The Kniaz Surrenders.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7869, 11 July 1905, Page 3

The Kniaz Surrenders.

Bloodstained and Pillaged. DESPERATE MS. f Prisoners' Pitiible Condition. "\* (KtC.'ivwl July 10. 10.27 p.m.) St. PKTEKSIH t«!, .July 10. Torpedoer No. 3>7 has returned to Russia. those on lio.irddcclari- ihty did not mutiny, hut were compelled to lullow the Kniaz I'oU-nikin. r Uatuaoiltoku. thg rinyl.-.nj.-r ~i" tho mutiny, instead of surrendering, wishuj to lilow up the Kninz l'oumkin. There are Mood stuif* everywhere about the vessel, 'lhe culj na have ben pillaged. Seven officers kept aboard as prisoners are in a pitiable condition as the result of ill-iicQtiiKHt. It is declared that MatuschenWo himself killed ten officers.

"Hie mutineers, with revolvers, compelled tw 0 engineers and a «.-ck officer to navigate the vessel. The amniuniuion aboard would fiivr sufficed the Kn : nz PoUvnkin t,. hold her own in a great aifjigi-uienr. C'maulo at Odpssa were groat ly relieved at tho turn of events.

When Admiral Krugcr, with twe battleiihip!i. four torpedo boat», and a destroyer, arrived tt l Kustengi, hj« exchanged salute* with the ltounia nian eraser Elisabcta, and claimed possession of the Kniaz Potemkin.

Tho commander ivplied that King Charles had ordered its transfer to Russia, which was enVcleK an hour later, alter a Russian priest had held a service of purification for murder and rebellion.