The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-23
ATTEMPT TO AVERT
MUT|NY PROVES
HOPELESS
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SURREN0
DERs ABJEcTLY TO REBEL
LIoUS SOLDIERS.
OUTBREAK IS SERIOUS
And is Spreading to Navy--usly
Mutiny Occurs in SevastopoI
Fortress-Leaders Say Time
Is Not Ripe.

st. Petersburg, June 22.--lu les
perate attempt to avert a general mu
tiny in the army the Russian govern
ment has surrendered abjectly to
bodies of rebellious and disorderly
soldiers in several places within "a
hours.
There was an ugly mutiny in the
Sevast opol fortress yesterday. A com
pany of the fortress sent to dispense
meeting on the boulevard Tuesday
night refused to do so, and later were
disarmed by the Brest regiment.
A battalion of the same artillery,
acting in sympathy with their com
rades. yesterday took possession OF the
North Side batteries, broke open the
magazine, loaded the guns and trained
them upon the city
The censored news has il that the
Breat regiment REINFORCED by regl-
ment of foreigners, surrounded the
mutineers, who submitted without q
fight The fact Is the mutineers were
masters of the situation al the moment
they were surrounded, and they ala
that only because cooler headed lead
ere assured them the time is not quite
ripe to strike.
General Meplueff, commander OF the
~ OF les UTp1tIV
cc!nad about the temper OF the sail
ors as well as the soldiers of the for
tress
That the morale of the whole army
is being shaken by the revolutionary
propaganda is proved by the contin-
ual extension of athe rebellous out
break among the troops Almost every
demand is granted, and everything Is
done to conciliate the rank and file
Minister of Marine Birileff again
visited Cronsadt yesterday and urged
the mutinous sailors to return to their
duty. a~s@ea
There was an exciting scene IN the
lower house of parliament today. ow-
ing to repeated demonstrations on the
part of the Radical members the Pres
ident was compelled to suspend the
sitting for an hour
During the sitting NJ. Schlepkin, on"
of The committee which was sent 10
Bialystok to investigate and report on
the recent massacre there. spoke IN
behalf of equal rights for the Jews.
He made no reference to the butchery
of a few days ago. but pointed out that
the oppression of the Jews by the gov
eminent had made revolutionists oi
them. Their position under the state
was so intolerable that they were driv'
en- to desperation. AS M. Schlepkn
proceeded with his remarks he was ac'
corded the most careful attention, ana
il was evident that he had won over to
his way of thinking a majority OF the
members. The result was the appoint
ment of a committee to take the mat
ter under advisement, with instruc'
lions TO report as soon as possible.
One disturbing factor is the increase
In the agrarian movement. Landlords
in Kursk. Tuia and Ofel are leaFihs
their homes on account of the threat
eniug attitudes Of the peasants, and
much valuable property has been laid
waste. From many places come dir
patches telling Of the movement in the
rural districts of armed bodies of men
who are looting and burning. The
local authorities seem helpless to cope
with the lawless element. So Wide
Spread are the disturbances that the
INV con do hut little In many dis
n 'cts tn, crons have been destroyed
tsose in the fields will go to waste
10, --- Ga lack r. harvesters. Want
o.. hfpuuine To make itself felt, and
The very poor are threatened with fam
irc.