New-York tribune., 1906-07-04
AGREAT PLOT In ARMY.
MORE RUSSIANS MUTINY.
lfcrtiaI Lac at Odessa-Rising at
4sgabGd- -Kvwstalefgs Trial.

,.,g,,e which is inspiring mutinies and uprisings
!. sbe army has been set at rest by the discov-
- ~ the seal and documents of the league in
~ course Of a search of soldiers attached 20
.,oY headquarters at wilma and detailed TO
.-orious regiments OF the Third Corps. General
pnsieer. the Minister Of War; has ordered a
s,r,ct investigation 10 be made of all detach-
,oents Of troops in order TO determine the extent
u she revolutionary propaganda and the best
,,ethods Of counteracting IL.
Martial law was proclaimed to-day at Odessa
IN account OF the ferment among the troops
there
An incipient riot is reported 10 have occurred
among the Cuirassiers OF the Guard at Tsarskoe-
Salo because they had been ordered not TO read
che newspapers officers OF the Guard said that
the severity of the measures taken 20 prevent
the spread Of the revolutionary campaign among
,be troops is arousing such intense resentment
among the men that the lives OF the officers
themselves are endangered. They speak most
pessmistcally OF the spread Of disloyalty in the
army.
The Ministry of War has received kilograms
saying that a serious mutiny has broken out in
the ID and Sd Battalions Of the Tirailleurs and
the lst Railway Battalion at Askabad. 1t origi-
mated in the arrest of soldiers whose comrades
demanded their release and drew up a list OF
grievances. including demand for the removal
Of officers and their replacement by men from
the ranks The mutineers defied the Governor
General. ReinfOrcements Of infantry Cossacks
and artillery have been dispatched TO Askabad
from Merv
Agrarian disorders continue in the central and
southern provinces. A desperate encounter took
place between the police and a crowd al a public
garden in Tula, and many women and children
were among the victims. At Matviefka there
vas regular engagement between Cossacks
and peasants. in which many persons were killed
or wounded.
The trial Of NJ Krustaler, president Of the
executive committee OF the workmen's Council
and ffty-two members OF the Workmen's Coun-
Gil on the charge Of preparing an armed upris-
Ing last autumn began here to-day The corri-
dors surrounding the court were packed with
police and gendarmes, IN spite OF which the
opening Of the proceedings was interrupted by
the Witnesses, who were in a room adjoining the
court. singing the 'AarseillaIse" at the ton OF
their voices. 1t was only with great difficulty
that they were quieted.
motion Of the lawyers for the defendants to
postpone the trial was overruled
The administrative and the parliamentary
views Of the Bialystok excesses were published
tonight, the first in the report OF Baron Frisch.
president Of the Council OF the Empire 70 the
Minister Of the Interior. NJ Stolypin, published
in The Official Messenger" and the latter the
report Of the parliamentary commission. Though
they differ in many important respects they
unite In holding certain officials, or at least the
Inferior police officials. guilty Of melting and
taking part in the eXcesses II is significant
that shremetieff, Prefect OF Police OF Bialystos
has been summoned TO St. Petersburg. There
is slight discrepancy in the statements OF
casualties. According TO the report OF Baron
Ffisch eighty-two were killed. Of whom seventy
five were Jews, and seventy-eight wounded, OF
whom sixty were Jers, while the property loss
Is SPACED al 100000. whereas the parliamentary
commission reports eighty-two Jews and six
Christians killed and approximately the same
number wounded
The commissions report will be discussed
Thursday. It gives the details in practically
every case of killing. and in eight Instances Il
cites the names Of soldiers or policemen who
murdered one or more Jews as proof Of the par
ucipation Of the troops and police. It says that
the pogrom and preliminary occurrences show
every evidence of a general. deliberate plan.
The report recommends in conclusion. an inter
pelaton Of Minister OF the Interior Stolypin
as 10 what measures have been taken to bring
the guilty ones to justice and especially the
police officials and the Governor OF Grodno, who
left Bialystok before order was restored. and
also an Interpolation of General Rudiger as to
The participation Of soldiers in the excesses, the
placing Of detachments of troops under the
command of petty police officers and the super
cession OF the local authorities by the military
before The proclamation of martial law.
The report says in conclusion:
The data gathered by Baron Frisch and other
JMcials VIII be taken as the basis for measures
% determine the activity OF the local authorities
during the pogrom, and the courts are TAX
mg ali steps for the apprehension, prosecution
ana punishment Of participants, assistants ana
Mclters Of the pOgrOm The administration VIII
90 al IN its power TO see that not a single per-
son 10 whom the guilt of the Bialystck horror
s attached escapes justice While rejecting
win indignation the report that the pogrom oc-
Cured with the knowledge and participation OF
me local authorities. the government considers
Il lis duty TO express the conviction that the
cause is attributable chiefly TO the activity OF
ocal revolutionists, who. by an uninterrupted
ana private persons. aroused the peaceful popu-
auon 10 pitch of frenzy and diSOrganized the
police, who, therefore, were unable to prevent
" cneck the disorders.
Baron Frischs report takes the view that rev.
oiuIionary activity and terrorism We're RESPONSE
Ole for the anti-Jewish feeling, and alleges that
reactonary police had a free hand after their
brothers had been slain by revoutionists
Colonel Peteroff, commander OF the Vladimir
Dragons at BialystOk in his report TO the EN-
peror. printed in the Invalid" to-day charges
me Jews with throwing bombs and firing revOlv-
efs in the recent troubles. He says that the
troops did not fire except in response to such
proyocation
N stolypin has sent a circular secretly 70
ue governors Of provinces and projects OF the
cites warning them that they will be held re-
sponsible should anti-Jewish outbreaks occur.