THE RUSSIAN REBELLION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7862, 3 July 1905, Page 2

THE RUSSIAN REBELLION

APPALLING SCENES, j Guns Sweep the Streets, j 1 Terrible Conflagration, j 1 i i PLOT TO RELEASE 2000 PRISONERS. Disaster Averted.

St. PETERSBURG, July 1. vppalling scenes are being witnessat Odessa. . ilachino amis are freely used m inc :eets. Phousands of incendiaries arc busy th tow torches, petroleum, benzine d bombs trying to fire public and ivate buildings. rhe conflagration has extended a ilfi. l'wo regiments have reinforced the irison. Nine ships have been burnt. None e British. Socialists chiselled a hole in the ill ot the warders' (quarters at the lessa penitentiary ai'.d Inserted iree powerful fuse botnbs, the obct being the releasing ot 3000 prisiers. The bombs were discovered in me to avert disaster. Ready to Bombard Odessa. Heroic Admiral. •FFERS HIMSELF AS HOSTAGE. RESFJ3CT. St. PETERSBURG, July 1. Near Omelchuk's body two signalers stood on the quay ready, in the ivent o£ mobilisation, to signal the Ivniaz Potemkin to bombard the own. Tlie mutineers announced that ic was to be buried with full hon>ur, that they were sending an escort with the ship's band, and that in the Jveui of any interference with the !>i'OL'essiot> twelve-inch guns would spen lire on the port. The Admiral offered to go aboard the Kniz Potemkin as a hostage for the escort's safe return, in order to prevent danger to the city. Big Exodus From Odessa The Town in Dates. THE SEAMEN'S LOYALTY I DOUBTFUL. MYSTERIOUS SIGNALS. PERPLEXING ACTION OF THE FLEET;. I AUGURS THE WORST. i (Received July 2, 4.36 p.m.) ; St. PETERSBURG, July 1« The Odessa authorities have stepped the gas and electric light supplies. Thirty thousand residents h^ve .fplififcpH ~ »vS- j j ; LONDON, July h 1 Although; the American Consul : IPfthloH TW«v*lr!~

rendered, soon after Admiral Kruger's squadron arrived at noon, without firing a shot, the Daily Mail's Odessa correspondent mentions mysterious signalling between the Kniaz and the punitive fleet, and the final departure ol the latter, followed by the Kniaz. Shelling the Town. Jo Effective Protest. ARRESTED MUTINEERS RELEASED.. (Received July 2, 4.36 p.m.) St. PETERSBURG, July 1. The Kniaz Potemkin's shelling of Odessa was due to the temporary arrest of a portion of the. mutineers attending Omelchuk's funeral. The dedemonstration secured their release. A Battle Progressing. Satiny Spreadiag. REPORT LACKS CONFIRMATION. (Received July 2, 4.36 p.m.) LONDON, July 1. The Times' St. Petersburg correspondent states that telegrams repot ted to have been received last night announce that a battle is progressing outside Odessa. They add that the crews of several of Admiral Kruger's ships mutinied. No official confirmation has been received. Position Undoubtedly Critical, Future Prospects. AGAINST EARLY PACIFICATION. ANOTHER OUTBREAK. • OFFICERS KILLED AT KRONSTADT, (Received July 1, 1.40 p.m.) LONDON, July 1. A private telegram from Odessa states that a second .baUlShip, suplosed to be the Ucbrgi Hobuttonos-i ;cff ( mutinied. .' . There appears to he no possibility of, he early resumption of business, and! 'he position in undoubtedly critical. : Reports from other sources state hat the sailors at.' Kronstaslt mih timed, objecting to latijue dutv ashore. They killed two officers anil Wounded six pthers.