New-York tribune., 1905-07-02
Constant Reader Tells What
He Missed in Last
Weeks Paper.

Mighty glad to you. Find need you these
days. Now. tell what's ali this talk about
mutiny in Russian" said the Busy Man, impatiently.
THE revolution has at last" was the Con-
stant Readers reply. 1.-The fuse has been lighted
and If not stamped out the rest Of Europe says.
1t will blow up the Cars autocracy. It was fired
by the mutinous of the battleship Kniaz
Potemkine of the Black Sea squadron. which slew
its commander at hosted the red flag and
then bombarded Odessa. Thus encouraged, the
mob. already rotous, in revolt and set fire to
the quays, the waterfront buildings and the ship
ping. The population still further frenzied by
the funeral of of the ships crew. whose muir
der by the commander led to the mutiny. He was
killed because he complained Of the soup. Re-
Inducements of Cossacks later arrived and killed
thousands of the rioters. The Car proclaimed the
city to be in a state of war
Meantime the mutny broke out at the Baltic
naval stations of Lbau and Cronstadt. Fearful
scenes of boodshed followed Four thousand mutt
nous sailors at Libau surrounded by troops
and many slaughtered. One thousand surrendered
at once to escape death. At Cronstadt eight thou
sand imperial sailors. along with workmen in the
shipyards suddenly went strike. Elsewhere
revolts also broke out. Practically all Poland is
a1ame Warsaw and I<odz have been drenched
with blood Rioters built barricades in the streets,
as the French Commune did, and hundreds were
butchered by the Cossacks. Men. women and chill
dren were cut down for merely leaving their
houses. Ten thousand Jews fed from Lodz in ter
ror country districts, peasants have been burn
ing estates and killing landlords. M. Bezobrazof.
who. as president OF the Yalu Timber Company,
had made vast fortune out of the Manchurian
policy which led to the war. barely escaped with
his life from his country place in Tambov Province
The Caucasus provinces. too, are ahame and many
massacres between Turks and Cossacks ara re-
ported"
yet as long the troops are true to him. the
Gar won't give up the game.' said the Busy Man
philosophicaly.
"CarefuLgo Slow, responded the Constant
Reader with warning finger. ''Mutiny has also
showed itself among the military. regiment at
I.odz when ordered to fire defenceess people re-
fused II was transferred at for fear the dis
affection would spread. New troops are being
modified. and to prevent mutiny the Grand
Duchess is distributing gifts among them
These fellows, 1 suppose, will be sent out Tor
the Japanese to KILL" remarked the Busy Man.
Not at present. the reply. '"They will first
have chance to die at home in trying to put down
insurrection."
Don't the Russians need more men at the
frontf" asked the Busy Man quickly
General Lnevitch might them to help cover
his retreat" said the Constant Reader with half
q smile. "An say the japanese have him trapped.
They've got his army strung out In long line, and
while holding him oyama II sending other troops
against Vladivostok. Dysentery, meanwhile, at
Harbin is killing thousands OF Russians. In every
encounter the Cars men arc thrown back On
sea the few Russians left causing some trouble
They are bravely sinking unprotected merchant
men. including the British steamships Ikhona ana
St Kilda. and the Danish Prinsesse Marie. Tho
peace envoys are to meet in August, and at their
conference China wants to be represented to SEQ
that her rights are respected"
'"You said at last talk, the Chinese were boy
cotting goods What's been done about it?"
asked the Busy Man.
President Roosevelt has sought to pacify the
Chinese" was the answer 'Ths boycott was
caused by too severe enforcement Of our exclusion
laws. Chinese who ought TO hAvo landed without
difficulty here have BEEN held up. The President
ordered conauls IN China therefore, to nee that