TROUBLE IN RUSSIA.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1496, 3 July 1905, Page 2

TROUBLE IN RUSSIA.

APPALLING- SCENES AT. ODESSA.

EXTENSIVE RIOTS,

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press' (Association —Copyright. I ST. PETERSBURG,; June 30. , Two of Admiral Kruger’s shins i nave Bailed for Odessa., The crews Of others arc untrustworthy. i Near Omeiochuk’s body two signal- i Jqra stood on the quay, ready, ini the event of molestation to signal, to the Kniaz Potcniikir. (to bom'baiid the town'.. The mutineers announced that the dead sailor would be ljuriad fwitii iu,ii honors, and sent an eaaort With the ship’s band. In the qvont of any interference with the procession, 12-inch guns were to o,p;cuii lire •at the pjort. The A'dimiral offered (to go aboard 'the Kniazt as hostage for tlio escort’s ,siafe return to prevent danger to the city. A majority of the troops at Odessa are reservists, whereof many declined to shoot npon the crowd. The damage at Odessa is estimated, at 5i million! pjoun|ds- sterlinlg. There were appalling scenes! at' Odessa. Machine guns wore freely used in the streets. Thousands of incendiaries wera busy: with toy torches, .Petroleum, benzine,, Unid bombs, trying to lire public arud;.private builTdings, The condagirativn extcni'ded a mile. Two regiments reinforced the garrison. Jiine ships were burnt, nope •being British. Socialists chiselled a hole in the wall of bli'o warders" quarters •at Odessa penitentiary, and inserted three powerful fnse bombs, with the ob:ect of releasing 2000 prisoners. The bombs wore 'discovered just in time to avert a disaster. (Aggravated riots have occurred throughout tiiic provinces of Kherson and EEkatermoslnv. Many estates have been abandoned. • Russians newspapers acau.se the Government of Illegally increasing the paper currency from 00 million pounds sterling to 00, million! pounds within a year.

CONTRADICTORY REPORTS. EXTENSION OF STRIKES. MYSTERY AS TO THE WARSHIPS

By Eleoiric Telegraph—Per Presa A ssociatiou)— Copyri gh t. Received 5.9 p.m., July 2. St. Petersburg, July I. The Odessa authorities have stopped the gas and electric light supplies. Thirty thousand residents quitted. (London, July 1.

Although the American consul cabled that the Kniazpotemkin surrendered soon after Admiral Kruger’s squadron arrived at noon without bring a shot, the Daily Mail’s Odessa correspondent mentions that there was mysterious signalling betwoen the Kniaz and the punitive fleet. They made a flnal- departure later, followed by the Kniaz.

Received 4.50 p.m., June 2. St. Petersburg, July 1. All the dockers at Kaonstadt have struck as tv protest against mobilisation. Martial law has been proclaimed over the whole Province of Eriveu, Sebastapol, and Ticolareff.

The Kniazpotomkin’s shelling of Odessa was duo to temporary arrost of a portion of the mutineers attending Omelobub’s funeral. The demonstration secured their release.

London, July 1,

The Time’s St. Petersburg correspondent states that telegrams reported to have been received last night announce that a battle is progressing outside Odessa, and adding that several of Admiral Kruger’s ships have mutinied. There is no official confirmation.

Private telegrams from Odessa state that a second battleship, supposed to be the Georgi Pobiedonosteff, has mutinied. There is no possibility of the early resumption of business. The position is undoubtedly critical. Reports from other sources state that Bailors ,at Kronstadt mutinied, objecting to fatigne duty ashore. They killed two officers and wounded six others.