As was to be expected, "the efforts of the police and troops were unable to stop the disorders," and only after completing their day's work the rioters fled, pursued by lashes and shots from the Cossaks.

The Russian censorship strictly barred all references to the pogroms in the newspapers, for fear of spoiling the solemnity of the coronation days.

The press was only allowed to hint at "alarming rumors," the effect of which extended even to the stock exchange of Berlin.

Not before a year had passed was permission given to make public mention of the Rostov events.
There was reason to fear that the pogrom at Rostov was only a prelude to a new series of riots in the South.

But more than two months had passed, and all seemed to be quiet.