A Story of the Mutiny.

Manawatu Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 424, 11 July 1905, Page 3

A Story of the Mutiny.

Murder and Bloodshed

Officers 1 Pitiabia Plight. Compelled to Nav'gate. At the Revolver's Muzzle. Arrival of Krugor. Claiming of the Kniaz. . . Eeceived July 10,10.27 n.tn. St Petersburg, Yesterday. Torpedoer No. 267 has returned to Russia, those aboard declaring that they ; did not mutiny, but were compelled to -follow the Kniaz Fotemkin, ; Matuscheuko, tho ringleader of the ■ mutiny, instead of surrender, wished to ■ blow up the Kniaz I'oternkin. (.'Bloodstains were visible everywhere ' about the vessel, and the cabins had ;beeh pillaged. - ; , T Seven officers, kept aboard as prison;ers, were in a pitiable condition, the ..result of illtroatment. They declared sMatuschenko himself had killed ten officers. The mutineers with revolvers compelled two engineers and an officer to navigate the ship. The ammunition aboard would have sufficed for the Kniaz Potemkin to hold her own in a great engagement. The Consuls at Odessa are greatly relieved. . Admiral Kruger, with two battleships f four tprpedoers, and a destroyer, has arrived at Kustonji. He exchanged salutes with the Roumanian cruiser Elisabeta, and claimed possession of the Kniaz Potemkin. The commander replied that King Charles had ordered a transfer of the warship to Russia, which was effected au boar later, after a Russian priest had hald a service of purification from murder and rebellion.