The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
Ro0manian Revolt Unchecked By Government Measures
BUCHAREST SHOPS CLOSE
Sanguinary Encounters In All Sections of Country-Number Killed Un- derestimated-Ter erribe Atro-
 cities Are Committed.

Bucharest, March 2S.-The efforts of the government to suppress the revolt of the peasants have met with only partial suc- cess.
 The troops are now acting with in- creased energy. A large number of riot CTS have been killed in the numerous conflicts with the soldiers, but as yet there is no sign of permanent ameliora- tion of conditions. On the contrary the rioters appear to be becoming bolder and more determined and today the situation undoubtedly is aggravated.
 As an indication of the apprehension ex- isting even in the capital, the new pre- feet of Bucharest, as a measure of pre- caution ordered all shops in the city closed This order created the impression that the riotiers are approaching Buch- arest and there was a wild panic until it was learned that the fears were groundless.
 At Iirsrovistes, in the Argesh district band of peasants yesterday attempted to raid an arsenal and procure a supply of rifles and ammunition. Upon being repulised 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 attachments of troops. At Vlaschka, a band of peas ants called upon to disperse refused to do so and opened fire on the troops, where upon the latter fired three shots at them from field guns, killing seventy men and wounding many more. According to an unconfirmed version in the encounter 200 of the peasants were killed.
 A squad of Hussars came in conflict with band of peasants and it is re- ported that fifty of the peasants were killed A train running between Buch- arest and Komona was stopped by riot CTS and footed. Improvement at Jassy. There is a slight improvement in the situation at Jassy. The streets of the city are empty and the shops still shut. The peasants there apparently are over awed by the concentration of troops
 A serious encounter is reported to have taken place at Papanhabestic in which many peasants were killed or wounded. The bombarded villages in the Vlaschka district in which the rioters had taken refuge undoubtedly resulted in a very large casualty list but the exact number tdiillOl DS ltdIucu IL IS hHOWl, however, that several hundred peasants were ar- rested there.
 There have been sanguinary encounters in the district of Dolj and rumor places the number killed and wounded at sev- eral hundred. The authorities are be- ginning to use artillery to Lombard the villages where the rioters took refuge. The peasants committed terrible atrocities in the Buzeo district and the troops sent hither had orders to suppress the dis turbances at any cost.
 It is still impossible to give even an approximate estimate of the numbers killed or wounded since the beginning of the disorders, but there is good reason to 1 believe that the reports have not been exaggerated, and that when the totals fin- ally are learned they will be greatr than is now supposed.
 Eleven army officers have been killed or wounded. It is reported that in northern Moldavia, where the riotng was tempor- 7rily suspended, the peasants intend to re- 7mmence their pillaging during the Jew
 Passover if the promises made to
 T by the government are not fulfilled.
 of the measures being adopted by
 Ithorities are most severe.
 State of Siege.
 r Sturdza today secured the unan-
 1option of bill by both houses