RUSSIAN REBELLION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7864, 5 July 1905, Page 2

RUSSIAN REBELLION.

0 -■ BLOODTHIRSTY SOLDIERSJ « The People Goaded to Frcni, - 1 MURDERED WHILE ASLEEP. * SLAUGHTER EASIER THAN ARRBBI, Strikes in the Capital. St. PETERSBURG, July 3, The Grand Duke Alexis And M. i-.tialieft arp proceeding to Odessa ained with extraordinary powers. There is a general strike in St. Petersburg. Mobilisation in the city, is suspended. The promulgation ot M. Bulyguine's .scheme lias been postponed loratouriglil. Increased wages pacified the Khrtisiadl strikers. Seven million pounds' worth of damage has been done at Odessa.. Tlic inhabitants are in a frenzy on account of the military violence, It has been ascertained that 1800 persons were killed ami 3000 wounded, on Wednesday, the majority succumbi ingMachine guns were used against the crowd. One hundred and twenty men and women drank stolen spirits, and fell asleep on a coal-heap. The machine, guns riddled them to death. Another instance is recorded where 200 fugitives were slaughtered instead of tieing arrested.

THE REBELS DISAGREE - ROUMANIAN DILEMMA. :' "~ f St. PETERS HIiRG, Julyj.'i. There ai'O 43,000 troops in Ocjessu. The labels are in constant [communication with thu lvniaz Pptankin. - j Sixty-live ;of the letter's cre4wpr« Wounded in an inbernecinc feujl on board on Saturday. j The Kninz Poteinkiii jlras seized unother Russian coHier of 2000 tdns. Thi? captain of tho (.corgi jfobiedoiiosteff committed suicide. { Tha crew landed the officers in tho it.v of Odessa. • >

Roumania wishes to treat '■&»' Kniijiz Potcmkin's- 700 men as foreign. deserters, ordering, them to] land without arms.

A party was allowed to lajd at Itustenji to buy provision*. -. • Tli* crew of the Russian gunboat I'eizuape, also nt Rustenji, js- fraternising with the Kniuz JPoUJmkin's cr»w.

KNIAZ MUTINEERS SHOW FIGHT, * ANXIOUS ONLOOKERS,. . KRUGER COMPELLED TO CAUTION. RELENTING SAILORS, A. SURRENDER NEGOTIATE D. LONDON, July 3. The Standard's Odessa correspondent; .says that when Admiral JOuger surrounded the mutineers on Friday, the Kniaz Potemkin kept the red Hag Hying, and manned every gun, being ready to fight if Admiral: Kruger gave the order to flic., Apparently, the sullen demeanour "o( his crews induced caution. Tens of thousands asliorc watched the spectacle, anticipating a general massacre of the officers of the fleet it a shot was fired at the Knia'i Potemkin. St. PETERSBURG, July 3. The Georgi Pobiedonosteff is lying; in the inner harbour under heavy • guns mounted on' {he boulevards:. From the outset a number of the crew were reluctant to muftny, and gradually the number increased, until it was resolved to hand the authorities the breech-blocks of the guns nnd the flags, and negotiate a surrender, promising to obey 'if the officers returned. The mutineers on Friday sent a telegram ashore addressed to . the Czar demanding a constitution under threat, but it was not forwarded. THE KKIAZ'S SORRY PLIGHT. ALMOST FOODLESS. HER CHEW AT VARIANCE. • THEIR ADMISSION, THE MCTIXY PRE-AjRR.CN'GEII. (Received July 4, 9.50 pan.) St. PETERSBURG* July 4. The Roumanian Government directed the commandant at Kustenji to refuse coal and provisions to the niu- • tineers, but to allow .them their liberty it thoyj landed unarmed, doup t) le Ixvttlcship; but thtr mutineers refusal the offer. A torjx'doer trying to enter ther port, the cruiseit Klizabetlia fired! harmlessly. Tlio Russian' then retired. A deserting mutineer who escnpcft ut Kustenji declares that the Kiij-jz I'oteuikin lias boon almost provision's for three days. Two-third's „f Uiti crew favoured landing in Rloumaniu, lull the rest wished to return to Odessa nud renew, tlw. boiubniduirnt unt I supplied with provisions. The Kniux Fotomkin's crew adm (.. tlwt tho revolutionary committee arretted the mutiny. Tho mui-fta- 0 £ Oinelchuk was onl.y; the pretext. CAIRO, July 4.. Tlie Russian volunteer qruis.'r tkirv has arrived at Aden.

HEK ON £CRUISft MM DUTY. ODESSA; QUIET, VOLUKTJSERS TO SINK THJ3 KNI.AZ. OFFICERS KILLED. (Deceived July 4, 10.25 p.m.) St. PETERSKUUG, July \.. / The crew of tho crvisier Minine, ( «tj' '■' Kronstadt, refused to proceed ftf « e u, alleging that she was üb3oo- '• worthy,, uinja 'thai gunnery pra<itic<v was unsafe. ' " * ' The ringujadore arrested. Odessa is quiet, i*nd work has been. resumed in s-ome of (the, factories. The torpedo df>lroyer SVnyethivf has volunteered toVfjnd and sink thoKniaz I'oteiiiklu. .' While disßip}inar t V.'battalions wereexercising at KlictaM,' soldi*rs attacked and si ghtlk wounded Captain'.' I I (ioogoi'odsky with/ thvir bayonets., -j M. Davy-Dorf, battalion commander;. 7 1 drew his sword and rushed' to tha ' ■ rescue. Alttutugk he received five H wounds, ami was drenched withi fl Wood, he induced the battalions to jH return to the barrncVs. He wrotea letter'to the (Czar explaining matter,'and thai''expired. J^H Eight of thejmurdcrcrs escaped,a UougU eveutuaHj; seven mere imught^HE