New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
PEASANTS SACK TOWNS.
NOLDAVTANS UNCHECKED
King Charles Blames Government
More Troops Ordered Out.

Bucharest March 23.-The disturbances in
Modavia continue. order has been restored in
the Dorohoi district. but the disorders have
spread 10 other places. Further reinforcements
are being sent into Moldavia and the troops are
taking up stations.
According to government reports. every effort
has been made to suppress the disorders without
bloodshed. and UP to the present time few per-
sons have been killed or injured
According TO newspaper reports. further dis
orders occurred to-day at Burdujeni and Panciu,
in the district of Putna. Two peasants were
killed and many were wounded At Darabani,
in the Dorohoi district, the estate OF former
Minister. ". Lascar. was piundered.
4 deputaton of land owners. headed by Prince
Ghika was received in audience by King Charles
to-day and received assurances that no efforts
would be spared to end the peasant troubles.
The King promised to devote his most earnest
attention to restoring order in Moldavia. He
held politics responsible for the whole trouble,
and said the country was better governed thirty
years ago than it is to-day. The present ad-
1ninistration did not answer the needs of the
times The politicians. his majesty said, must
forthwith set to work and solve the agTarian and
Semitic questions
The Kings assurances have made a good I'M
preston on the public.
The King to-day refused to receive in audi
ence a delegation of students from Jassy Uni
versity. who desired to urge him to support the
peasants in the present movement The dele
gates. incensed at his majesty's refusal. issued
a number of pamphlets, melting the population
of the city to assist the rebelIious peasantry.
These are now being widely distributed in
Bucharest,
In the opinion Of the Rumanian government
the rising Of the peasants i'm Moldavia is more
OF fst OH than anti Semitic. In
reply to requests for a statement on the subject
to-day the Minister Of Finance, NJ. Ionescu
wrote the following note:
The present regrettable movement Is not only
OF an anti-Semtic but also Of agrarian and
anarchist character The houses OF Christians
both owners and tenants, have been destroyed.
The government has taken all the possible
measures To cope with the movement, which
must now be regarded more as an anarchist
campaign than anything else.
According to the latest advices received here
the movement Is spreading southward. Bands
Of peasants in the Brahilov and Buzeu districts.
mostly armed with cudgeLs. visiting the
farms. threatening the proPrietors with death
unless they improve the conditions OF work
The disturbed sections OF the country have
been pIacarded with an announcement made by
the government that bin against farming
trusts viii he submitted 70 parliament az the
present session.
In the Bacau, Naslui ana roman distrlctS t'e
peasants are we'll organized. Most Of them have
served IN the army. and have formed themselves
into companies and regiments under officers,
plundering small towns and villages where the
troops are too few to overawe them, without
distinction as to nationality. In several in
stances the farmers and land owners have yield
ed 10 the demands Of the peasants and the raids
have ceased.
In the attack made by the peasants on troops
at Blegestl IN the Bacau district. which resulted
IN fourteen Of the peasants being killed tho
rioters seized Colonel PoltZer. who was In COM
mand OF the troops. and locked him up In the
house OF the public prosecutor. which they were
preparing TO burn when the troops dispersed
them.
a serious encounter between troops and peas
ants has occurred at the small town of Misaileni.
near the Bukovina frontier. in the district OF
Dorohoi. Many peasants we're killed.