CIVIL WAR IN RUSSIA

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1495, 1 July 1905, Page 2

CIVIL WAR IN RUSSIA

OEEWffli OFI FOUR BATTLESHIPS BREAK OUR IN MUTINY* FIERCE FIGURING- AND MUCH • ■ BLOODSHED, MILITARY GAINING THE UPPER HAND,

By Electric Telegraph—Pec Preaa Association —CopyrightST. PETERSBURG, J urns 29. The Kpiaz Potemkin .threatened. no ibombard Odessa mil ess supplied with provisions, and unless the crew, were texiinpted from jjMiushaieiit. The authiori,tics were in a stale or pi'pic, anil dared not summon, the troops, rearing a revolt. It is reported that thp crewa ot I roue hattieahiilps at Sevastopol: re-« veiled, and that two started and joined the Krniaz Potemkin, ’■Revolutionaries! ah Odessmfired. the barboi vvarchO'Usea and offices, Homo Russian*, shins; anil all foreign prepared to, slip them moorirvgs, , J - There fire fifteem British njeicbsa#uicii at OdessaThere was an outbjirst p£ ncen'di.azisrc at Odessa. The mob devastated, the entire Batbor, . Alt tlio warehouses and live Russian steamers were burnt. Three hundred rioters anil sevpra* Cossacks Were killed at Odessa. A vast, amount of merchandise was destroyed ip the warehouses set on. fire,-, ’' „ -J. , h'or a time the mob gained' trj« ascendancy.. Later news indicates that reijiforo- : ed military are rapidly restoring or- : dcr, thojugh some soldiers refused to j fire oh the crowd. Res per ate barricade fighting took place.' Reuter’s St. Petersburg correspondent reports that the reservists in' 121 districts’, including St. Petersb'uifg. Moscow, KiefS, .Warsaw, and iVilna, are mobilising. They are mostly enrolled • Gecratly, at night. '

WAR3HIPS SENT" TO QUELL MUTINY.

OUTBREAK AT NAVAL BARRACKS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 10.48 p.m., Jane 30. St. Petersburg, Jane 30. The Police Commissary and five Cos- , sacks were prosecuted at Evanroznesensk for participating in the killing of workmen. : Vice-Admiral Kruger with four warships has quitted Sevastopol, proceeding to Odessa. Ho will summon the Knszpotemkin to surrender. If a refusal i 3 given the battleship will bo sunk. . Thereafter ViceAdmiral Kruger will assist the authorities. The Consuls of various nations have aoked for warships to protect foreigners. Sailors at the naval barracks at Libau have revolted. They , wrecked tho barracks and wrecked tbo storehouses. They attackod the officers’ houses, and fired rifle 3 at the windows.

Artillery were summoned. A force of tho Cossoc.£3 regiment went to the harbor, and there was fighting, which resulted in loss oi lifei. An outbreak at Rival is also reported. STREETS STREWN WITH VICTIMS . SOLDIERS SHOOT DOWN INDISCRIMINATELY. By Telegraph—Press AssooiotEon —Copyright Received 11.19 p.ru., Jane 30. ' . t St. Petersburg, Jane 30. Two hundred and forty-three Jews and eighty Christians were arrested at Lodz for belnging to, secret organisations, and two, hundred- ethers on "suspicion of the destruction of. the Government spirit store and erection of barricades.

The transport Veeha joined in the mutiny. The officers were taken prisoners and placed aboard the Kniaz potemkin.

Eleven of the Kniaspotemkin’s surviving officers were landed yesterday, and a party of mutineers. The head chaplain, visiting the military commandant, demanded that Omelchuk be interred with naval honors. ,' The streets 'were strewn with victims. No quarter was given. Odessa escaped bloodshed' and devastation. ■

The mob prevents attempts to extinguisl the conflagration at the port. Martial law ha 3 been proclaimed, torro: stricken groups fleeing before true soldiery who are shooting indiscriminately. CIVIL WAR DECLARED. THE CZAR’S UKASE. By Electric Telegraphs—Per Press Association. Received 12.7 a.m , July 1. . St. Petersburg, June 30. The volunteer cruiser Saratoff was burned at Odessa. The Czar has addressed to the Senate the following nkase: —“ln order to guarantee the public safety and terminate disorders at Odessa and the neighboring localities, we have found it necessary to deolare a state oi war in Odessa district, and invest the commander of the troops with the rights of military authority and the special rights of civil administration.”

TWO THOUSAND KILLED AND 1000 WOUNDED AT ODESSA. THE GUNNERS UNLIKELY TO FIRE WHEN ORDERED. By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright-. Received 12.50 a.m., July 1. St. Petersburg, June 30. It is computed that 2000 wero killed at Odessa and 1000 wounded.

Received 1.6 a.m., July 1.

St. Petersburg, June 30. Events at Odessa, Libau, and Rcval aro so ominous that oiiicial circles in St. Petersburg doubt whether the gunners of the Black Sea licet will fire on the Kuiazpotemkin. It is feared that if the crews mutiny they will lead the rioters against the soldiery. They form an armed and organised forco which would most probably be joined by a seotion of the troops. They imply that reliance on the loyalty of their services has been an uoshakoablo article of Russian faith, and a reaction has now como. A revolution is not only described as a possibility—the word is even applied, to tho present occurrences. The mutiny at Odessa has made a far deeper impression on the ruling classes than that of the defeats in Manchuria and tho annihilation of tho Baltic fleet combined.

SHELLSNGJ3F ODESSA. AWFUL MASSACRE. SAILORS AT LIBAU JOIN IN REVOLT.

By, Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. Received 12.15 u.m.. July 1. ™ ~ London.JJune 30. The Daily Mail s Odot'sa correspondent reports that when the mob tried to ascend the groat granite flight of steps near Saint Nioholas to boulevard at'Nicholas, Cossacks and other troops repeatodly volleying, the maaßaoro was awful. L-ii^ b fi mb o ear Catheri “o monument firid fiy ß Oossacks. Their comrades then fired a volley and killed 18. Reoeivod 12.54 a.m., July 1. o- . Petersburg, Jun 30. oil companies of sailors at Libau complained ot the food. They seized tbo arms and ammunition, and a eo.i ,s of sovorocmi* testa onsuod in tbo streets.The mutinoers wore scattered. Tho dhpartmoDt of Polioa at £tt, Potors burg is convinced that tho Odessa aa^

Libau revolts were concerted in connection with revolutionary organisations in Kassia. London, June <JU. The Times states tliat Admiral Chuknm, at St. Petersburg, is hurrying to resom«' command oi the Black Sea fleet, with summary powers for quelling the revolt.^ The Daily Telegraph reports that the KniozpotPinkin was shelling Odessa BI 9.30 last n ght by London time. A POPULAR DEMONSTRATION. —• By Electric Telegraph—Per Press A ssoci ati on—Copy riglit. Received 1.10 a.m., July 1. St. Petersburg, June 30. The central railway station at Odessa has been burnt. Many people wore in- : iur.d, three being removed to the hospital. 1 The interment of Omelchnk was a great j and popular demonstration. Several thou- • sande followed the body to the military 1 cemetery. Eight sailors br-re the coflpo. , Inhere were no polics or troops on tho route. _ ■ T : AN fi 10 - J A PA BE S EJTR E AT YJAPANESE TROOPS TO DEFEND INDIA. Bv Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association —Copyright. Beoeived 12.54 a.m., July 1. London, June 30. It is stated that the Angio-Japanese || treaty pravides for the defence of India by n. Japanese troops.