The sun., 1919-06-14
'TUMULT As FRENCH
MUTINY is DEBATED
officer in Gallery Assails
Socialist Deputy as an
Agitator.
UPRISING IS DESCRIBED
Sailors Of Black Sea Fleet Re.
fused to Fight ''Illegal"
Russian War.
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS. Juno 1s.-A scene occurred in
the Chamber Of Deputies to-day. when
debate on the mutiny Of seamen OF the
French Black Sea neet at Odessa LAS
April and Russian affairs was resumed
Marcel Cachin, a Socialist Deputy. de-
clared that the French troops on the
Dniester River should be recalled imme.
diatsiy. as they had neither the moral
nor the physical strength to undertake
an offensive against the Bolsheviki.
The Deputy had begun to read a lette,
received from an officer in the Bessa.
rabian army when young officer. wear.
Ing the Military Medal and the Wal
Cross and his head bandaged as a re.
suit Of wounds, stood UP in the public
gallery and shouted:
You are an agitator. You are a band
Of agitstors who send men to courts
martial"
Tumult reigned throughout the House
for several minutes, with the members
OF the Right and the Socialists hurting
invecttve at each other
the Chamber. ordered the expulsion Of
the disturbing officer and NJ. Cachir
resumed his remarka
An account Of the mutiny was told
In the Chamber last night by Deputy
Emile Goode. a Socialist.
The signal to clear for action was
given on the morning of April 300 the
Deputy said. THE mon gathered in
crowds on the deck and refused to dis
perse when ordered. Then from the
battleship France arose the strains OF
the international revolutionary hymn
The men gathered In groups on tho ship
The Captain then interviewed and tried
to discuss the matter with tse sailors
who appointed delegates to explain why
the Internationale had been sung. One
OF the delegates said:
The war we are being forced Il
make against the Russians Is uncon sti
tutional The Minister has not the righ
to use us for a war Parliament has no,
voted
The Captain informed the Admira
in command, who was on board tho
battleship Jean Bart, OF the situation
The men listened to the attempts Of the
Admiral to parley. They were respect
full in their attitude. but refused TO obey
his orders and insisted they should bt
again was sung. In the evening sailor.
on other ships took up the singing.
1.-THE Red flag was run up on Easter
morning beside the Tricolor. which aat
been holsted with customary honors The
work on the ships was carried ou
regularly and the officers had full lib
erty. There was one unfortunate Incl
dent for which the sailors were not re-
sponsible. When the men were going
ashore on April 20 a young Ensign. fresh
from the naval academy. seeing the
sailors and French soldiers fraternizins
with Russian men and women ordered q
machine gun fred. A naval Lieutenant
rushed up. placed himself tn front oi
the men and stopped the firing. How
ever, some were killed and wounded.
THE movement continued without VIC
lence, insolence. disorder or sabotage
The Tricolor never was lowered. 1t wa!
n true revolutionary movement in tn,
highest and purest sense of the word
The sailors. sons of the great French
Revolution. remembered there are lega
measures beyond which French soldiers
and marines cannot be employed.
After four days of negotiations tn
Admiral granted the demands Of tn,
delegates that the ships should return tt
France and that no punishment should
be exacted from the men after their re
turn"
Deputy Goude here asked NJ. Leagues
the Minister of Marine, II he intended tc
respect the pledged word of the Admiral
but the Ministe. did not answer. The
Deputy continued:
THE sailors will not abandon thell
delegates. Attempts ara being made t.
make the delegates appear as leaders o.
the trouble. -Four hundred sailors me
at Toulon recently and told Admiral La
Gaze that their comrades must not b,
touched or they would strike"
Discussion of the mutiny continued to
day in the Chamber.