The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-23
TEN THOUSAND
JEWS HOMELESS
Horrors of the Situation in ROu-
mania Not Exaggerated
in the Least.
UPRISING OF PEASANTS
REVOLT AGAINST THE GREAT
FARMING TRUST.

Vienna. March 22.-The seriousness of
the situation i'm northern Moldavia grow
ing out of the Hungarian disorders has
not, according to the latest Geographic
reports. reaching here from Czeruowitz,
on the border. been exaggerated.
It is estimated tonight that four hundred
farms in MoldaVid have been devastated.
eight Thousand fugtives have fled over
the RoJmanian frontier into Austria, and
a total of 10000 Jews are homeless
The number Of dead and wounded can
not lie given accurately. but reports of
today give total of about cighty-fiVr
men killed and 10 wounded,
The outbreak seems today to have been
partially suppressed. The Rouuaniau
government is still sending troops into the
affected district. Practically the entire
province of Moldavia has been involved.
Peasants in Revolt.
The movement Is more really agrarian
than anti-Semitic. The peasants are in
revolt against the great farming trust.
which has leased half the arabic lands in
MOldavia. Tho absentee landlords who
control the trust are Jews. and this fact
brings the ire of the peasants down upon
all Jews they meet, and to this antipathy
. :. added strong racial feeling arising from
other causes.
On Thursday $50 peasants tried 90 in
wade MichaelHCu despite the fact that
there was q sufficient number of Roumau-
ian troops in this town to stop the rioters
The peasants at first got the upper hand
because the soldiers. acting upon the
orders of the project of the town were not
T permitted by their officers to open fire.
In the face Of the menaCCs Of the furious
( peasants. however. some of the soldiers
did fire against orders This vOllpv killed
/ fifteen of the rioters and wounded forty
| five, whereupon the peasants withdrew
Looting of Vaslui.
! 4 nj q
I NaslUi, to the south of Jassy. Here d
/ body Of two thousand peasants forced
their way into tie town. The project did
\ not have sufficient troops at his command
to stop tho infUriated COuntryme1- He
/ stood by. a helpless witness. while the
rioters in an incredibly short space OF
I time plundered practically all the build
ipgs on three principal streets Of Naslu
!. and set them on fire. The peasants had
looted freely, and then fire completed tn,
destruction
The prefect sent in hurried appeal fol
reinforcements. and the peasants. ignOTan
Of this step, remained in the town unit
the soldiers arrived. Then ensued a ser
ious fight. in which Che soldiers won
| Twenty rioters were killed and many wer
wounded. The commander Of the troops
Major CalOTi, sustained serious injuries
Burning and PilIaging.
The entire Roumanian division was III
in arms. The authorities were powerles
| and the peasants pllidSed. burned ana Qe
VdStated everywhere. All the building
in the village Of HalcOnesti. Holcisteni ant
Nineiusen were demolished, leaving TN
villages in ruins.
It is estimated that not less than 500
fugitives have fled to the Austrian pro
vince of BulSOwina, where they are beini
cared for.
: The most serious fight of the day &C
CURED near PiatTa. 4 town about SlNt
. miles southeast of Jassy- Several thou
: Z sand DPasaUtS marched against this town
where an entire regiment of infantry wa
, stationed. The soldiers charged the peas
: ants with fixed bayoHets. The peasant
, replied with rifle and revolver fire an
+ then the troops began shooting back. Tn
! fighting lasted over an hour before TN
rioters retreated. They had fOrty-tW
( men killed. siXty-seven wounded and ,
of their number were captured by the sol
: diers. The troops had eight men kille
D and twenty-sevsn wounded. The estimat
I of 10000 Jews without homes is cOnsidere
here conservative Most of the fugitive
saved absolutely nothing. escaping wit
their lives luckily.