london vid Bombay, 26th November The sailors at Sebustopol and a regiment of troops have mutinied.
Rear-Admiral Pesarevski was shot while haranguing the men.
The dockers joined the mutineers, and there has been serious rioting Reuter.
27th November.
The most serious feature in the Sebastopol mutiny is the wholesale defection of the troops, who have apparently made common cause with the mutineers, Only one regiment remains loyal. There have been no excesses hitherto.
The silence in the official communique as to measures of repression is regarded as confirming the rumour that the men-of-war are in the hands of the mutineers, The revolt was carefully prepared and deliberately carried out.—Reuter.
London, 27th November.
An official communique ascribes the Sebastopol mutiny to the socialist propaganda, and admits the gravity of the situation.—Hwelusive service. London vid Bombay, 27th November.
The latest accounts from Sebastopol vary in details, but seem to Indicate that the mutiny is subsidy 28th November, The situation at Sebastopol is not clearly known, but the mutiny appears to be revolutionary." The artillerists in the fortress refused to fire on the mutineers.—Reuter, Later, The mutiny began with the crews of the Panteleimon and the protected cruiser Otchakoff (6,675 tons) hoisting the red flag on the 24th inst. They landed and held a meeting at which a deputation from the Brest regiment swore that the whole regiment would defend the sailors to the utmost; thereupon the soldiers and sailors paraded the streets with red flags, The Panteleimon is now in the hands of the authorities, but the crew and mutinous soldiers shut themselves in the barracks. Admiral Chukhnin was anxious to attack them, but was afraid the artilleryman would join the mutineers.—Reuter.
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