS
SURRENDER
Admiral Kruger Takes Pos.
session of Potemkine
WOULDN'T STAND FIRE
Sailors at Cronstadt and Marines
at Libau in are Open
Revolt.

81. PEI EkSBt lti, July la spe-
cial despatch from Odessa says that
the Kniaz Potemkine. in control OF
mutinous sailors, surrendered to Adj.
miral Kruger, in command Of the Rus.
sian Black sea fleet, on its entry into
the harbor and after II had opened fire
OH them.
The firing on the town from the Po-
tcmk ~ did not last long. and the YES
sci surrendered Immediately upon the
arrival Of the fleet without firing a
shot at the squadron.
4 report from Cronstadt says that
5000 imperial sailors. together with
the workmen ut the yards and docks
of the naval port there, suddenly re-
fused TO work, and state of mutiny
existed for time. -as
The boat service between St Peters.
burg and Cronstadt, the naval port
and fortress. has been suspended, and
Cronstadt is now Isolated by large
military force.
A fight began in the dockyard there
between the wOrkmen and sailors on
one side and the soldiers on the other.
Workmen stoned the Cossacks and
troops who had been stationed on the
quay in anticipation of just such trou-
BILE. Firing began as soon as the riot
ers had obtained firearms.
General Czernolucki, chief of the Bes-
so rah n IL t.ttaa ri ha
murdered in his home at Kishineff. A
general strike has begun in that town,
which is occupied by Cossacks.
Not since the unsuccessful insurrec-
ton In December, 1925, when portion
Of the guard regiments Joined In an
attempt to set up republic in Rus
STA, has the situation of the autocracy
and the Romanoff dynasty been so Sc
rious.
Nevertheless the crisis may be passed
in few days. Either the open revolt
will by that time be stamped out or the
flames will have spread. beyond con-
troll
1t is said that Russian officers at the
capital have openly discussed their
hopes that defeats In the far east will
result in the improvement Of political
conditions at home.
Among educated Russians a very
general conviction exists that the army
cannot be relied upon to permanently
oppose the general national movement
The car has proclaimed martial law
in the governments of Sevastopol,
Nicholaieff and Erivan.
The governments of Sevastopol and
Nicholaieff adjoin the government Of
Kherson, in which Odessa Is situated
and where martial law has already
been declared.
Erivan is government of Transcau-
casia, where most serious disturbances
have occurred.
Six companies of marines are report
ed to have mutlnied at I.ib8u and
wrecked their barracks. They were
surrounded by artillery and infantry,
and some Of the marines surrendered
1t is further stated that the indications
are that there Is concerted action for
revolt between the sailors of the Baltic
and Black sea fleets.
At Ltbau the sailors, after parley
with the commander of the troops
agreed to surrender their arms and re-
turn to duty upon the promise of bet
ter food.
About 1000 mutinnas sailors were
surrounded in small wood near the
port by infantry, REINFORCED by ma
chine guns.
One thousand of the mutineers soon
surrendered and gave up their arms.
The mutiny started when the sailors
Of the First epuiqaCe, as the naval
units are known In Russia, revoited
because the food was bad. They were
joined Immediately by the Sixth
Ninth, Thirteenth and Fifteenth equi-
pages-5,OO0 bluejackets in ALL
The guard at first tried to oppose
them, killing one and wounding seven,
but the sailors got the upper hand.
They seized the guardhouse, broke open
stores, securing arms and ammuni-
ton.
Pandemonium followed throughout
the night. They wrecked the barracks,
attacked the quarters of the officers
and fred volleys at random until morn
ing. The city was terrorized until a
large force of troops and artillery ar
rived All entrances to the city were
closed, and gradually the sailors were
driven into the wood. which they held.