The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-10
REVOLT RAMPANT THROUGH RUSSIA.
Cruisers Flying Red Flags Caused
DiSmay.

St. Petersburg (By Cable)-Though
reports were received confirming those
previously received stating that the up
risings at Sveaborg and Cronstadt had
been crushed, the prospect is still dark
and gloomy
The mutiny at Cronstadt caused
panic at the imperial palace at Peterhof.
as the palace lies under the guns OF
the fortress.
All preparations had been made III
advance to flee to Tsarskoe- Selo, the inn
perial yacht Polar Star being near at
hand, with steam constantly kept up.
1t was reported that the Gar and his
family actually had fed in the middle
of the night, but this was denied later
at the chancelory of the imperial house
hold. 1t is explained, however, that, on
account of "dampness" at Peterhof, ar
! fragments had been made for the re-
turn of the imperial family to Tsarskoe-
Selo
Perhaps the most sensational incident
of the day was the successful mutiny
on the armored cruiser Pamyat Azova.
the mutineers are reported to have killed
the captain and four other officers Of
the warship while off the Esthonian
Coast
Ambassador Meyer has received
dispatch from the American consul at
Reval, saying that the Pamyat Azova
entered that port with the red flag at
her masthead
Later reports, however, showed that
when the cruiser reached the roadstead
at Reval she was in possession of the
loyal portion of her crews. One hun
dred and fifty of the mutineers have
been sent ashore and imprisoned.
The loyal men gained the upper hand
of the mutineers at sea- When the ship
came in here they asked for a de-
tachment OF troops to aid them in hand
ing over the mutineers to the authori-
ties. Three officers whom the nutineers
! had placed in irons are aboard the YES
! sci.
The remainder of the crew has been
disarmed.
An agitator has been arrested.
| The crew of the Russian cruiser Asia.
which was sent to Abo, has hoisted the
red flag. The vessel has left in the di
rection of Sveaborg
! Although the admiralty asserts thai.
the squadron off Sveaborg did not wa
yer in it's allegiance there is something
mysterious about the reports of the ac-
tions of the ships which warrants the sus.
picion that all is not right aboad. Only
two ships fired on the mutineers, the
others remaining ON the horizon as il
the admiral were not sure that they
| could be depended upon
The mutiny On the Pamyat Azova'
may possibly raise international com
| phcations, as in the eye of the law this
cruiser, like the Kniaz Potemkine in the
| Black Sea in the summer of 1905 is
! pirate. There is reason to believe
that the German feet has orders cover
ing just such contingency as this, and
that it would not hesitate to put an end
to the renegade cruiser as danger tc
commerce.
At the same time it was reported that
military instruction had broken ont
at Reval, which is the capital Of the
government of Esthonia and is situated
on an arm of the Gulf of Finland, 200.
miles southwest of St. Petersburg. 1t is
naval station of the second class.
| There was also a report that serious
! COfllllClS lidu OCCuleQ a. luis DC
tween the communal police and the So
cialists Red Guards.
The regular police, as well as the
communal guards, were called out dur
ing the afternoon. Among the casualties
were the chief of police, who was.
wounded, and his assistant, who was
killed
! Although the mutinies at Sveaborg
have been ended and the one at Cron-
stad has been practically put down, the
out look is still black. The revolution
! lists whose hands were suddenly forced
by the premature rising at Sveaborg. APP
parentlv are undaunted at these initial
reverses and intend to persist in their
program of calling general strike.
One of the leaders OF the revolution
lists boosted that the word had gone
forth and that the fire OF revolt would
spread to the corners of the empire.
His closing words were:
"Now watch Reval, Riga and Libau,"
In the Sveaborg mutiny seven COM
panies of artillery were concerned, and
of the fortress steamers the Nietrelli,
Puskar, Rabotschi, Imgemicr and Mars
were in the hands of the mutineerS, wli:le,
the Bomba, Opt and Sveaborg remain
ed loyal The Opt was furiously bonn
barded by the mutineers, and they
threatened to sink the Bomba at the
first opportunity, even if she hoisted
the red flag
During the Skatudden Island mutiny
only one, the Finn, of six vessels sta
toned in the North harbor fired on the
marine barracks occupied by mutineers-
| Tho others remained passive.
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