The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-03
STRIKE TO FOLLOW
ON HEELS OF
MUT|NY
AND REVOLUTiONlSTS uNDAuNT.
ED BY RECENT DEFEAT IS
SUE SWEEPING ORDERS.
RED FLAG STILL FLOATS
and May Cause Revolt to Spread
to Other Ships in Finland
Gulf.

ST. Petersburg, Friday, 1;t5 a. M
SAug. 3.-AIthough the mmutines at
Sveaborg has been ended and that at
Crondstadt practically put down, the
outlook is still black. The revolution.
ists, whose hands were suddenly
forced by the premature rising at
SVeaboro, apparently are undaunted
at these initial reverses and intend
to persist in their program of calling
a general strike Saturday or Monday.
One of the leaders of the revolH-
tionists with whom the Associated
Press spoke last night, boasted that
the word had gone forth and that the
| fire of revolt would spread to the cor
ners of the empire. His closing words
TO The correspondent were:
Now watch Reul Riga and Libau
{ News of tire mutiny on hoard the
cruiser Pamyat Asoya off the Esthon-
ian coast, is fraught with enormous
possibilities. The crew Of this yes
sci rose and killed the commander
and four officers.
Red Flag Still Floats.
Ambassador Meyer has received 4
dispatch from the American consul
lat Reval saying the Pamyat Asova
entered that port this afternoon and
with a red flag at her masthead
Should this cruiser under the flag of
tbn .at a a
pear in the presence of the main |
squadron in the Gulf of Finland. the |
loyalty Of the crews of those vessels |
would perhaps be put to stronger test |
than they could stand
Although the admiralty asserts that |
the squadron off Syeaborg did not
waiver in its allegiance. there is
something mysterious about the re.
ports of the actions Of the ships
which warrants the suspicion that
all is not right aboard Only two
ships fred on mutineers. the others
on the horizon as if the ad-
m'ral were not sure that they could
be depended upon.
international Complications.
The mutiny on the Pamyat Asova
nay possibly raise international com
)lications as in the eye Of the law
his cruiser, like the Kniaz Potem- /,
tine in the Black Sea In 1905. is a F,
Iirate. There is reason 10 believe that
T the Herman feet had orders cover.
ng just such contingencies as this
md it would not hesitate to put an
nd to the cruiser
When the firing began al Crons'adf
Wednesday night there ensued a wild
'anic in the imperial palace at Peter
.of as it lies under the guns Of the
0rtress.
To Move imperial Family.
All pr larations had been made IN
dyance fee to Tsarskoe Selo but r
he report aGoat yes, erday CThurs-
ayl afternoon that the emperor and
lmily had actually fed in the middle
{ the night was denied later at the
hancelloroy Of the imperial house
I'D. II vas explained. however. that 81
n account Of "dampness" al Peterhof q
rrangemt ais had been made for the h
sturn Of the imperial family to Tsar- C,
soc Selo o
Martial law was proclaimed at Cron- p,
adt during the day. and all day long in
have been landing
.ere from the main land. No one t. of
srmitted on the island without n ith
iss. and although the correspondent N
the Associated Press was thus th
.uiDped be- was held up and search no
upon disembarling fro ma row.
,at fH
The correspondent found that AT g
,lock yesterday evening there were so
i00 muiinous sailors barricaded in in
cir barracks which we're s1rroundeI hi
loyal troops an