Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-03
Crushingo Of Outbreak Does
Not End Russia's Trouble
Two Of the Ships OF Imperial
Navy Files Red Flag.
Gar asIsek s,elyph's Cabinet P|ah.-'
Military Dictatorship Probable.


Cronstadt has been practically put
down. the outlook is still black. Inc
Reyolutionists, whose hands were sud
denly forced by the premature rising
at Sveaborg. are apparently undaunt-
ed at these initial reverses, and inteno
to persist in their program of calling
general strike on Saturday or Monday
One Of the leaders Of the Revolu-
tionists, with whom The Associated
Press spoke last night, boosted that
the word had gone forth and that the
fire of revolt would spread to the cor
ners Of the empire. His closing worus
TO the correspondent were:
Now watch Reval. Rigs. and Libau."
The mutiny on board the armored
cruiser Pamyat Azova, off the Esthon-
ian coast, Is fraught with normous
possibilities. The crew of this vessel
rose, and killed the commander and
four officers. Ambassador Heyer has
received a dispatch from the American
consul at Reval saying that the Pam
vat Azova entered that port this after
noon with the red flag at her masthead
Should this cruiser. under the flag OF
the mutineers, sail to the northward,
and appear before the main squadron,
in the gulf Of Finland. the loyalty OF
the crews Of the vessels would per-
hans be put to a stronger test than
they could stand.
Although the admiralty claims that
the squadron off Sveaborg did not wav-
er In it's allegiance. there is something
mysterious about the reports of the
ships actions, which warrants the
suspicion that all is not right aboard.
Only two ships fired on the mutineers.
the others remaining on the horizon as
If the admiral were not sure that they
could be depended upon.
The mutiny on the Pamy at AZOva
may possible raise international COM
plicatfons, as in the eye of the law,
this cruiser. like the kniaz Potemkin
in the Black Sea, in the summer of 1905,
Is a pirate. There is reason to believe
that the German fleet has orders COW
ering just such 4 contingency as this,
and that 1t would not hesitate to put
an end to the renegade cruiser as a
danger to commerce.
When the firing began at Cronstadt
Wednesday night there ensued a wild
panic in the imperial palace at Peter
hof, as the palace lies under the guns
of the fortress. All preparations had
koe-Selo but the report afloat yester-
day afternoon that the Emperor ard
his family actually had fled in the mid
die of the night was denied later at the
chancellory of the imperial house.
hold.
1t was explained. however, that on
account of "danrpness" at PeterhoI. ar
rangements had been made for the re-
t.I fp will to rTS..lrl ls
Eelo.
Martial law was proclaimed at
Cronstadt during the day, and all day
long reinforcements have been landing
there from the mainland. No one Is
y permitted on the island without a pass.
and although the correspondent of The
Associated Press was thus equipped.
he was held up and searched upon dis
embarking from a rowbOat.
The correspondent found at 6 O'Clock
yesterday evening there were abou:
1000 mutinous sailors barricaded In
their barracks, which were surrounded
by troops.
The correspondent made tour of the
city and penetrated to the bridge con-
meeting with Fort Constantine. He
saw sailors laughing from the windows
OF the barracks at the beseiging SOL
diers across the way. Everywhere
there were heavy patrols of the streets
but otherwise the thoroughfares were
almost empty. The people are afraid
to venture out.
While passing the arsenal at o'clock
in the afternoon the correspondent
heard a ragged volley which he sub
sequently learned had cut short the
lives of six prisoners who had been
sentenced to death by the drumhead
court martial which began sitting at
il o'clock in the morning. 1t was de-
clared that the 800 sailors who haG
surrendered during the night. had been
shot earlier in the day. but it was
impossible to obtain absolute confirma =
ton of this statement.
From eye witnesses on both sides the
respondent learned that in addition
the officers previously mentioned the
losses on the side OF the loyal men
were six soldiers and two sailors killed,
and about 20 of them are wounded.
The losses on the side Of the mutineers
could not be obtained, but they were
not heavy. Three workmen were killed
and six were wounded. In addition
Nine. Jacoby, sister of Co. Aleband-
RON, who threw himself between her
brother and some sailors when the lat
ter swarmed into their house at the
beginning Of the outbreak. was brutal
ly stabbed to death.
The utmost ferocity was displayed
by both sides. One of the workmen
killed cried to the patrol:
Don't fire on the people," but the
officer in command turned coldly away.
and gave the order to shoot the man
down.
Early ACCOUNTS of the Cronstadt
trouble have been largely incorrect.
The mutinous sailors never went to
Fort Constantine.
The plan of the uprising was con-
ceived by the Revolutionary military
committee. When the signal was Civ
en- at II o'clock that night. the sailors,
sappers and pioneers left their bar
racks and divided into three groups.
The mission of the first and smallest
group was to kill the officers. the Sec
ond was to take possession of the ar
senal and the third was to sieze the