ROUMANIAN PEASANT RISING.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8776, 2 April 1907, Page 2

ROUMANIAN PEASANT RISING.

Press Association—Copyright. Bucharest, March 31. Tho rigorous measures adopted in Roumauia arc', causing an improvement in tho situation. There is increasing evidence that foreign anarchists are inciting the peasants, destruction rather than looting being the object of tho jacquerie. Horrible Atrocities. London, March 31. The Daily Express reports that a battery met 10,000 peasants armed with axes and scythes engaged in burning Prince Stikbei’s palace at Baileshts. Pour hundred _ were mowed down in a few minutes. Tho artillery killed and wounded 1000 who were pillaging the estate of the Roumanian Minister at Vienna. Many women are among the rioters. Peasants poured petroleum over Captain Botoz and roasted him alive. They also cut off the bauds of a captured lieutenant. Bdcuauest, April 1. In many districts o£ lioumanin tho peasants are refraining from ravages and | restoring property. Many ringleaders have been arrested. Disturbances still occur in Wallaohia. 1 A severe encounter occurred at Lnnga- | patuelle, where tho troops killed a ! number of peasants. i There are 120,000 troops under arms, l Largo detachments guard the Banks in 1 Bucharest.