The Congress of the League of Christian National Defence, of which Professor Cuza is President, was held to-day at Suoro-Jinetz, a large number of peasants from neighbouring villages being present, including many Ukrainians and Germans. George Cuza, Professor Cuza’s son, a priest named Iliutz, and other speakeakers appealed to the members of the Christian minorities in Roumania to enter the Cuzist League. They did not intend to kill or rob the Jews, they said. They only wanted an opportunity of free development for the Christians, and they wanted capital to be distributed among the peasants in the same way as the land was distributed among them after the agrarian reforms.
No incidents have occurred in connection with the Congress. Professor Cuza and the other leaders of the League had pledged themselves that order would be maintained, and in addition the Government had provided for all eventualities by drafting strong forces of police and gendarmerie into the district to show that they were prepared and were strong enough to put down any disturbances.
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