RUSSIAN REBELLION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7863, 4 July 1905, Page 3

RUSSIAN REBELLION

. A! OFFICER BURNT. IwgtisiDg Police Districts. :'/ , Onabated Panic. f. 60S DOHIIATE THE HARBOUR.

St. PETERSBURG, July 2. ' Ad officer at Kirsk station, in conMqoence of the impertinence af a dranken soldier, cut him down Willi bis sword. A crowd collected and poured petroleum on«a railway carriage in which the officer took refuge. The latter replied with revolnt shots until he was burned to death. } Cossacks and infantry with machine guns guard the Libau rioters, with the exception of 200, who fled to the forest. The Cue provides funds for General TrepoO's scheme to subdivide Russia into carefully organised police districts, with an enormously increased (onx, The panic at Odessa is unabated. The British Consul chartered a ) reesel to take any British subjects. The conflagration in the town continued until Friday evening. Coast defence batteries are stationed in Odessa streets, dominating the harbour. Ota Propitiate the Men.

lllov Them Ashore. THE KNIAZ SAILS WESTWARD. IN A STATE OF SIEGE. . (Received July 3, 9.53 p.m.) ' St. PETERSBURG, Juiy 3. On arriring at Sevastopol the Ad--1 ininls and captains held a council aboard the Rostislar, Admiral Kruger presiding. They resolved to put the machinery of the warships out of gear, and authorise the officers and men to go ashore if they desired. The ironclad Catherine, lying at Sevastopol, has been disarmed. Many reservists and sailors have been granted two months' leave. The Kniiz Potemkin sailed away on Saturday, and called at Silvina on Sunday morning, then at Constania on the western shores of the Black Sea, where she sent a boat asking the Roumanian authorities to snj'Pty provisions. Late on Sunday evening Lloyd's f Agent telegraphed that the Kniaz Potemkin and torpedoer No. 257, *re anchored oS Rustendri. .another steamer, apparently watching them, being in the offing. A state of* siege has been proclaimed at Sevastopol and NikolalT. . DLU OFFICERS MURDERED. ONLY FIVE SAVED. ■ MUTINY FOLLOWS TRICKERY. I (Received Julv 3, 9.57 p.m.) I LONDON, July 3. ft Sevastopol advices state that the ' mutineers killed the captain and all the officers on the Kniaz Potemkin, except five,-mostly engineers. They entfapped the transport Vicha's captain by signalling him to go aboard the Kniaz Potemkin. Then we Vicha'g ctcw mutinied. "f inrfw » Queer Doings at

? floating the Fleet. THE KNIAZ JOINED 11Y A BATTLESHIP. • LEFT BY THE ADM lit AL. (Received July 3, 10.52 p.m.) St. PETERSBURG, July 3. Admiral Kruger, commanding two tatttahips, and Admiral Vyshorevebky, commanding five battleships, a torpedo cruiser and several tcrpedoers proceeded to .Sevastopol and * Odessa. The flagship signalled, ordering the Kniaz Potemkin to join the fleet im- ) mediately. The Kniaz replied, asking the Admiral to come aboard. Receiving no answer the Kniaz cleared lot action,* and steamed full speed •long the whole line of fleet, passing bo close that the features of her commander, Who was wearing civilian dress, were clearly distinguished. Many others dressed in mdfti were teen on the Kniaz. Admiral Kruger signalled the fleet to proceed to Sevastopol, wben the Kniaz signalled, "We remain here." M. Guzevitch, commander of the Fobiedonostsefl, signalled that her machinery was disabled, and Admiral Knger repeated his ordor, "Make ? bx Sevastopol." The Pobiedonostsefl replied, "We W lemain here," and then steamed p alongside the Kniaz, and signalled, ' "We wish to land our officers." The rest of the fleet then headed for Sevastopol.' Mutineers Grave ForgiTeoess. " All Du£er Oyer." STRIKERS ORDERED TO RESUME WORK. ' SANGUINE'oF PEACE. AGAIN THRXATW' ENED ' (Received July 3, 119 ■> m ) LONDON, July 3. Beater's Odessa correspondent telegraphs that the crew of the battleship PohiedonostseS on Sunday sent forty hostages ashore, and asked the Cut's pardon (or nutinying, plcadfnc that the ship was not damaged. . The Governor has proclaimed that ' all danger of« catastrophe is parsed, and has ordered the strikers lo xesome work. Manufacturers arc sangnine that the men will resume immediately.

Soma account? »—tf llial the | ■p Kaiaz's crew drank all the cham- j W MM and vodka aboard. , ■ On Saturtfay tbr mutinous ships - P Sent a deputation and threatened tiie : I Oorernor that they would bombard L the town Holes* it capitulated within : R forty-eight boura. ( The G OTernor sent the civi'ians I | away and the garrisons were (urthcr , strengthened. p Cimuis COBTSOL THE HUZ. L DISAFFECTION PERMITS OF P ESCAPE. || \ k OFFICIAL Al LEGATION". |n (Received July 3, 11.43 p in.) B\ LOM>ON. .Inly \ U is l»lrcv«l that a ctulT of civ r.VttP, reptvy-mtlog the revolutionary /rgUliftations. in direct ufTairs on the Kntaz Poicmftin. The Sevt twice siiPrnumhii the | Pot.'iiikin. which ;ias*<l the <iroit r njj nninolo-*?t<l. owing to disalUb fleet. PSTTF.KSW lie, .Inly telegrams nwiivnl luro in>that the PolriKlri'ol-wff left to guard thi- Mirrerxfc'reh alleged officia lI v that th» (aider the influence ot