The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-06

The revolt developed in three es-
sential phases:
/. Refusal to March. y number of
battalions refused to advance against
the Red Army, the Red Guards and
the Red partisans. A few examples:
In January 30th one battalion of the
58th Infantry regiment and two bat
talions of the Alpine regiment left
Bender in Bessarabia in order to take
possession of Tiraspol which was oc-
cupied by the Red Guards. They
marched off under vehement protests
on the part of the infantry who re-
preached the artillery with obeying
orders.
At the first rafting of the machine
gun salvos, the 58th regiment refused
to fight and withdrew, carrying the
artillery with it. When, after Tiras-
pol had been taken by other troops
they were again ordered to march
into that town, they only did so I'M
der the condition that there would be
no fighting and that the whole Gen
eral Staff should be in the first car-
riage. The machine guns --c-c placed
at the doors of the other carriages in
order to prevent any treachery on the
part of the officers. Later, the regi-
ment was disarmed and sent tc
Morocco. Events Of this kind occurred
repeatedly in various places. The
French troops, which sometimes sue.
ceeded in carrying with them Greek
troops and others, refused to adj
vance against the "Reds" and, as fol
instance on the occasion of the at.
tack on Odessa on April 3rd to mount
guns.
But the time had already come
when the soldiers were no longer
satisfied with refusing to obey orders
A corps of the 7th regiment of en-
gineers received their officers with
gunfire. 1t could only be persuaded
with great difficulty to follow the
army which was retreating on Akker-
man. On April 9Th, Odessa was
evacuated. Whole units of troops
surrounded by Greek troops, left the
town, singing the international" The
troops arrived in Okkerman in com.
plete dissolution. Officers of high rank
and generals left the town in great
haste on ships or motor-cars.
2. The Black Sea Revolt. The
sailors were witnesses of the complete
disorder prevailing on the occasion OF
the evacuation of Odessa on Apri
9TH. Even on board the warships dis.
cipline ceased to exist. Complete dis.
indignation had taken place. On al.
most all the ships, the non-com.
nissioned machine-gun officers made
common cause with the crew, MANI
n-commissioned warrant officers
remained neutral.
No longer did they stop at the re-
fusal to march, open revolt took place
The General Staff was asked to direct
the fleet back to France and this de.
mand was supported by threats. This
was the second stage.
On April 10th, at midnight, / wa:
arrested in Gelatz (Roumania) to.
gether with three other sailors
mongst them Dadina, as I was JUS
returning to the torpedo-boat "Pro
tet" Of which I was the chic
mechanician. was coming bacl
from secret meeting. We had come
fro:l Odessa a few days ago and hat
formed the plan Of capturing the first
ship standing in the offing and taking
it back to Odessa. We wanted to fine
out there in what way it would be
possible to persuade a whole section
of the Black Sea fleet to return tx
France. The conspiracy had just beer
betrayed ain time" by three police
agents.
Three days later however, on the
evening of April 10Th, a revolt broke
out on board the dreadnought
France" which was riding at anchor
in front Of Sebastopol, where shots