At Barisoff 2,000 Russian soldiers mutiny, smashing Red Cross cars and pillaging shops.
April 26.—Charles M. Schwab is awarded contract to rebuild the Russian navy.
Many guns on British warships found to be worthless.
Germany ready to begin negotiations with the United States for a new commercial treaty based on reciprocity.
April 27.—General Kolzoff appointed Governor-General of Moscow.
April 28.—Encounter between insurgents and gendarmes in the province of Kissamos excites Crete.
In the Cuban Senate President Palma discloses the fact that the United States had intervened in behalf of American firms with whom contracts had been made for sanitary work on the island.
May 3.—Trouble continues throughout Poland.
May 4.—In Warsaw the Socialists enforce the observance of a day of mourning for the victims of the May Day riots.
Cossacks fire on people attending Roman Catholic Church at Lodz, killing seven persons.