Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-08-10
MORE JOIN IN REVOLT.
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
IN MUTINY.
Cprisings At CronStndt and SVen'
borg Ended, but Trouble Breaks
Out ut Revnl--Plot to Take Naval
StrOnEho1ds.

StrOnEho1ds.
Recent developments in the Russian
situation are as follows:
More than 1000 sailors and soldiers
at Cronstadt mutinied, and Il fierce bat
tie followed, in which several were
killed and many wounded. The mutiny
virtually Is ended.
The mutineers at Sveaborg fortress
surrendered.
The crew of the cruiser Pamyat
AEova mutinied off the Esthonian coast
and killed some of the officers Of the
vessel. The uprising was suppressed
by sailors who remained loyal.
A general strike was formally or
dered to begin in st. Petersburg Satur-
day noon, and as a preliminary the men
employed in a dozen establishments
went out Friday.
The report that the Car had re-
fused to accept the conditions to which
Premier Stolypin agreed in his negotia-
lions with Count IIeyden, Alexander
Guchkoff, Prince Nicholas Lvoff, Paul
Vinogradoff and Senator koni for the
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be true.
Plot to Capture Naval StronEholds.
In the map are shown the chief naval
points in Russia, plots to capture which
j. have been disclosed. Sveaborg, where
the most serious revolt has taken place,
is one Of the islands in the Gulf Of
! Finland, a little south OF EelsingforS.
One hundred and sixty miles eastward
lies Cronstadt, another island, and prac-
tically the key of st. Petersburg. AL
most directly south Of Sveaborg is Re-
! val, on the north shore Of the gulf, a
naval station Of much Importance. Riga,
another naval depot, is situated on the
gulf Of the same NAME, while Libau is
a Baltic port and state dockyard about
800 miles south Of Helslngfors. Sc
bastopol is the famous Black Sea port
which was the scene Of terrific fight
ing in the Crimean war of 1854, with
England and France allied against Rus
s1a.
, Yield at
News Of the surrender of the Svea-
borg mutineers has been received. The
disloyal soldiers will be court-martial-
ed at once. The mutiny practically
ended when the war ships Slava and
Bogatyr appeared in the offing at 6
o'clock Wednesday night and opened
fire upon the mutineers. Although the
shots vent wild, they weakened the
spirit of the mutineers, who evidently
accepted this display of loyalty on the
po,.f nf tho orav-S Of tho ShinS DC caal-
ing their fate.
After several hours of indecision and
fighting among the mutineers a white
flag was. flown. The mutiny was n d
ed, and boats were put out to take the
prisoners from the fortress. The en-
tire fortress was turned over into the
hands of the government.
{ Military disorders have broken out
at Reval.
Although the collapse Of the great
Sveaborg mutiny and the defeat of the
Cromstadt uprising somewhat relieve
the situation, for the moment, the out
look is so black as to make the govern
, ment despair. In view OF these two
mutinies, coming after numerous other
outbreaks in the army and navy, the
loyalty of the governments fighting
Nc n knows what mutiny may spread
, like wlldfre throughout the entire
army and navy, or what strike may pre-
cipitate a horrible uprising and civil
war. .
VIII Keep Up Fight.
! Although the hands of the revolution
lists were forced suddenly by the pre-
mature rising at Sveaborg, they are un-
daunted at these initial reverses, and
intend to persist in their program. One
of the leaders Of the revolutionists
boosted that the word had zone forth
and that the fire of revolt would spread
z to the corners Of the empire. His clos
ing words were: "Now watch Reval,
Nigga and Libau." "
I The mutiny on the cruiser Pamyat
Azova caused great uneasiness for a
time, as it Is not known how far the
disaffection in the navy will spread.
The cruiser, however, arrived in the
roadstead at Reval in possession Of the
loyal portion Of her crew, which gained
the upper hand after a fight at sea. 1t
is not known how many We're killed.
Five Of the ships officers are reported
to have been slain.
When the firing began at Cronstadt
there ensued a Wild panic in the impe-
/ rial palace at Peterhof, as the palace
lies under the guns of the fortress. All
preparations had been made in advance
to flee to Tsarakoe Selo, but the report
that the Emperor and his family ac-
tually had fed was denied later at the
chancellery OF the imperial household.
1t was explained, however, that on ac-
count Of "dampness' at Peterhof ar
rangements had been made for the re-
turn Of the imperial family to Tsars-
koe Selo.
1 Martial law was proclaimed at Cron-
stadt and all day long re-enforcements
were landed there from the mainland.
No one is permitted on the island
{ without q pass.
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