Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-11-14
prisoners REVOLT;
FIRE KISHINEFF JAIL
IN SEEKING FREEDOM 90 MU.
TIMERS ARE KILLED AND
MANY WOUNDED.

MARTIAL LAW RULES
THROUGHOUT EMPIRE
Government is Making Determined
Efforts to Quell Uprising-Peace-
full Revolution Reported from
Kobe, Japan.
Odessa, Nov. 13.-The prisoners in
the Jail at Ikishineff, Bessarabia, re-
volted in a body during the night and
demanded their freedom. On their re-
quest being refused, the prisoners set
fire to the Jail. Troops were hur-
ried to the scene and fired volley into
the mutineers, of whom % were killed
and many wounded. All is now COM
paratively quiet here, although there
were many isolated cases of violence
during the night.
Captive Soldiers Revolt.
Washington, Nov. 13-The follow.
ing cablegram has been received here
from Kobe, Japan, by member of the
local Russian revolutionary commit
tee: Enthusiastic reception given to
revolutionary officers by the revolu-
tionary 10000 soldiers at Hamadera
and Himeji detention camps. Red
banners bearing allegiance 'Zemlia
VOLTA Gland and Liberty-Live Lib
erty). Russian Marsellais sung"
The explanation of this cablegram
given by the local committee here is
that remarkable peaceful revolution
has been accomplished under condi-
tions never before paralleled.
Martial Law Declared.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 13.-The declar-
alton of martial law throughout
Poland is evidence of the determine
tion of the government to try to nip
in the bud the movement to regain the
autonomy which the kingdom of Po-
land possessed under the constitu-
ton which was suppressed after the
revolution of 1863. The ease with
which the Firms striking at the op-
perfume moment compelled the gov
eminent to make n complete surrender
encouraged the Poles to attempt a
similar stroke, and the government
has received advices which leave no
doubt that broad conspiracy was or
ganized to attain this end. The leaders
of the movement propose to adopt the
tactics followed in Finland The govern
ment will resist to the utmost. Count
WHITE himself believes that if the gov
eminent is forced at this juncture to
grant autonomy to Poland it might
mark the beginning of the dismem-
berment of the empire
Blow May Be Too Late
The hope of the government is that
the Poles are striking too late, as the
railroads throughout Russia have re-
sumed operations, and the transporta-
ton of troops is possible. Neverthe-
less, the government will be in a
quandary should the passive resistance
OF Poland change to an armed up
rising, as it Is a question whether the
government is strong enough to at
tempt to suppress 1t by force. To
carry on civil war in Poland now
would expose the government to at
tacks in the rear from the revolu-
tionary elements of the people. The
demand for the leveling of all ranks
and the abolishing of the privileges
of caste which was the chief charao-
teristic of the early days of the
French revolution, has seized upon the
people, and even the town council Of
st. Petersburg, in response to numer-
Gus petitions, has requested the gov
eminent to abrogate the rule by which
the center of the Nevsky Prospect and
other fashionable thoroughfares are
kept free for the private carriages OF
the aristocracy, thus crowding the
public carriages to the curbs.
Mutny Report Untrue.
The admiralty declares that the re.
port that the crews of the Russian bat
tleshtps Slava and Alexander H., now
at Cronstadt, have mutinied, is I'M
true. Vice Admiral Birilieff, minis.
ter of marine, while admitting that g
deplorable state of discomfort exists
among the sailors, attributes the Cron
stadt mutiny largely to the influence
of the mutiny at Libau He freely
admits, however, that the sailors have
many Just grievances, investigation
having shown that the government
contractors have robbed the govern
ment and furnished the crews witt
food unfit to eat
An Independent investigation seems
to confirm the report that the nava
officers at Cronstadt acted disgrace
fully. Most Of them, instead Of re
naming at their posts, fed for thei
lives from the wrath of the sailors
When the outbreak first occurred, tn
commander of the Seventh equipag
committed suicide.
Uprising Not Yet Quelled.
According to information receives
by the Sloyo the mutiny is not We
quelled, the Fourth and Seventl
equipages still holding out in thei
barracks, and keeping the troop
which surround the building at bay b
means of machine guns mounted a
the windows The commander of tn
forces at Cronstadt, it is added, hes
tates to order the troops to storm tn
building, believing he can reduce tn
mutineers to submission by starvation
In the communications held with tn
mutineers the latter refuse to surrer
der unless they are guaranteed i'm
munity from punishment under tn
naval regulations by which every fit
man is subject to be shot af'ar tria
by a collrt-mart;.l which sal
TO be in session and en- sen