Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-23
The Government Regards it as
More of an AnarchistiC Char
acter Than Anti Semitic.
MOVEMENT is SPREADING,
Bands of Peasants Threatening
Proprietors With Death Unless
They Ane|orate Conditions.
w some Parts Troops Are Unable TO
Cope With Them--iSing Charles Rc-
fuses to Receive Student Delegates.

bucharest. March 2s.-In the opinion
M the Roumauian government, the
rising OF the peasants in Ntoidavia ia
more OF an anarchtstic chara eter than
ant. Semitic. In reply to requests for
statement upon the subject today
Finance Minister JonescW wrote the
following note -
,vrhe present regrettahle noNcmet,t
Is not only of an anti-Semitic, but also
of an agrarian and anarchistlc charaC-
ter The houses of Christians, both
owners and tenants, have been de-
stroyed. The government has taken
all the measures possible to cope with
the movement which must now be re
gtrded as an anarchistIc campaign
According to the latest advices re-
ceived here, the movement Is spreading
southwark. Bands of peasants in the
Busen district, mostly armed Win
cudgels. are niaraudiug over the farms
threatening The prOprietors with death
unless they smeliOratc the conditions
OF work
The government claims that the dis
ttiYhances have been quelled In tha
districts into which it has been able
tn get troops, regiment OF cavalry
NssMlui districts. In these districts
the peasants are well organized MoSt
OF them have served In the army and
they have formed themselves into
companies ard regiments under oil
GERS and are plundering small towns
and villages wherever there Is an in
sufficient number of troops To ovefawe
them, without distinction as to nation
ality. In several instances the fa1sn"
ers and landowners have yielded to the
demands OF the peasants and the raids
have ceased.
In the attack made by the peasants
on troops in the Bacau district, which
resuNed in Id OF the attackers being
allied the peasants ssvized Col. Polt-
ger who was In command of the
troops and locked him up in the mousse
of the public prosecutor, which they
were preparing 10 burn when the
troors dispersed them.
A serious encounter between troops
and peasants has occurred at the town
of MIsaiIenl, near the frontier Many
peasants were killed during the fight,
The disturbed sections of the coun-
try have been piacarded with an an
liouncement made by the goyernm ent
Thar bill against farming trusts will
be submitted To- parliament during the
present session.
KING REFUSED TO RECEIVE STU
DENTS.
Bucharest, March 23.--Eing Charles
today refused to receive in audience
delegation of students from Jassy
university. who desired to urge ht,n
To support the peasants In The present
movement The delegates, lnccnsed
at his majesty's refusal, issued sew
oral pamphlets melting the popula'
lion TO assist the revolted peasantry-
These are now being widely distrib-
uted i'm Bucharest.
Vienna, March 2S.-According to a
telegram received here from Czerno-
witz on the Roumanian border. VerpOle
aud Pudsta have been captured by peas
ants, who took the places by assault
and pillagsd and devastated them, The
troops have thus far been unable TO
drive back the peasants and many
have been killed on wounded ON both
Sides
A letter has reached the Israeite al.
lance from POduilaeli, Roumaria, stat
ing that every Jewish building there
has been destroyed, many Jews Killed
and their wives and children have
been injured, The peasants who at
lacked the place were melted by
Speeches delivered by a teacher belong
Ing to one OF the public schools, who
urged the expulsion OF all Jews from
The farms and residences occupied by
Jewish tenants
Cscaona. Bosia and Paprikani Rou-
nIania, are reported To- have been de-
stroyed by Il band OF 1000 peasants.
Only buildings where the inhabitants
placed crucifixes between lighted cam
ales in the windows were spared.