The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, Volume III by Rosa Luxemburg;Peter Hudis; & Axel Fair-Schulz & William A. Pelz

Author:Rosa Luxemburg;Peter Hudis; & Axel Fair-Schulz & William A. Pelz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (Publisher Services)

The Revolution in Russia

[November 11, 1905]*

TURMOIL IN THE NAVY

In Kronstadt, the struggle is raging on an enormous scale. Here is what the news dispatches report:

Petersburg, November 10. The crew of the 14th Naval Squadron, which is garrisoned in the center of the city of Kronstadt, mutinied and demolished everything in its barracks. The Fourth Uhlan Regiment, which was landed in Kronstadt, was immediately met with fixed bayonets. Most of the troops went over to the revolutionaries, and the marine infantry also mutinied. Regular soldiers and ordinary civilians were without any reason fired upon by the rebels. The number of casualties is not yet known. Stores were looted of almost everything, and were also set on fire.

Paris, November 10. According to a late-night dispatch from the Petersburg correspondent of Le Matin, sailors on one of the warships of Kronstadt have bombarded the Cossacks who were landed on the beach. Also, several forts were firing at random, and the fear is that they too have joined the rebels.

Paris, November 10. From Petersburg, the Petit Parisien reports that the news from Kronstadt has aroused the greatest anxiety here. The Peterhof Dragoon Regiment, which belongs to the category of crack troops, gave itself up to the rebels without a struggle. A regiment of cavalry lancers was almost completely wiped out in one terrible battle.

Petersburg, November 10. In Kronstadt there are altogether about 25,000 military in revolt. People fear that the mutineers will succeed in taking over one of the ships in the harbor and will then bombard Peterhof.†

Paris, November 10. Le Matin reports from Kronstadt the following: At 5 p.m. half of the city was already in flames; any help was impossible. The tsar himself gave the order to mercilessly suppress the rebellion. There is fear that the fire will spread to the arsenal, where munitions are stored in large quantities, and that would cause a terrible explosion. All available troops have been sent from Petersburg to Kronstadt.

Petersburg, November 9. A thick layer of smoke lies over Kronstadt, through which one can see the red-hot glow of occasional smoldering patches. Inside Kronstadt, eight military depots in the naval fortress are in flames. It is impossible to enter the city. Telegraph reception is cut off. Telegraph poles have been torn down for a distance of six kilometers outside of Kronstadt. Telephone connections have also been interrupted. The last phone message was the report that a steamer with 150 sailors on board was encountered, which was being sent to Petersburg to be imprisoned because of their participation in the disorders of the past week. Turning over these sailors to the naval authorities in Kronstadt was the most recent official act of General Trepov. But, during the trip, the sailors overpowered their guards, and the steamer sailed back to Kronstadt harbor under the red flag, completely in the hands of the rebels. Soldiers and sailors gathered in solid ranks to greet the arrival of the returnees. Then they all united to carry out an uprising against the

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