Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1907 — KILL JEWS IN ROUMANIA. [ARTICLE]

KILL JEWS IN ROUMANIA.

Mobi Slaughter the Semite*, Sack Stores and Loot Home*. Masaeres of Jews that equal in barbarity the bloodiest ever perpetrated in Russia have taken place in Roumania. The most horrifying news comes from Podihilo, on this side of the border, from Kishineff, where at least 200 Jews have been killed and hundreds more wounded. In numerous districts of Moldavia a bitter warfare is being waged against the Jews, thousands of whom have been driven from their homes, robin'll, and mercilessly beaten by mobs of peasants. The starving and otherwise distressed Jews who have survived attacks anti massacres have a pjtea led to. King Charles for protection. Troops have been sent out iu response. The massacres at Podibilo were carried on through several days. The town's population of 7.000 was made up of 4.000 Jews and 3,000 Roumanians. The whole population was involved in the fighting, and in addition several thousand peasants from the country districts Assisted the. Roumanlan urban combat ant s. For the most part the Roumaninns •were armed. They attacked the Jews with ruthless hand, sacking stores, smashing windows, looting residences, and striking, shooting or cutting down ail who resisted. The Jews were stricken with panic immediately after the first onslaught of the anti-Semites. They locked themselves up in homes or places of business and barricaded doors, but barricades were shattered by the mob and many defenseless Jews dragged forth to slaughter. Detailed information of the loss of life and destruction .of projierty has not yet reached the capita), I The government has forces at work trying to restore order and ascertain the cause of the fighting. It appears that the town is practically tn ruins, and that many Jews are suffering'for want of food as well as from attacks by mobs. In the country districts of Moldavia the peasants continue to pillage and massacre Jews in spite of all that has been done by the government. It is hoped, however, that re-enforcements as soldiers will be able to quell the trouble.