REBELS SURRENDER

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6963, 1 November 1909, Page 5

REBELS SURRENDER

CASUALTIES DURING SEA FIGHT. THE REVOLT UNPOPULAR. (Received November 1, 0.45 a.m.) ATHENS, October 31. After the fight tho rebels were obliged to beach the Sphendone. Tho sailors and petty officers landed and surrendered, while Lieutenant Typaldos and other officers escaped aboard the 'destroyer Meles. They landed, dressed in mufti, between Bleusis and Megara, and are still uncaptured. The fire of the rebels during the sea fight killed two loyalists and wounded several others. . Three rebel stokers aboard the Sphendone were killed; and some other rebels were wounded, including the captain of the Sphendone. The Military League, being satisfied with their own concessions, joined tho Government and helped to suppress the, naval emeute.

’ ' King George was willing to concede (some of tho naval demands, but when 'Lieutenant Typaides claimed himself to be Minister for Marinp the King urged resistance. v The revolt at no time threatened to become popular; in fact tho rising rather resembled the famous Potemkin mutiny in Russia.

In June, 1905, a serious mutiny occurred on board the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkin in the Black Sea, the crew murdering the captain and other officers, and taking possession of the ship. Other ships, including the Georgei Pobiedonosotz, were also taken by tbeir crews, and when they arrived at Odessa thousands of strikers there made common cause with the mutineers. The granaries and shipping in the; harbour were fired, and there was great loss of life. The Georgei Pobiedonosotz surrendered to the authorities on July 3rd, and the Kniaz Potemkin, after wandering for some days, surrendered to the Roumanian authorities at Constanssa.