The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-21
CORRE SPoNDENT NOW AT SCENE
or MASSACRE TELLS A
FRIGHTFUL STORY.
MURDERERS WERE AIDED
BY the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Told BY
Christians Damning to the
Poiice--Refugee Were
Shot Down.
BY Robert Croz;er Long.

Warsaw, June 20.-"Worse thar
Klshineff"
Such Is the undisputable conclusion
regarding the Bialystok massacre ol
the Jews In unbridling the elemental
human passions, Kishineff is equaled
by Bailystok. but for 1ar sighted Off
cial plotting and coldblooded atrocity
of execution Bialystok is incomparab.
ly the worst Pogrom Rugsia has yet
produced.
1t is imposyi yible TO cable from Bialy-
stok and this is sent from Warsaw
whittier | arrived tonight after spend
ing last night and today in the raw
aged city.
The Pogrom ceased finally yesterday
with the Cossacks' slaughier of Jew
who was trying to reclaim stolen
goods, but a hundred Jews lie dead,
many after mutlliation and torture.
Some seventy are wounded and many
doomed TO death are mutiated and
hideously disfigured.
| visited all parts of town included
in the Pogrom. taking the evidence of
Jewish and Christian residents. The
latter is even more damning to the
authorities. II proves that the massa
ere was essentially official on the part
of the police and military. The "Hooli-
gans" and BLACK Hand" played a sub
ordinate role
- In every case during the period
where the mass of the butcherie. oc.
CURED the police and soldiers either
actively assisted or encouraged the
butchers.
There are many authenticated cases
of soldiers themselves perpetrating
slaughter in the Boyare distaict where
the worst ma sacres occurred.
Soldiers of the Uglilsky Sixty-rhird
regiment accompanied by two officers, !
massacrcd seven Jews In. Gepner's |
sawmill, The full details of this were
given to me by the manager, who es.
capped with his life.
When the soldiers occupied it, their
victims sought refuge in small |
wooden house on which at O'Clock |
Friday evening the soldiers suddenly |
began firing. The officer ordered the |
inmates TO come out one by one. Five |
were shot dead as they emerged; six |
were hacked to pieces by sabres. One
remained in the house with an old |
woman named Kautsch, seventy years
old. and two bedridden relatives The
soldiers burned the house and all
perished in the flames. In other cases
the soldiers merely acted as onlookers.
ST. Peters burg, June 20-An at
tempt to agsass;nate General Trepom
is reported to have been made i'm
Tssrskoe Selo today by young wom-
an who gained admission to the pal
ace by repre- enting herself as the
Princess Narishkln and seeking a pri-
vate audience with the palace com
mandant.
The story Is that when Trepoff ap- {
peared the woman drew a pistol and
leveled II at his heac. but was dis I
armed by an attendant.
Notwithstanding the strenuous de-
nials by the police, the story is per !
sistently circulated with all the cir 5
cumstantial denial that appears to c
confirm It.
II l. known that T-epon. although r
In reality one of the most progressive n
Of Russian public men. has incurred $
the ill-will of the Revolutionists and n
Terrorists. and has been on the pro- h
fcribed list for a long time. Count q
Witte is also marked by the Terror
lists. according TO current report. n
Another alarming report circulated v
oday is that the court clique has de- n
ermined TO bring ABOUT the adjourn
nent of the Douma either by ordering b
! recess for three months. dlssolving Il
he DOuma and ordering new elections c.
N a universal suffrage basis. or by Il
declaring the Council Of the Empire ri
he representative body until a new 70
has been chosen.
The Douma. however. still clings to
weapon which keeps the palace
lique AZ its mercy by Withholding its
nnrpXal of thc foreign loan 81