Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-29
TOWNS BOMBARDED
EFFORTS OF GOVERNMENT TO
SUPPRESS REVOLT.

VIENNA. March 29.-The dispatches re-
ceived here from Czernowitz continue to
recite sanguinary encounters with the
troops, in which the peasantry lose heaV-
lily. Reports of the bombardment of the
three villages in the Vlaschka district say
the peasants greatly outnumbered the SOL
diers and charged the military six consecu-
tive times Finally, the troops had to en-
ploy artillery. and the havoc in the ranks
Of the peasants was terrible.
NJ Lahovary the Roumanian minister at
Vienna. speaking of the situation in Rou-
mania yesterday. said he was confident the
liberal cabinet would succeed in sup
pressing the disorders. Nobody was pre-
pared for this outbreak, NJ. Lahovary said.
and the members of the former cabinet lost
valuable time in quarreing among them
selves, and, Furthermore, in the beginning
the soldiers had orders not TO fire on the
peasants. This encouraged the rioters; but
now the necessary force being used.
and the result probably would bring about
tranquility.
The Situation Worse.
The efforts of the government, however,
to suppress the revolt have met with only
partial success. The troops now act
Ing with increased energy While a large
number of rioters have been killed in the
numerous conflicts with the soldiery. there
Is no sign of permanent amelioration of
conditions. ON the contrary, the rioters ap-
pear to be becoming holder and more de-
termined. and the situation undoubtedly Is
aggravated
As indication of the apprehension ex-
listing even in the capital the pre-
feet of Bucharest. as a measure of pre-
caution, ordered all shops in the city closed.
This order created the impression that the
rioters were approaching Bucharest, and
there was wild panic until it learned
that these fears were groundleSS.
At TirgOvistes. in the Argesh district,
band of peasants yesterday attempted to
raid an arsenal and procure supply of
rifles and ammunition. Upon being repulsed
by the troops the rioters set fire to many
houses in the town.
Several rowing bands of peasants in the
district Of Teleorman were surrounded and
brought to bay yesterday by detachments
of troops.
A Field Gun at Work.
At Nlaschka a band of peasants, called
upon to dispense. refused to do and
opened fire on the troops. whereupon the
latter fired three shots at them from a
field gun killing seventy men and wounding
many more. According to an uncOnfirmed
version of the encounter. 30 of the peas
ants were killed.
a squadron of hussars sent TO Brabova
came in conflict with band of peasants,
and it is reported that fifty of the peasants
y
Bucharest and kOmona was stopped by
rioters and looted.
There Is a slight Improvement in the stu
alton at Jassv. The streets of the city are
empty and the shors still shut. The peas
ants there apparently are oveTawed by the
concentration of troops.
serious encounter is reported to have
taken place at the village of Papanhabestic,
in which many peasants We're killed or
wounded.
There have been sanguinary encounters
in the district of Doll and rumor places
the number of killed and wounded in
counters with the troops at several hGndred.
Peasant Atrocities.
The peasants committed terrible atrocities
IN the Buzeo district. and the troops sent
thither had orders to suppress the disturb
ances at any cost.
1t is still impossible to give even an ap-
prOximate estimate of the numbers killed
or wounded since the beginning of the dis
orders, but there is good reason to believe
that the REPORTS have not been exaggerated,
and that when the totals finally are learned
they will be greater than is now supposed.
Not less than eleven army officers have
been killed or wounded.
1t is reported that in northern Moldavia,
where the riOting was temporarily suspend
ed. the peasants intend to recommence their
pillaging during the Jewish Passover if the
promises made TO them by the government
not fulfilled.
Some of the measures being adopted by
the authorities are most severe. Premier
SturdZa yesterday secured the unanimous
adoption of bill by both houses of para-
ment authorizing the government in view
of the grave circumstances throughout the
country. to declare a state of siege wher-
ever this may be necessary. This step can
be taken, however, only by rOyal decree.