The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-14
THE HORROR
AT KISHIFEFF
Report Of British Vice Consul at
Odessa Made Public.
ONLY FORTY TWO KILLED.
Fhree Hundred and seycnty-One
wounded-Fev Cases OF MutiIa-
tion Discovered-Compli Of
Local Authorities Proved.

London. Aug. 49, 4 dispatch from
the British consul general at odessa,
forwarding the report made by the
British vice consul ut odessa. V Bo
sanquet, who was sent specially to
Kishinen to obtain the facts regarding
the recent anti-Jewish riots there, il
published.
Mr. Bosanquets report generally
agrees with the stories Of the occur
rences previously cabled. II says
1.-THE area Of the disturbances com
prised two-thirds Of the town of Kish-
ineff. The murders all occurred on
Monday, the second day Of the disturb
anees. They were perpeuated hy
bands of rioters in different parts Of
the town Many believe they Were the
work Of organized companies, which
fact argues in favor Of a prearranged
conspiracy TO exterminate the Jews, II
this belief is not accepted, the riots
must be attributed TO the articles in the
Bessarabetz (the anti-Semitic organ il
IEishineff), to the unfounded report o.
the Jewish murder of a Christian
priest, to tile wine drunk early on Nor
day and to the belief, which seems t.
have grown with the continued mac
ton Of the authorities. that the latter
wished the Jews to be massacred Or
had even ordered it Apparently q
feeling existed among the lower classes
that the Jews ought not to be in a
majority III Kishinef'
"The local authorities took MO eifec,
live step to stop the riots, The soldiers
were passive if not sympathetic spec
tators The police contented themselves
with the arrest OF minor criminals until
o'clock ia the afternoon when the
governor. who had remained ut home
telephoning orders which were disre-
garded, at length yentured to sign the
necessary order for the troops to he
employed The only case heard Of in
which the latter used their weapons
was when they bayoneted a Christian
boy who was pursuing jew with
stones This boy was the only Chris
fian killed during the disturbances. II
! resolute action had been taken By the
authorities I believe the riots would
! have been checked at an early stage
MIR. Bosanquet places the Jewish vie
tins at forty -one killed aud 303 wound
ed. while among the Christians one was
killed and sixty-eight wounded. Off
cial inquiries, he says, show that three
women were violated, but this may
we'll represent d small fraction of the
actual number, since the Jewish wom-
en- naturally remain silent for their
own sakes, as under the Mosaic law
divorce must follow violation. The
vice consul heard Of the rape of a girl.
twelve years old, and Of others aged
thirteen but this was only hearsay
/ Mutilation and deliberate torture Of the
| victims, he says, do not seem to have
been praetieed. Though there were un-
doubtedly great barbarities, he only
knows of one case of mutilation, when
mans eye was put out with a nail
He heard stories Of mutilation after
death and of a child being torn limb
from limb, but he considers the latter
story to be improbable. considering that
only two little children appear to have
| persisted.
Mr. Bosanquet pays q tribute tC
Prince Urusoff, the new governor Of
Bessarabia, who, he says, helped him
with every means in his power "Or
the arrival OF the new governor who
is doing all he can to gain the con
fdence Of the Jewish population, adds
the vice consul, matters began to i'm
prove, and the commercial life Of TIL,
town was resumed. a newcomer
visiting the Jewish quarter, can see NJ
signs Of a stoppage of business, and i
is hoped that Jewish commercial af
fairs win improve
''The Jews place their losses at 1000
600 rubles, but this figure is probably
an exaggeration.
about $50 rioters were arrested AM
sos were punished on minor charges
while ZIG were acquitted. Three hun
bred and sixty rioters win be tried a
Tiraspol in October, Of which humble
, 100 are charged with murder in add
ton to other crimes If they are foun
guilty they will be sentenced to pena
servitude on the island of Sakhalin."
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