Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-23
TEN THOUSAND
JEWS HOMELESS
Situation In Northern MoIdavla is
Very Serious, Dead and Wound
ed Being Numerous.
OUTBREAK REALLY AGRARlAN.
Peasants Are in Revolt Against the
Farming Trtlst---Ronrmanlnn Cow
crlmcnt Thoroughly Arcuscd.

Vienna. March 29.-The seriousness or
the situation in northern aIoldavia
growing out OF the asrariau disOr.
dcrs has not, according 20 the latest
Geographic reports reaching here from
C'serrowltz, on the border, hecn exng.
geretod.
IT is estimated tonight thai 400 farms
In MOldNyia have been devastated, 5000
fusitivcs have fled over the RpumanIan
frontier into Austria and a total OF
10000 Jews ara homeless.
The number of dead and wounded
cannot he given accurately, but reports
OF today give total ~ about 81 men
killed and 15O wounded.
The outbreak seems today 10 have been
partially suppressed, The Ronntanlan
government is stitl sending troogs into
the affected district. Practically the
entire province OF MoldavIa has bean
involved.
The movement ls4 more really agTarL
an than anti-Senitic, The peassnts are
III revols against the great farming
trust, which has leased half the ara bic
lands in Moldavia The absentee land
lords who control the trust are Jews,
and this fact brings the ire OF tho peas
ants down upon all Jews they meet,
and to this sntipathy is added strong
racial feeling arising from other causes.
on Thursday 500 peasants tried to
Invade Mchaeineu despite the fact
that there WAS "a sufficient number OF
Rpumanian troops In this town to stop
the rioters, The easants az FIRST got
the upper hand becaWse the soldiers.
acting upon the orders OF the project
or the town We're not permitted by their
officers TO open fire. In the face OF
the menaces OF the furious peasants.
however, some OF the soldiers did fire
against orders This vo1ey killed Is
of the rioters and wounded f5, where
upon the peasants withdrew,
more successful attack was made
a Vaslui, to the south OF Jassy. Here
a body OF 1000 peasants forced their
way Into the TOWN. The project did not
have sufficient troops at his command
TO stop the Infatuated ColntTymen. He
stood by, helpless witness, while the
rioters In an incredibly short SPACE of
time plundered practically all the build.
ings on three principal streets OF vaslu
and set them on fire. The peasants
had looted freely, and then fire COM
pleted the destruction
The project sent In a hurried appeal
for refnforcetnents, and the peasants,
ignorant OF this step, remained in the
town until the soldiers arrived Then
ensued o serious fight, in which the
soldiers won. Twenty rioters were killed
ana many were wounded The COM
mandeT Of the troops, Mai Calpri, sus-
tanned serious injuries.
The entire RoumanIan divi sion was
up IN arms. The authorities We're pow
erless and the peasants pillaeed, burned
and devastated eVerywhere All the
buildings la the village OF llalconesti.
Holcisteni and Nlneluseu were demol-
ished. leaving the villages In ruins.
II Is estirnate ted that NOT less than 5000
m "a lori 40 Ia. Ara t.t~,
vince OF Bukow wilma, where they are be-
ing cared for
The most serious fight of the day
occurred near Ptatra, town about so
miles southeast OF Jassy Several
thousand peasants marched against
this town, where an entire regiment
81 infantry was stationed. The SOL
diers charged the peasants with fixed
bayonets. The peasants replied with
rifle and revolver fire and then the
troops began shooting back. The fight
Ing lasted for over am hour before the
rioters reiterated. They had AZ men
killed, 81 wounded and 25O OF their
number were captured by the soldiers.
The troops had eight men killed and %
wounded, The estimate OF 1000 Jews
without homes Is considered here con-
cervative. Most OF the eugitives saved
absolutely nothing, escaping with their
lives, luckily.
Four thousand Jews fed 10 Bueha-
rest, where the authorities are now
making every effort TO assist them. but
practically all are Obliged TO sleep IN
the open air
Engitives escaping into Austria tell
terrible stories OF the outrages, but to-
night they are so worn out with their
fight or so under the spell Of fear that
drove them from Roumania. that no
one can give detailed account OF his
= riamCPl
nj, the first to reach the frontier, de-
clared toalght that body OF 1000 peas
ants succeeded In forcing their way
into town after midnight The people
of BotoSahnI had been informed Of
their coming and most OF the women
and children had been started toward
the frontier The men remained be-
hind for the purpose Of Offering re-
Stance and defending their property
The reports are 10 the effect that the
rioters Killed many persons IN Boto-
sahni but IL has been impossible to get
figures
The peasants had carefully planned
for the uprising They had perfected
an organization and determined upon
the dag 20 begin, They were subdYld-
ed into bands OF 1880 each. Each band
had AN appointed leader, and the lead.
ers had been informed exactly as to
where they could commit oUtrages
NlhiOut ledl vi hfIlONs resistance
In the town OF Botosahni, The search
" OF meal and bread Ia beginning to
entail suffering. A number OF butch
or and baker shops were destroyed aud
the remainder have been closed up.
Nobody dares TO sell meal. While the
situation N this district Is slightly bet.
ter Today, tho conditions in the dis
trict Of Dorogol, about 70 miles TO the
northwest OF l3otosdhnl, have changed
for the worse. The tenants OF all the
farms near HArsla have ned,
The town NJ DorogOi was attacked
yesterday by body Of 1900 peasants.
The local clergyman made efforts to
calm the excited masses. The peas
ants would not lIsten ana swept the !
priest out Of their path. a regiment Of I
cavalry was then called into action aud |
attacked tho peasants vigorously Tho |
mob fnalls was driven back, but not |
before many men had been killed or
wounded
Tho situation al Jassy IL stall menac- |
ms Eight thousand soldiers have |
been concentrated there,
IL Is reported that university stu-
dents from Bucharest and Jassy ineit-