THE RUSSIAN REVOLT

Evening Star, Issue 12882, 3 August 1906, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN REVOLT

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

THE ARMY AND NAVY. MUTINY RAMPANT. THE SVEABORG OUTBREAK. ST. PETERSBURG, August 2. The mutiny of the sappers and artillerymen at Sveaborg originated in an incident at a sailor's funeral. The sailor's comrades in the torpedo service declared that the man died aa a result of overwork and maltreatment. Seeing that mutinous complaints were spreading amongst the garrison, the naval commandant ordered the men attending the funeral to be disarmed, and that 200 be arrested. The attempt to arrest them failed, as the mutineers seized the place and captured the officers. Shortly after the mutineers were joined by the' bulk of the navy service, and they then seized the majority of the forts after little resjstance, as the artillerymen were mutinous. When the red flag was hoisted the loyal batteries and loyal ships bombarded the mutineers, who responded with artillery and rifles, but they suffered from a heavy fire from the infantry and Cossacks, who were posted on a rocky mainland across a narrow channel. The total number of casualties was about 500. Prior to the commander ordering the arrest, of tho niten attending the sailor's funeral the torpedoer Skatudden torpedoed the naval repairing works. One hundred and ten of the Skatuddcn's mutineers and eleven civilians were cap-

tured and disarmed.

The white flag is now visible on one of the rebel forts.

A later report says that three cruisers and •several hundred armed civilians had joined the mutineers.

FURTHER DETAILS

THE BOMBARDMENT. CONTINUES.

ST. PETERSBURG, August 2. At the onset of the outbreak at Sveaborg the commander of the sappers was shot and wounded. He was then thrown into the sea, where he wa> stoned to death General Agieff, commander of the fortress artillery, was wounded and made a prisoner. The mutineers po*€6s forty quick-firers and much ammunition.

A cannonade was kept up tjrroughout yesterday. The warships Slava and Tsarevitch have arrived, and have joined the loyal troops in tho bombardment of the fortress, which the mutineers still hold.

At night the mutineers" chief powder magazine blew up.

A TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER.

ST. PETERSBURG, August 2. (Received August 5, at 8.51 a.m.)

The Sveaborg mutiny was crushed after a terrible bombardment of fcbe forts by the Tsarevitch and Slava.

THE REVOLUTIONARY CAMPAIGN

ST. PETERSBURG, August 2.

There is great excitement at Kronstadb over the rumored approach of mutinous ships from Reval and Helsingfors. The revolutionary emissaries are endeavoring to persuade other crews to revolt. Hasty precautions are being taken by the authorities against an outbreak. The breech-blocks of K ome of the guns on the warships have been removed, and troops have boarded the other warships. The Finnish Red Guard destroyed a section of railway track, but the Viborg batalion wa* reinforced by two loyal battalions from the Helsingfors fortress. MUTINEERS SURRENDER. ST. PETERSBURG, August 2. (Received August 5, at 8.31 a.m.) The Deshlagar mutineers surrendered when the Cossacks arrived. THE PREMIER'S FEARS. ST. PETERSBURG, August 2. (Received August 3, at 7.35 a.m.) M. Stolypin, the Premier, fears an early nutiny at Kronstadt, thus endangering the Czar's Palace at Peterhof. Important sections of the St. Petersburg garrieon are also disaffected.

A DUMA REPRESENTATIVE MURDERED.

ST. PETERSBURG, August 2 (Received August 3, at 7.35 a.m.)

M. Hertzenetein, a wealthy and prominent member of the Duma, was shot dead when walking alone: the shore at Terioki. He had advocated the expropriation of private landowners for tiki benefit of the peasants in the Duma. The murder is attributed to the Black Gang. [The Black Gang are alleged to be an organised body of the lowest and most depraved sections of the dwellers in large cities. Their policy is one of murder, arson, and outrage. They are said to work in harmony with the authorities in times of disorder, when their crimes are ignored by the officials.] A SOCIALIST PRESS. ST. PETERSBURG, August 2. (Received August 3, at 8.31 a.m.) A great Socialist printing establishment was discovered at Moscow reproducing :opies of the Yiborg Manifesto. Twenty arrests were made. A COALITION GOVERNMENT. ST. PETERSBURG, August 2. (Received August 3, at 8.31 a.m.)

It, is stated in St. Petersburg that Prince Gouchkoff, Count Heyden, and other Conservative reformers, known as Octobrists, have consented to join the Cabinet and help to carry on the government of the (.'oi ntry without the aid of the Duma. [The Octobrists are so-called from their profession of adherence to the principles announced by the Czar in his manifesto of October 30 last. They numbered thirtyseven in the Duma. The Constitutional Democrats maintain that it is the Czar's departure from his promises of October that has precipitated the revolution.]