The Morris County chronicle., 1906-01-30
NUTINY At VLAlIVOSTOK
Sailors and Artillerists ID This
Latest FIGHT With Czar.
BATTLE IN The CAUCASUS

Rebels with Cavalry and infantry
Astenish Regulars by Their Firrn-
ness Under FIre-Father Gapon Re
turning to St. PetsrsSurg The Cow
ernmont Lentent Towards oGendsrs
st. Petersburg, Russia. THAT there
has been renewal Of the mutiny in
YIadivostok was confirmed by dis.
patch from that city received here
late at night
This dispatch indicates that the sit.
uation was far more serious than dur.
ing the outbreak in November. as the
mutineers include both sailors and ar
tiiierists, who are in possession OF the
Holy Innocence" battery and are well
armed with rifles and machine guns, 80
well as having heavy fortress guns.
General MistehenlxO, who has been
sent to deal with the mutlneers. the
dispatch adds, has no easy task, as tho
Cossacks given him are iII-sulted
for capturing fortified position. 1t
.says the promises OF immediate trans
portation home for the men, with
which the Government ended the for
mer revolt, are now scarcely effective.
The telegram, which bears evidences
Of having been carefully edited, says
nothing about the numbers Of the mu,
tineers nor of the attitude Of the gar
ris0n as a whole. The hasty dispatch
Of the nearest available troops indi.
Gates that General Linevitch is dis.
trustful
The number af casualties in fight
when a column of sailors in advanc.
ing on The commsndant'y house was
scattered by machine guns, is not given
in the dispatch, and there is no men
ti0n in it Of excesses or the destruc-
tion of property
A report that General SeliYanoff the
Commander of the army corps at Viad.
ivostok, had been wounded is con.
firmed. The War Department officials
are unable to give particulars Of the
seriousness of the mutiny, which is
due to the reserve men who are thor
oughly undiscipIined and are clamorinR
for their immediate transportation
home, though the Government has
given them precedence over the Trans.
Siberian Railroad in addition to char,
tering all the available steamers for
this purpose
Railroad communication with the
Caucasus has generally been restored
The revolutiopists of Guria and Min,
ggelia are retiring to the mountains
obstinateiy resisting the advance OF
the troops. The frevolutionists who
were driven from IkWifiia rallied and
fought a regular battle, advancing on
the troops. Other severe encounters
are reported. Several towns besides
Kwirila are in flames. The troops are
said to be ast0nished at the firmness
of che revoIutionists, who have cavalry
as well as infantry. Two companies OF
troops rescued at KwiriIa had been dis
armed The captain in command,
Dayidoff, had been killed
A revolution has broken out in North.
ern Caucasia. The mountaineers
around Ekaterinodar have risen and
are making frequent forays A large
detachment of Cossacks has been sent
to restore order.
Advices from EkaterinosIav, South
Russia. say that the inhabitants OF
several villages have been rioting and
engaging in various excesses, making
it necessary to employ artillery to sub
due them. The troops captured bar
rieaded school in which the leading
revolutionists had sought refuge.
The Government has been relaxing
it's Pepressive measures Manysof the
persons arrested have been released.
and the right Of assembly will be re-
stored. Father Gapon, who had been
warned not to appear in ST. Peters.
burg. is returning to Russia Leniency
also will be shown in the case of the
sentences imposed upon Professor
Hodski and M Katelnikoff, editors OF
the Nashashlsn, for publishing the
manifesto Of the W0rkmen's Council
They will be let off with fines Of $3.50
instead of term Of imprisonment, to
which Alexis Aiexievitch Souv0rln, edi
tor OF the Russ. was sentenced,
Colonel ProsOrOyski, Chief of the
Gendarmerie at Pensa. East Russia,
has been informed by the local vevolu.
tionary organization that the recent
murder of Colonel Lissolvski, com.
mandipg the SeRenty-eighth Infantry
Division, by members OF the organiza'
ton, was bIunder He had been mis-.
taken FOR. Colonel ProsorovslKi. and the
organization has now notified the latter
that the error will shortly be rectified,