The Times on Monday printed an account from a correspondent
in Italy of a mutiny in the Austrian Navy last February. The sailors and arsenal workmen at Pola ceased work for a week, until their demands for a relaxation of discipline were granted. At Cattaro six cruisers and some destroyers hoisted the red flag. The German and Magyar sailors resisted the mutineers but were over- powered. The mutineers demanded an immediate peace. A German- Austrian Admiral with another division of the Fleet went to Cattaro, and pacified the mutineers, who were premised an amnesty. Many of the high officers are said to have been cashiered for their laxity in allowing the agitation to develop. As most of the sailors are Slays, the troubles may recur. The mutiny affords a partial explana- tion of the inactivity of the Austrian Navy.
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