The Monmouth inquirer., 1906-09-20
MASSACRE III PJLAND
Russian Troops Slaughter and
Burn In Jewish Quar-
ter of SiedIce.
VICTIMS NUMBER THOUSANDS

Government Knew Of Planned Outbreak,
but Took No Measures to Prevent II.
Artillery Used on Hebrews--ChiIdren
Slain in Street Before Mothers Eyes.
Bombs Thrown In Warsaw.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 1.-THE fight
ing and bombarding of houses at
Siedlce, Russian PoAnd, In an attack
on the Jews of the town by troops.
halted Monday noon, but it was later
resumed, apparently because Governor
Engelke demanded that the Jews and
Poles deliver up to him the members
of the Jewish Self Defense association.
Preferrfng death in the open to tame
surrender, the latter resurnac their de
Tense. The fighting lasted three days,
but the city is now quiet.
Two hundred Jews have been killed
and 1000 wounded in the massacre in
! Siedlce. Only onesChrfstian WAS killed
Government Warned Of Outbreak.
No excuse, no specious reasoning can
absoIye the Russian government from
Jirect responsibility for the slaughter
of the hapless victims OF the rage Of
the soldiers. The authorities had am
pie warning on Aug. % that-f5se massa-
ere was coming. but did net Do any
thing to prevent 1t.
In giving its version Of the wholesale
slaughter of human beings, the govern
ment said that on Saturday night ter
rorists killed two soldiers and that the
LIbau regiment became SO fnfuriated
that the soldiers got beyond me control
of their officers. Yet the fact is that
on Saturday morning the soldiers went
/ through the town warning ell the
Christians to hang out their ikons and
proclaimed openly that the massacre
that had been planned several weeks
before would take place that night.
Children sIain. In Street: AZ
The prediction. of the soldiers were
fulfilled Soon after 6so'clocls on Sat
urday night the Libau regiment start
ed for the Jewish quarter aaassbegan
numbering men. women and sess ldren.
The men in uniform pillaged theshops,
tore jewels off abe fingers of the v'oIn-
en-, mistreated. them in the streets and
killed their children before the{r eyes.
There is hardly a soldier in the regi
ment who is not loaded up with loot,
and what the nlurderers did net care
to take away they burned: ~s !
The scenes were of unspeakable hor-
ror. Everywhere there We've screams
and cries mingled with the sound of
shooting
The soldiers were permitted 10 vent
their fury without interruption. Jew
ism refugees filled the railroad station.
but they were unable to-leave the town
by rail- At the sight of az group of
soldiers the refugees fed into the
woods and wandered about for hours
Finally. Governor. General SlsaIlon tele-
graphed to St Petersburg fors-permis-
sion TO use. artillery in suppressing the
massacre. -te sae
Artillery Fired at Hebrews.
The permission was given. and the
artillery was used in characteristic
Russian style. Four batteries opened
fire. not on the murderorfs soldiers. but
on the Jews. Down Pienkna. warsaw
their shots. and men, women and chill
dren fell by the score. Not a soldier,
however. was killed. Then the authori-
ties began making wholesale Arrests.
and fully 5000 prisoners were taken.
Not.a soldier was among them.
Reports of bombs being thrown in
Warsaw come in so fast that Il is al
most impossible to keep track Of all of
them Not only the city, but the en-
tire province of Warsaw is IN 81 state
of terror and soldiers, officers and po-
licemen. are being shot down in the
streets or blown up in their homes
At Rudgusowska, forty miles east Of
Warsaw scenes Similar to those en-
acted at Siedlce were witnessed The
soldiers are said to have kfHeds forty
persons.