Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07
WENT BACK TO
SEBASTOPOL
Admiral kruger's Squadron Will be
Held in Port and the Crews
Remain Ashore.
MUTINEERS ADOPT new TACTICS
The kniaz Potemkin Sails to a Rou.
manian Port and the Crew of the
Georgi Pobiedonosetz Surren-
der to the Authorities
at Odessa.

London, July 3.-Lloyds' agent at
Kustenji, Roumania, in a dispatch
dated 9:20 o'clock last night, says the
Kniaz Potemkin and torpedo boat No.
267 are anchored off that port and that
another steamer is in the offing, ap-
parently watching.
The commander of the Roumanian
fleet boarded the Kniaz Potemkin and
gave her permission to take water and
provisions, pending instructions from
Bucharest.
Sebastopol, July 3.-Immediately
after. the Black Sea squadron arrived
here Saturday council of admirals
and captains was held on board the
flagship Rostislav, Vice Admiral Kru-
ger presiding. The council resolved to
ungear the machinery and authorize
the officers and men to go ashore. The
Ekaterina II. is here and has been dis
armed.
st. Petersburg, July 3.-The unpre-
cedented spectacle of battleship
cruising around in the Black Sea in the
hands of a crew who under the rules
of international law cannot be re-
garded as other than pirates and of
the admiral in command of the rest of
the EuXine fleet confessing his inabil-
ity to cope with the situation and or
dering the fires of his warships to be
drawn, has stupefied the Russian ad-
miralty
According to special dispatches
from Odessa several officers of the
Georgi Pobiedonosetz were murdered.
Capt. Golikoff and all the officers of
the Kniaz Potemkin except five who
were engineers were killed June 2S.
st. Petersburg, July According
to a dispatch received by an official
agency the torpedo boat destroyer
Snetilvy, with a volunteer crew, has
sailed from Odessa with the intention
of sinking the Kniaz Potemkin.
Bucharest, July 4.-The Kniaz Po-
temkin left Kustenji Monday after
noon. 1t is stated that she is return
ing to Odessa.
The Russian torpedo boat No. 2G7,
accompanying the Kniaz Potemkin,
attempted to enter the port of Kus-
tenji yesterday. The Roumanian
cruiser Elisabetha fired on the torpedo
boat, but failed to hit her. The torpedo
boat then retired.
Odessa, July 4.-Interest here cen
ters in the whereabouts and doings Of
the KniaZ Potemkin and as to what
course the Russian authorities will
pursue toward her. 1t seems incred-
ible that the authorities will permit
her to cruise freely in the Black Sea
indefinitely. 1t is reported on good
authority that she will be sunk as
soon as good opportunity offers.
The situation is complicated by the
fact that the spirit of insubordination
is by no means lacking on board other
ships of the Black Sea feet 1t is re-
ported that the crews of other war
ships declined to fire on the Kniaz
Potemkin when she steamed out of
Odessa last Saturday.
There is much other evidence that
there is a spirit of INSTRUMENTATION on
board other Black Sea ships, stories
concerning which took concrete form
in report from Sebastopol yesterday
that the crew of the Ekaterina II. were
paid off and sent ashore to barracks
there because they could no longer be
trusted.
The situation of the men on board
the Kniaz Potemkin is desperate.
They are practically pirates and their
predicament offers only limited ave
nues for escape. If they do not sur
render it is believed they will go to
some Black Sea port, not in Russia,
leave the ship and take their chances
of getting away overland.
Bucharest, Roumania, July 5.-Be-
fore the Kniaz Potemliin sailed from
Kustenji delegation from the crew
handed the prefect proclamation ad-
dressed to the representatives of the
powers in Roumania, formally declar-
ing war on all Russian vessels which
refuse to join the mutineers. The
proclamation says the Kniaz Potem-
kin will respect neutral territory and
foreign shipping. The delegation re-
quired that the proclamation be for
warded to the powers.
A Fatal Accident.
Chicago July 3-Lee REYNOLDS of