The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-07
HERE'S A STATE OF THINGS /!
Russia Cannot Rely on Her Bluejackets-
Treason in the Fleet.

ern battleship cruising around in the
BRICK sea III the hands Of 4 crew
which under the rules of international
law. cannot be regarded as other than
pirates, and of the admiral in cnm-
mand of the rest of the Euxine fleet
frankly confessing his inability to
cope with the situation. and ordering
the fires Of his warships to be drawn.
mas stupefied the Russian admiralty
! Dispatches from Odessa and Se,;as-
topol, which are confirmed by the adj
mlralty, clear up fully the present ST
uation. The Kniaz Potemkine has
sailed from Odessa and is now at large
and her crew, reinforced by sympath-
lZers from shore, is still in control of
the vessel. On the Georgi Pobiedono-
setZ. which cast in it's fortunes with
the knlaZ POtemkine after It's arrival
at Odessa and landed it's officers, the
more loyal or more timOrOus portion of
the crew again gained the upperhand
and agreed to surrender and disarm
the ship.
The rest of the squadron returned to
Sebastopol without venturing to take
up the gauntlet thrown down by the
mutineers on the KniaZ POtemkine,
and Admiral Kruger, after a council
OF war, finding that he could not de-
pend on his crews, ordered the fires
drawn beneath the boilers of his ships
and gave permission to all the disaf-
fected officers and sailors to quit the
vessels and go ashore. The sailors of
Ekaterina II were known to be so
mutinous that the battleship was left
behind when the squadron started for
Odessa. the whole crew dismissed and
the ship disarmed.
The spirit manifested throughout
the fleet goes far to explain the defeat
in the Sea Of Japan, as large part of
the crews, especially those of Admiral
Nebogatoff's division, were drafted
from the EuXine sea, and evidently
were not in a mind to offer a stout
fight
The proclamation attached to the
dead body Of the Kniaz POtemkine's
sailor, Omiltchuk, at Odessa. the text
of which was received yesterday, con-
firms the statement of the authorities
that the revolt was engineered by So
cial revOlutionists. The proclamation
terminated with the slogan of the par
ty: Zone for all and all for one''
This makes the situation more seri-
Gus than would have been the matter
of simple disaffection, and gives rise
to the greatest apprehension that the
revolutionary organization may have
conducted an equally successful prOpa-
ganda among the soldiers, the results
of which will be suddenly manifested
when the army is called upon in some
internal emergency.
Troops Shooting Down the Mobs.
Odessa, June 29.-The red flag OF
revolution is hoisted at the masthead
of the Kniaz Potemkine Russias most
powerful battleship in the Black sea,
which now lies in the harbOr in the
bands of mutineers. The captain and
most of the officers were murdered and
thrown overheard in the open sea. and
the ship is completely in the possession
of the crew and a few officers who
have thrown in their lot with the
mutineers. The guns of the Kniaz
POtemkine are trained on the city. and
in the streets masses of striking work
men who Tuesday fed before the vol
leys of the troops are now inflamed
by the spectacle Of open revolt on
board an imperial warship, and are
making Il bold front against the mill
tary.
st. Petersburg, June 3O.-An I'M
timed dispatch, probably sent some
time Wednesday night received from
Odessa, and which may have been de-
layed by the authorities, says: "The
mutineers of the battleship Kniaz Po-
temkine still hold the ship. Rear Adj
miral Kruger's squadron has not ar
rived here. A great fire is destroying
the shipping in the harbor and the
buildings along the shore. and in the
streets q continuous rattle of small
arms is heard. The military every
where are shooting into the crowds,
which are panic-stricken and madly
rushing hither and thither FOR shelter
The number of victims is large.
ga state of siege has been declared
in the city. The cOnfiag era ton is sweep
ing along the harbor front. the sail
ors and strikers refusing to permit at
tempts to extinguish the flames. Three
uninsured ships of the Pan-Russian
company have been destroyed. The Of
fees of the port administration, stores
of the PaH-Russian, Koshkin and Rus
sian companies, and many private. es-
Establishments and great number of
wood yards have been burned, and the
fire is now consuming long lines Of
railroad cars, containing cargoes I'M
loaded from foreign ships. Many ships
succeeded in leaving the harbor''
More Mutiny at Cronstadt.
CrOnstadt, July 3.-The crew of the
Russian cruiser Minnie refused to put
to sea with the other vessels of the
active squadron, alleging that the age
and had condition of tha Nininn nro