The San Francisco call., 1906-06-22


to place the fortress OF Sebastopol in
possession of the mutineers, was sup
pressed yesterday. according to a spe-
cia1 dispatch to the Novoe vremya- The
mutiny was started by battalion of
fortress artillery, which declined to
obey orders, whereupon the men were
promptly disarmed Two other bat
talions then mutinied and took posses
sion of the guns in the north shore
batteries, but on the appearance of
several loyal regiments of infantry the
mutineers abandoned the idea OF fight
ing and returned to their barracks.
General Nepluef, commander of the
fortress Of Sebastopol. is reported to
be greatly concerned about the temper
Of the sailors as well as the soldiers of
the fortress. That the morale OF the
whole army is being shaken by the rev.
olutionary propaganda is proved by the
continual extension of the rebellious
outbreaks among the troops. 1t ap
pears to be confirmed that the Bolschof
regiment at Ryazab has driven out its
officers and burned the armory. An
other report says the soldiers delib
erately attacked the Officers Club at
Ryazab, killing one and wounding two
officers. A panic prevails in the town.
OTHER TROOPS RESTLESS.
Four companies of the Viborg regi-
II
sented demands which were acceded to,
and they have now returned to duty.
The soldiers of the notorious Semenov-
sky regiment, whose name became
synonymous with repression owing to
the deeds committed by these troops at
Moscow, are reported to have held
meeting and to have decided that they
cannot any longer endure the pubic
opprobriumJand must wipe out the stain
on the regiment
The tenderness with which the mil
itary officers are treating these and re-
curing exhibitions of the mutinous
spirit among the troops is SUFFICIENT evil
dence that they fear that the entire
army is infected
The agrsrian disturbances are ex-
tending in the provinces Of Lula, Orel
and Kursk, where the landowners are
reported to be abandoning their es-
tateE The property of Count Sherome-
tieff at Kursk has been completely de-
stroyed.
NJ. Krazinsky, a large landowner OF
Kiev Province, is importing six ma
chine guns from England, with view
Of hgnting II out with the peasants.
PARLIAMENT To AID JEWS.
The impression produced by the
Bfalystok massacre had the effect of
cutting short q debate on the question
OF abrogating privileges and placing
all Russian subjects on an equality
before the law. Whatever hostility ex-
listed against the granting or equal
rights to the Jews disappeared after
strong speech made by NJ. Stchepkin,
chairman of the Parliamentary Com
mission which went to Bialystok he
did not mention Bialystok by name,
although every one within sound OF his
voice knew he was referring TO the
scenes which he had just left and the
massacres which the
country had witnessed and was wit
Messing He declared that the massa-
cres were due directly TO the Inequality
of the Jews before the law, which
Parliament was seeking to correct.
Continuing, he said:
1t has been charged that the Jews
are becoming anarchists. That is par
TALLY true. The Government, by op-
preston. is driving the prosecuted
members of that race to anarchy. The
difference between their status and
ours is Illustrated by the fact that if
a roboer enters our homes we have the
right 10 shoot him, but if Jew re-
sists troops are summoned and he is
shot down as a revolutionist. Lack
of lawful protection will make any
people the enemies, not only of the
present Government, but of all Gov
ernments"
REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE.
NJ Stchepkin appealed for instant
action. He pointed out so long as the
Inequalities in rights continued the po-
lice and local oficials were easy tools
Of persecution.
The entire subject was referred TO
ornmittee of thirty three members,
with instructions to report on Monday.
Stchepkin, in conversation today, said
the report would abSolve the St Pc
tersburg Government of direct respon-
sfbillty for the Bialystok massacre, but
would find that the rising was organ
lied by the lower police officials of
Blalystok as the result Of systematic
agitation there extending over a con-
siderable period.
Lieklce, a Polish city. with great
Jewish population, was on the verge
Yesterday of an experience such as
that through which Bialystok had just
passed. During a religious procession
a shot was fired, wounding a gendarme,
but the police succeeded in holding the
Dcpulace in check The man who fired
the shot, Pole. was arrested.
Proba bly, as the direct result of the
BiaIystok affair the Jews of Moscow
have been allowed 70 open the only
synagogue in the city, which had been
closed for twenty years. The prefect
in announcing the Emperor's decision
asked the rabbis TO use their influence
with the Jewish youth to restrain them
from the revolutionary course