New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-29
FAIL TO CHECK REVOLT
PEASANTS GROW BOLDER.
Bloody Encounters an RumaraiG-
Troops Smelling Villages.

Bucharest Rumania. March 2S-The efforts
Of the government 10 suppress the revolt OF the
peasants have met with only partial success
The troops are now acting with increased energy.
A large number OF rioters have been killed in
the numerous conflicts with the soldiery. but
ss yet there Is no sign Of permanent ameliora-
ton Of the situation. on the contrary the riot
ers appear to be becoming more bold and deter
mined, and to-day the situation undoubtedly is
aggravated.
As an indication OF the nervous apprehension
felt even in the capital, the new Prefect. as
measure OF precautlon. ordered all shops in the
city closed This order created the impression
that the rioters were approaching Bucharest
ana there was Wild panic until it was learned
that these fears were groundless.
At TirgoVistes in the Argesh district, band
Of peasants attempted yesterday to raid an
arsenal and get rifles and ammunition. On be-
lng repulsed by the troops they set fre to houses
An the town. The rowing bands in the district Of
Teleorman were surrounded and brought to bay
Yesterday by detachments OF troops.
At Vlaschka band of peasants was ordered
20 disperse. refused to do so and opened fire on
The troops, Whereupon the latter fired three
shots al them from a field gun, killing seventy
men and wounding many more. According to
an unconhrrned version OF the encounter two
hundred OF the PEASANTS were killed.
A
IN conflict with band OF peasants. and it is
reported that fifty OF the latter were killed. A
train between Bucharest and Komona was
stopped and thoroughly looted.
There is a slight improvement at Jassy. The
streets OF the city are empty and the shops are
rtil shut, but the peasants there apparently
are overawed by the concentration Of troops.
A serious encounter Is reported 20 have taken
place az the village Of Papanhabestio. in which
many peasants were killed or wounded The
borbardment OF the three villages in the
Vlaschka district, IN which rioters had taken
refuge, undoubtedly resulted 81 q large casualty
list. but the exact numbers cannot be learned
Il is known. however, that several hundred
peasants were arrested there. There have been
sanRuinRry encounters IN the district OF Doll
but details are lacking. The peasants there are
EIotous. and rumOr places the number killed
and wounded in encounters with the troops at
several hundred The authorities now be-
ginning 70 use artillery 10 lombard the VIII
lagos where the rioters take refuge.
The peasants committed terrible atrocities IN
ne BlzeO district and the troops sent there
had orders 20 suppress the disturbances at any
cost.
Il Is stiu impossible TO give even an approx
mate estimate OF the numbers killed or wounded
since the beginning OF the disorders, but there is
good reason 20 believe that the reports have not
been exaggerated, and that when the totals
finally are learned they will be greater than is
now supposed. AT least eleven army officers
have been killed or wounded.
An official report Issued this afternoon says
order has bean restored in MOldRyias that pre-
fects are travelling through the troubled dis
fFicts Quieting the ssitated peasants and that
disputes between peasants and land owners are
being settled Rmicably. In Little WRilachia,
where the troubles broke out later and q state
q anarchy exists, energetic measures are being
t1krn against tncenoiaEiss and plunderers.