RUSSIAN NUTINY

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 32, 1 November 1907, Page 7

RUSSIAN NUTINY

RED FLAG MOISTED. DESTROYER RIDDLED. A FIGHT IN VLADIVOb-rOCK BAY. AGITATORS KILLED. BT TEIEGRAPH— rnZSS ASSOCIATION—COSTEIGnT. (Rec. Oct. 31, 10.10 p.m.) St. Petersburg, October 31.1 Tho crew of tho Russian destroyer Skory, incited by agitator's,' m'utinie'd; and hoisted tho red flag off Vladivostock. The destroyer thon steamed into the bay and opened firo upon the town and tho troops ashore. Thereupon, a gunboat ■ and .three destroyers fired in roply,; and .the 12th Artillery. Regiment also. J turnpd'its' guns '.on : ' tho Skory, which was riddled witJi'.slieli^'aiuV'.beachcd.'' Tho agitators aboard wore killed, and the mutineers were arrested. ' ; During tho engagement Captain Kurasch, of tho destroyer Revy, was killed,-and Lieut; Vassotuff, of tho Skory, was seriously woundod... Lieut.- Stoer, commander of tho Skory, was killed.■■•'•■•-■_■. -■> ■/•■:■•_.■•■ . .- Some civilians were also killed. . ' ■-' ..... Another Has been '''added to the list of Russian naval mutinies.. The. most notable of these took place pii, the' Black''Sea'on 'J une 23, l!! 05, when'a mutiny'broke oiit'dn tlits battleship Kuiaz PotemkiuCj the crow inurdcriug tlio captaiu and other officers, and taking possession of the ship. Other ships, including the Georgi Pobietlonoscts, were also taken .by their crowa, and when they arrived at Odessa thousands of strikersyhero ;.made"conimon'.. caußo , with the -mutini!ct%. The- granaries and ■'■ship-' , ping in the harbour were fired, and there was great', loss of life. The Georgi Pobiedonossts surrendered to the authorities on July 3, and the Kiiiaz Poteinkine, after waiidcviug for sorao days surrcudered to the Roumanian authorities at Constnnza, w)io gave , a guarantee of safety in respect of "40 of the mutineers who landed there, and divided among themselves tho , contents of the treasury of the battleship, which were reported to amount to j>50.000: The state of smouldering discontent in the Russian. Navy has been well described by Mr. Foster Fniser,' who, drscribiug the times leading up to the Black Sea revolt, wrote:—"Tho authorities wero in. nothing..less than a funic concerning the possibility of mutiny. Tho commanders were'trying 'to work discontent out of the crows'. by keeping them constantly busy. The crews scowled, had black looks, and did their duty with suHeuness. - ; iDcspito watch, tha reddest of revolutionary pamphlets were road in the nu'ss. The men sneered at the officers, gave salutes grudgingly, and frere out of hand. The officers : shut their eyes-to many things. They felt that if they began punishing offenders, tho ships would they themselves would ba murdered, and the warships run tho , gauntlet of the forts .while escaping to sea:" •.-.'.■-; •:■•'■ ■'■.• '-; ■■■•'■ ; Just after the last Duma was dissolved, tho sailors on two warships at Tendra Island, near Odessa, plotted to throw the officers overboard and; setao a 'whole squnrlron under the command of Admiral Tsin-insky. The Oocer>! frustrated, the plan. ' '.'The , "Daily Odcnsa correspondent, reported 'that th» PAck Sea S((undron has been nlaced temporarily' out of commission, and that as a WficauHon tho Run locks 'had bceu removed.. Seven hundred soamen and gunners were arrested.