TROUBLES IN RUSSIA.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1617, 2 December 1905, Page 2

TROUBLES IN RUSSIA.

THE GREAT MUTINY. By, telegraph, Press Ajts'n,. Copyright St. Petersburg, Nov. 30. The sailors of tho Baltio end Black Sea floets demand an improvement of food, clothing and pay, bettor treatment by offloors, an amnesty for political and religious offences, and permission to hold mootings.

Tho Novosti pays tho Counoil of Minis tors' decided to rofuso the zemstvo’s demauds.

Thoro aro persistent rumours that Count do Witte is about to resign owing to tho iooreaßing influences of Court reactionaries.

A railway telegraph message rcooived at St. Petersburg aunouuoes that the mutiny at Sobaßtopol has been crushed. Military telegraphists at Moscow refused to loplaoo tbo strikers.

Two hundred oitizens are going abroad daily.

M. Linder, reactionary State Secretary of Finland, has resigned. There is groat rejoicing at his resignation. It is stated at Moscow that Count do Witte’s peaoeful efforts of eolation have been nullified by independent action at Tsarkos9lo. There are practically two Governments, one centred in the Czar and the other in Count de Witte.

London, Nov. 30. Laffan’s St. Petersburg Agenoy reports that local vessels bombarded the Otchakoff and Kniaz Potempkin. Both were in a sinking condition. Tho artillery bombardod the mutineers’ barracks. Many naval mutineers have been arrested. Sebastopol is in flames. Tho battle continued on Wednesday evening. Tokio, Nov. 80. The Russian warships Rossia, Gromoboi and Bogatyr have arrived at Nagasaki. Admiral Eeseu admits leaving Vladivostook while the disturbances were in progress. Viotoria, Nov. 80. Twenty-two penni'ess Polish soldiers, released from Japan, have arrived in British Colombia, Russia] having refused them repatriation. Hundreds are in a similar predicament. Received 10.5 p.m., Deo. 1. Tho Postal employees throughout Russia have struok. A naval battalion at St. Petersburg has been disarmed. Disaffected artillerymen at St. Peter and St. Paul demanded' the immediate releess of men belonging to the military sobool. The commander of the fortress oomplied,

A TERRIBLE PANIC. - i -J By telegraph’, Press Ass’n, CoDyrlgli Received 10.10 p.m., Deo. 1.

London, Deo. 1.

Reuter’s St. Petersburg correspondent reports that a number of Yellow Cuirassiers, Hussars of Guards, and Imperial Family Tirailleurs have been arrested at Tsarkoeselo for presenting demands protesting against being employed as polioe. St. Petersburg, Dec. 1. It is roport9d that to-day the mutineers regained the upper hand and re-occupied their positions. A terrible panie exists on the St Petersburg bourse. Four per cents have fallen to 70. Financiers and business men are aghaet. They declare that the Government’s polioy is suicidal, and playing into the hands of the revolutionaries.

Vienna, Deo. 1

It is reported here that Russian mutineers at Batoum seized an Austrian Lloyd steamer, claiming a ransom. Reoeived 12.58 a.m., Deo. 2,

St. Petersburg, Deo. 1

Chukhnin informed General Kaulbars (hat the mutineers on Tuesday night seized the torpedoer Svirepoij and three other vessels. Ail hoisted the red dag. Sobmidt, aboard the Svirepoij, Btcamed along the Loyal Black Sea Squadron, whose crews did not respond to the rebel oheers. In the course of the morning the rebels seized all unguarded small craft. Armed parties from the Otohakoff boarded the Fantaleimon, which, unarmed, was removing officers to the Otohakoff, Schmidt threatening to hang them if the troops interefered, and Chukhnin Btates : We were compelled to tolerate this, as the Sect had been disarmed in view of the men’s dangerous attitude. Seeing that tbe activity of the mutineers was increasing, the authorities resolved to attack. The field artillery in tbe afternoon opened fire on the rebel ships in the southern harbor ; Sohmidt lowered the red flags, and signalled, 11 Have many captured officers.” When a sloop full of mutineers had been sunk, the Otohakoff opened fire, the north shore battery and Bhips whose breaohblooks had been restored, replying. The Svirepoij attempted to attack. The loyal ships experienced a strong fire. The cruisers Kapitansaken and Pamyata* merkurya, battleship Botisloff, the Sverepoy, and two other torpedoers were put out of action, and one was sunk. The Otohakoff fired six shots and then hoisted the white flag. The squadron ceased fire. A conflagration commenced on the Otohakoff. Boats were sent to fetoh tbe wounded, and arrested Sobmidt, who was dressed as a common sailor.