The daily worker., 1926-08-21
"cITIzENs OF ODESSA


armored cruiser, Potemkn Tawrichesky, because
he refused to eat the rotten food and Ia few words
tlleeible). Comrades, workers Honor to his mem
ory' Let US avenge comrade. Death to the
bood-thrsty vampires. Death to the oppressors
Long live liberty. One for all and all for one.
"The Crew of Potemkln Tawrchesky"
big crowd of workers and students at once col
lected near the body. meeting started which lasted
all day. joint meeting of the Potemkin revolution
airy committee and the city revolutionary committees
was held The city committee wanted to capture the
city at but the Potemkin committee proposed to
wait until the arrival Of rest of the fleet It was
decided to wait At night shooting began all over the
CITY Ihe ponce and cossacks shooting at work
ers bomb thrown among the cossacks and /
many were killed Gordon Of police and soldiers was
thrown around the port and firing began
In the morning committee from the cruiser was
sent TO the city administration demanding under threat
of bombardng the city, permission to bury VaIxulin
chuk with proper honors. Permission was at once
granted In the meantime the revolutionary commit
tee received information that the military council of
the governor was meeting in the city theater Two
shells were fired but did not hit the theater The
funeral was held but the sailors of the honor guard
did not return to the in the time agreed two
more shells were fired Later it was disclosed that the
sailors were fred upon by the police and two were
killed
The next morning Potemkin received information
that the batteships II Apostles Sinop and Georgy
PoDledonosec were coming The revolutionary cruiser
at once got up steam and left the port to meet them
in the open AS soon as the battesbips sighted
Potemkinr they turned back Potemkn also returned
TO port About noontime five cruisers were sighted
and Potemkn again stripped for action and went out
to meet them. When the crews of the battleshps
sighted Potenikin, they met her with 'hurrah" The
commander frightened and returned to Sebastopol
One cruiser Georgy Pobedonosec did not follow the
rest and came up to Potemkin returning to the port
committee elected to take care of the new bat
tleshp in revolt but the committee lacked revolution
airy strategy and permitted Of the oya officials
to remain aboard They succeeded in taking the ship
back to Sebastopol. When the crew finally realized
what happened it too late. Sixty-three of them
arrested.
In the meantime the government collected big
army IN Odessa and Potemkn cut off from the
shore and was in need of water, coal provisions
Inc crew was getting nervous. Some began to de-
mand that the cruiser leave the Russian waters 1t
was finally decided to to Konstanza, Roumania for
provisions
The Roumanan authorities refused any supplies to
Poemkln and the cruiser returned to the Russian port
Theodosia Under threats of bombardng the city pro-
visions were received from. the city administration
They were unable to get any coal because there were
no coal leaders in the port. Near the shore were
standing three barges loaded with coal The revolu
tionary committee decided take the barges along to
boataoad of twenty-five sailors under the com
mand of Matiushenko and Feldman Ia student who
Joined the crew worker from the French Marine
Works. were dispatched to take the barges AS soon
as the sailors reached the barges company of in
fantry hidden shore opened fire. One sailor was
killed, some wounded and few captured. The rest
returned to the cruiser. N
Some of the committee insisted on bombarding the
city, but majority opposed to it, This incident
brought crisis to the cruiser 1t was finally decided
to back to Roumania and the cruiser over to
the Roumanian government. Comrade Christian Ra-
kovsy, the present ambassador of the Soviet govern
ment in France at that time living in Roumania
and he assisted the sailors settling the matter with
the Roumanian government
That the end of the FLOATING Republic and the
"Unconquered revolutionary territory Of 1906"
Matiushenko later returned Illegally to Russia was
captured and executed in 1907.
TWENTY years have passed. |.
Under the revolutionary blows Of the vanguard
OF the Russian proetariat after the most desperate
battles known to mankind, czarism the stronghold of
autocracy and capitalism, lies shattered in dust. The
last remnants of it, licking the boots of foreign
masters selling their swords and souls to the inter
national bandits and marauders. The territory of
the former empire is ruled by the revolutionary