The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-27
MUTINY AT
SEVASTOPOL
Sailors and Soldiers Join
Paraders.
WHOLE REGIMENT JOINS
Parading With Red Flags-Troops Hur-
RED from Odessa to Quell the Dis
tprbance--Admiralty Unable
to Get Information.
WHOLE REGIMENT JOINS

st. Petersburg, Nov. 27.-The sailors
81 Sevastopol and the Brest regiment
haze mutinied and joined the workmen,
who are holding a meeting under the
red flag. The mutineers, carrying red
hags and accompanied by q military
band, marched 70 the railway station
and compelled the employees 10 cease
work. The sailors Friday attempted
TO hold meeting, and Rear Admiral
Pisarevsfd announced that the meeting
would be dispersed BY the use Of fire.
arms, whereupon the sailors fired on aud
wounded the admiral
Troops have been sent from Odessa
to quell the disorders AZ Sebastopol,
which ale reported to be increasing. The
mufineers have sent the chief admiral
q black coffin. and have demanded that
he leave town immediately. Railway
traffic with Sebastopoi Il interrupted.
The wounds Of Admiral Pisareysn, who
was shot ~ tile mutinous sailors. are
serious.
Details 81 the inutiny al SebastopoI
are not available at the Admiralty An
officer Of the staff said that four equip.
ages aud the Black sea feet were at
Sebastopol az present He explained
that, III addition To other song-existent
causes Of discomfort, che sailors bad
been stirred up BIZ their retention ii the
service IS feseryists, the ukase feleas-
ing many Of them from service having
been published BIT 81. Petersburg Fiji.
day. Tie infansrymen Of the Brest
regiment mad hitherto been considered
entirely reliable.
The mutineers and ri0t0ls strikers ere
paraaing the city Nith red flags With
out interference, and il may BIZ possible,
vi WAS the ease al Odessa, that the
guns Of the battleslip Pateleiaaon {foT.
meTly the kniaz Pofembine1 and other
vessels of the Euxine feet dominate
the situation and prevent active meas.
uies being taken 10 quell The matter
even If Vice Admiral Choukin has snfli-
cient loyal troops at his disposal OIL
GERS Of the admiralty 1T st. Petersburg
hope that the mHtiny may end liks
THAI kronstadt, when The sailors after
a night 81 drunken reyeiTy and disturb
anea returned To duty for the most part
without eunpuisioH But the Sebasto-
pol outbreak seems 10 be Ga a diifereat
scale.
The dispatches say nothing as 10 the
reasons for tile mutiny of 81 the De,
maIlds of the mutineers, and 10 de-
tails are ohtaiRalle III the admiralty
though the conjecture is advanced that
demands for better food and the release
Of reserYists might partly be respon-
sihie for H. The lack Of good officers
IL frankly given by one of The highest
officers Of the naval staff as the prini
cipal and underlying reason for the
alarming conditions Ia the Euxine fleet
As at Kroustadt, practically all tbs
good officers we're drafted for service
with the fleets ia the far east during
the war, and the force Of commissioned
officers at Sebastopol is now only about
one officer 10 over 400 men, and many
Of these are utterly incapable.
Tie revolt Of the Brest regiment i
one Of tie most serious features IF Thu
situation, It Is the first time an IN.
| fantTy regiment as a whole has mutt
MED, and The question on the lips d
everyone in the capital Is how long Il
win W before Il IL followed by others
perhaps even the st. Petersburg gar
| Iisan.