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Show OFFICERS MURDERED BY THEIRSOLDIERS (i; (S) X, (i- l VLADIVOSTOK. Nov. 2T.-Th wi Russian prisoners retrrnlng here T J: from Japan are in such a state of & ii mutiny because it is Impossible lm- (J $i Mediately to ship them back to (ji .Itussia that It became necessary to & t) form a ramp where they are held jb () under guard. i ' (S) On Saturday ther. was a tragic (Ji uprising at the camp on Cape () 1 ( fhouknln. where 1'dO prisoners (& (S) from Port Arthur are confined. A () drunken soldier who refused to sa- lute an officer waa sabred on the $ spot. His comrades rushed at the () officer, who escaped to the Ofnccrs" club, where he was Joined by four other officers. They all made a (j) hard fight for Ihelr lives with re- (?) vol vers against the infuriated men. but before the arrival of a squad- ron of Cossacks, which had been (S) hastily summoned by telephone. (J) three of the officers were killed and and one was terribly beaten. ) About twenty men were killed or () wounded In the struggle. I & ' |