The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
REIGN OF RAP|NE
| CONTINUES WITH
TROOPS HELP ING
Bialystok Butchery Made
Easy by Indifference of
Authorities.
Jews Fight Valiantly with
/ Crude Weapons, Kill
ing Many.
Big Section Laid Waste by
Fire Trouble in Other
| Cities.

~ latest aQV1ceS received nero
from Bialystok, Wilma, Brest-
Litovsk, Chernayawiez and Grodno,
where anti-Jew riots are in progress,
indicate that the disturbances in place
of becoming more quiet are increasing,
and that in most instances the authori-
ties are either unable or do not desire
to quell the trouble. In fact it now
seems certain that, so far as the local
authorities are concerned, the jews
have little to expect at their hands.
Survivors from Bialystok tell hor-s
rible stories of their experiences there,
and the latest advices from that place
indicate that there is hardly Jewish
house left unframed.
Jewish Quarter in Flames.
More than one-quarter of the Jewish
section is in flames and in many in
stances the residents have been killed
in their homes, which have been fred
and the bodies incinerated.
The troops are unable to do much to
relieve the situation. They have. es-
tablished strong Gordon about the
Jews, who have been permitted to take
refuge in the park, and so far as pos
sible are protecting these refugees.
However, many were unable to get out
of the Jewish quarter and were MUIR
dered there
Fought Desperately.
The activity Of the Jewish bund is
responsible for the present attitude Of
the rioters. This organization, COM
posed for the most part of young jew
| ish boys and men, and armed with the
crudest Of weapons, fought desperately
against the mobs to save their homes
and inflicted considerable punishment
on their enemies. IF they had had the
cooperation, or even the passive sup
port Of the authorities they would have
been able to prevent much of the out
] rage, but the troops, when they did ar
rive, fred on the members of the bund,
indiscriminately dispensing them.
| The rioters took advantage of this
/ fact, and as soon as the troops with
drew again attacked the Jews. This
time the bund was not available, and
the rioters accomplished their purpose.
Thirty Blocks in Ruins
/ Thirty blocks in the heart of the
Jewish quarter have been laid in ruins,
according to the last accounts, and
there is no attempt to estimate the
casualties.
| At Wilma, Grodno, Brest-Litovsk and
Chernayawiez anti-Jewish demonstra-
tions are taking place, but particulars
are lacking. All that is known is that
urgen appeals have been made for
troops from those points to suppress
rioting.
The significance Of the order issued
by the war office Saturday that all Of
the troops and army reserve men in tho
central, southern and southwestern prov
inces shall at once be placed on q
Itthome war footing is being freely
commented on. It bears out the earlier
reports that the government is in pos
session of informatio showing that the
reports of the gravity Of the situation
/ were III no way COlOTcu, Uul tudt COu-
ditions are, if anything, worse than had
beeen thought possible.
Trepoff Called In.
The order was issued after confer.
ence with General Trepoff, former mill.
tary governor Of st. Petersburg, and the
dependence Of the car in putting dowr
all internal strife, the ministers OF
the interior war, and members of the
military staff.
On the suggestion of General Trepof
: lit was also decided to mobilize all OF
the Cossacks in the kingdom into fly
ing columns and to station them al
such points as are deemed. the mos
threatening.
The commanding officers of all regi
i ments have received orders that thel
are to quell all disorders at once and
have also been informed that they vii
be held personally responsible for tn,
carrying ont of these Instructions Non,
OF the regiments whose loyalty is I'm
der suspicion will be called into activ
service, but will be held in the FORTH
cations as a sort Of reserve force.
As In the past, the dependence OF TIL
government will be on it's Cossacl
forces, who have never yet failed Il