Salt Lake Telegram | 1907-03-25 | Page 3 | Peasants Forse Armed Forces of Roumania Back

PEASANTS FORCE ARMED FORCES OF R0UMANIA BACK BUCHAREST, March 25. That the revolting peasants of Roumania are at least temporarily beyond the control of the Government forces in the field is amply evidenced by the stories of pillaging and incendiarism coming in from all parts of Moldavia and Wal-lachia. Wal-lachia. There have been several serious conflicts con-flicts between peasants and troops in the district of Vaslui, where 2000 peasants, peas-ants, armed with rifles and revolvers, attacked a company of soldiers. The troops fired several volleys, killing forty persons and wounding large numbers, num-bers, but the soldiers were so gTeatly outnumbered that they finally were obliged to retreat.