THE RUSSIAN UNREST.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 59, 10 March 1906, Page 1

THE RUSSIAN UNREST.

A FEMALE ANARCHIST. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 6. llie Admiralty has received a report from the surgeon in charge of Vice-iidmiral Clipukniii, who was shot ».y a woman in' his office in Sehantopol yqstorday, to the effect that his wounds are not dangerous. RearAdmiral Grigorovitch has assuzned command of the Black Sea fleet, in succession to Admiral Chouknin. According to the morning papers, and subsequent despatches from SeUastopol confirmiiig these, Press accounts, the attending surgeons are. confident that Admiral Chouknin will recover. The most severe wound is in the

breast, from which the bullet has not been extracted. The other wounds are in the right shoulder and both legs. His assailant, who was shot and killed by an orderly who rushed to the Admiral's assistance, is believed, like the murderess of Lieutenant-General Shakaroff, former Minister of War, and the assassin of General Shoualoff, Prefect of Police at Moscow, to have been an emissary of the St. Petersburg terrorists. Al three o'clock yesterday afternoon the woman appeared at the official residence of Admiral Chouknin, and sent in her card, saying she was a daughter of a rear-admiral who was an acquaintance of Admiral Chouknin at St. Petersburg, and requested an interview. Upon entering the Admiral's office she drew a rapid fire pistol; and fired four shots at Chouknin with deliberate aim, each bullet reaching its mark. She then turned to fly, but was killed by the orderly. Admiral Chouknin exhibited remarkable nerve, and continued to issue orders, even while being carried to bed, and during examination by the surgeons. Later on he received personal friends, who came to sympathise with him.

The news of the attempt on Admiral Chouknin's life created great excitement among the sailors at Sobastopol, a large proportion of whom are sullen and on the verge of mutiny. The anarchists at Sebastopol attempted to organise a demonstration, but were not successful. The crime, beyond a doubt, was political. Admiral Chouknin has long been a marked man on accoun of his activity as commander of the. Black Sea fleet in repressing disorders. When the sentences imposed upon sailors for participation in the Odessa mutiny were before him for review formal notice was served on Admiral Chouknin to the effect that if he approved the death sentences he would share the same fate. Intimation that the terrorists were merely waiting, for a favourable opportunity to kill him have reached the Admiral several times since.