„Romanian peasants revolt in Moldavia beginning in March to protest their inability to buy land; they also protest their exploitation by the crown and by grain merchants such as Leopold Louis-Dreyfus. Some 10,000 die before Carol I can regain control of the country in April.” - James Trager, "1907" The People's Chronology, James Trager, 3rd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Numéro du document Gale : GALE CX3460601907). http://www.amazon.com/The-Peoples-Chronology-Year-By-Year-Prehistory/dp/0805031340
”In 1918, Romania was a primitive country, where between 43 and 60 per cent of the population were illiterate, infant mortality ran at 17.4 per cent, and the annual per capita income was sixty dollars. Productivity was extremely low, industry at an embryonic stage, protective tariffs were very high, and most experts agree that 80 per cent of the population lived below the poverty line.” - Zvi Yavetz, „An Eyewitness Note: Reflections on the Rumanian Iron Guard”, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 26, No. 3/4, republicat în The Impact of Western Nationalisms: Essays Dedicated to Walter Z. Laqueur on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday (Sep., 1991), pp. 597-610, Published by: Sage Publications, Ltd.
Although he was well aware of the disastrous condition of the Romanian peasantry, he refused to examine its causes. He wrote: There is no doubt that our peasantry is the most backward in all of Europe; in no other country, not even in Turkey has the peasantry been left so far behind as the peasantry in the Romanian kingdom. - Radu Ioanid, „Nicolae Iorga and Fascism”, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul., 1992), pp. 467-492, Published by: Sage Publications, Ltd. Stable URL:
„The first large-scale disturbance reflecting the desire for reform occurred in March, 1907. This was the peasant uprising which lasted for a month and spread throughout Romania. About 10,000 peasants were killed in the brutal repression and whole villages were razed. The peasants demanded a reduction of rent.” - J. William Leasure, „The Historical Decline of Fertility in Eastern Europe”, European Journal of Population / Revue Européenne de Démographie, Vol. 8, No. 1(1992), pp. 47-75, Published by: Springer)
"The Market, Tradition and Peasant Rebellion: The Case of Romania in 1907". Author(s): Daniel Chirot and Charles Ragin. Source: "American Sociological Review", Vol. 40, No. 4 (Aug., 1975), pp. 428-444. Published by: American Sociological Association. ("In whole counties the majority of villages arose, and flying columns of regular troops with cannons systematically demolished rebellious villages.")
„The issue burst to the forefront of national affairs once again in 1907 when Carol suppressed a peasant rebellion at the cost of 10,000 lives.” - MLA Citation: "Carol I.", World History: The Modern Era, ABC-CLIO, 2010, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC-CLIO
