TROUBLED RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8172, 3 August 1906, Page 3

TROUBLED RUSSIA.

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EXCITEMENT AT KRONSTADT FEARFUL OF MUTINOUS WARSHIPS. ELABORATE PRECAUTIONS. Received 2ad, 9.27 p.m. St. Petersburg, August 2. There is great excitement at Krenstadt owing to the rumoured approach of mutinous ships from Reval and Helsingfors. Revolutionary emissaries are endeavouring to persuade other crews to rerolt, and hasty precautions are being taken against an outbreak.

The breechblocks of some of the warships' guns have been removed. Troops bearded other warships. THE SVEABORG MUTINY. ORIGIN OF THE. OUTBREAK. OVER 500 CASUALTIES. Received 2, 9.53 p.m. St PETBHsiirno, August 2. The Sveaborg outbreak originated through an incident at a sailor's funeral. His comrades in the torpedo service! declared he died of overwork and maltreatment. Seeing that the mutinous complaints were spreading Over the Garrison, the Naval Commandant ordered the men attending the funeral to be disarmed" and two hundred of them to be arrested. The attempt at arrest failed, and the mutineers seized the place and captured the officers. Soon the mutineers were joined by the bulk of the Navy service. They seized the majority of the forts with little resistance, as the artillery men were mutinous. When the red flag was hoisted, the loyal batteri"s and loyal ships bombarded the mut'neers. The latter responded with ar illery and rifles, but suffered from heavy fire from infantry and cossaclu pjsted on the rocky mainland across the narrow channel. The total casailties were ahoutoOO.

The Finnish Bed Gnard destroyed a section of the railway track, but the Vibourg battalion was reinforced by two loyal battalions from Helsinfors fortress. MUTINEERS STILL HOLDING OCT. VIGOROUSLY BOMBARDED. Received 2,10.59 p.m. St. Pcteesbceg, August 3. At the outset of the outbreak at Sveaborg, the commander of the sap. pen was shot and wounded and thrown into the sea, where he was stoned to death. General Agieff, commander of the fortress artillery, was wounded and taken prisoner. The mutineers possess forty quick firers and much ammunition. The cannonade kept up throughout yesterday. The warships Slava and Tzirevitch nave arrived, and joincl the loyal troops in the bombardment of the Sveaborg fortress, which the mutineers are still holding. At night the mutineers' chief powder magazine blew np. CONTRADICTORY REPORTS. REPORTED STRENGTHENING OF MUTINEERS' FORCES. Received 2,10.10 p.m. Si. Petebsbcbg, August 2. Prior to the Commander ordering the arre.it of the men attending the funeral, the torpedoer Skatudden torpedoed the naval repairing works. One hundred and ten of the Skatudden's mutineers and eleven civilians bare been captured and disarmed. The white flag is now risible at one of the rebel forts. It is reported later thit three cruisers and several hundred armed civilians joined the mutineers.