New-York tribune., 1909-10-30
FIGHT AT SALAMIS
MUTINOUS " ARSHIP
DISABLED.
Government RetdkeS arsenal
after T1centy-Mlnute
.1ction.

Athens. oct. 29-Salamis. after
lapse of nearly two thousand years
when Themistocles defeated the Per
slams. was the scene of another naval
action to-day
The correspondent of The Associated
Press has just returned here from Scara-
manga. whence he witnessed twenty
minutes of fighting this afternoon be
tween field batteries and warships on
the one side and the mutinous band Of
naval officers who left the capital on
Wednesday and torpedo boats on the
other.
The first shots were fired soon after
4 o'clock, and a sharp exchange of shell
| followed. Some Of the projectiles struck
the arsenal buildings, but the correspond
ent saw only one shell hit torpedo
boat. the Sphendona, which Immediately
was enveloped in cloud of smoke.
During the action the torpedo boats
gradually retired. steaming backward
until they obtained the shelter of the
headland, when the firing ceased. The
rebel vessels returned the fire Of the
warships and field batteries. but appar-
emily little damage was done on either
side. The rebels were led by Lieutenant
Tibaldos. and are reported to have mum.
bered three hundred men.
FEW CASUALTIES REPORTED
It is Officially announced that only two
men of the loyal fleet were wounded
The losses of the mutineers is not known
One Of their torpedo boats was disable
and another took fight in the direction
Of Eleusis. on the Bay of Levsiua 4
third reached the Poros naval station,
where it met hostile reception, and
again put to sea.
A loyal fleet is now cruising off the
Pirseus to prevent any attempt at land
ms op an attack gtrrtsres tegrii@ ana iiss%
TO close the Sslamis Strait
EX-Premier Rails in an interview to-
night predicted that the result of the
crisis would be the overthrow of the
government and the entrance of the Mill
tary League into office. This develop
ment, he thought. would not affect the
position of King George.
TROOPS GUARDING COAST
At midnight the troops still occupied
the shores opposite the arsenal and we're
under orders to fire on any of the mutt
neers who attempted landing.
The palace and parliament building
are strongly guarded by troops, and
throughout the evening soldiers were
passing and repassing through the
streets of the city. Meetings of poll
ticians We're held at the residences of all
the party leaders
a newspaper prints the report of tho
arrest OF a prominent officer.
Further reinforcements have been sum
moned from the provinces to the capital.
The general opinion is that the Mill
tary League has suffered a great loss in
prestige by reason of to-day's events and
may be compelled to proclaim a dicta-
torship.
Athens remains quiet tonight, but
much excitement prevails. An official
statement has been issued saying Tat
the arsenal, which was in the hands Of
the rebels, has been recaptured and that
the mutinous torpedo boats are expected
to surrender
CAUSE OF THE REBELLION.
Lieutenant Tibaldos appears to have
been actuate1 by his disapproval Of the
tactics OF the Military League and the
junior naval officers in consenting TO
negotiate d compromise regarding the
Ultimatum recently issued by the Mill.
tary League for the enactment of an or
dinancc suspendins all promotion for
five years, and the abolition of the posts
of rear admiral. vice -adnirals and if
teen places Of lower rank Tibaldos took
q prominent part in the military move
mont last August. He VAS the frs
officer to go to the camp at Cioudi, out
side the city. after the Premier's refusal
to receive depUtaton of officers, and
he subsequently was appointed COM
mander of tho rebel camp.
At a meeting of the Military League
yesterday Tibaldos said:
Il led the last revolt. and without me
il would have failed. Now you abandon
me. but ] viii carry out a second revolt
single handed"
The Military Leagues proclamation
disowning Tibaldos. who was in COM
mand Of a aotiIla OF torpedo boats and
submarines and demanded the portfolio
of Minister of Marine. ascribcs his pre-
tensions to madness snd the influence Of
outsiders, and threatens to have him
court martaled for treason The league
held meeting late tonight to discuss
what its attitude should be toward the
naval officers who took part in to-day's
fight. II IS believed that the league is
inclined to show them indulgence.
MtrTINEERS MAY co TO CRETE.
Meanwhile the position of the mutt
nous torpedo boats resembles that Of the
Russian battleship Kniaz Potenlkin.
- hich mutinied in 1905, fired on Odessa
and then roamed the Black Sea for sew
cral weeks. and the government is ap-
,,rebeusive Is 10 where il next win hear
~ Them. 4 is rumored that thes have
oono towsrl the island of crets
The band Of mutineers AT salamis
seized the arsenal to-day without oppo-
sItion and intrenched themselves there,
The Greek fleet was anchored at Kerat-