New-York tribune., 1900-08-26


redress for the cOwardly assassinations OF seV~
eral distinguished Rumanian citizens By agents
of the Macedonian Revolutionary Commits
established at Sofia The Revolutionary Com
mittee in question is largely composed OF BuI-
gars, is not only tolerated. but likewise subven-
toned by Prince Ferdinand's Government and
has directly caused the murder OF the Ruraa-
mans In question, some at Sofia and some a
Bucharest because they had as newspaper cd
tors and statesmen taken a prominent part n
opposing and denOuncing Bulgarian pretenziona
| to the annexation OF Macedonia In each u
stance the crime was brought home to the So
called Macedonian Revolutionary Committee a
Sofia and 10 its president, q scoundreI OF ths
name OF Sarafof- But when the RuTnauian
Government asked for this mans arrest and
for the suppression Of the Revolutionary Com
mittee at Sofa, in consequences OF the extension
/ of its muTderous activity into RuInauia Prfnca
Ferdinand sent refusal cOUched in such inso-
lent and aggressive terms that King Charles lad
no other alternative but to recall his ENVOY anA
prepare for war.
| Popular sympathy in any conflict which rnaz
take place between the two nations viii be via
Rumsnia rather than with Bulgaria and rbb.
mainly on account Of the iInIneasurable superL
| ority Of King Charles to Prince Ferdinand
The King. a scion Of the Prussian House q
Hohenzollern, has elevated Rurnanfa yEberaa.
Prince Ferdinand has lowered Bulgaria Pm
mania Is to-day financially solvent State and
| lts credit on the foreign money markets IS ex-
cellent whereas Bulgaria, servia and Monte
negro are virtually bankrupt And while ths
rate OF taxation in Rumania IS low IN the othez
Balkan States it is high that the peasantrx
| are groantng under the burden Of impOsts.
! WHAT KING CHARLES HAS DONE
| King Charles during the thirty odd years thai
| he has occupied the Rumanian throne bas
transformed the land of his adoption from =
| nrth rate princfpality into a second rate power
OF an Infinitely greater degree Of prestige and
| OF military and diplomatic Importance than for
| instance, the Scandinavian or Portuguese king
doms- Bucharest is to-day one the most
/ elaborately defended stronghoIds in the world
While under the fostering care OF King Charles
the Rumanian army which fought so bravefy
| for the independence of Bulgaria in 1871 and
which saved the Russians from disaster al
Plevna, has become a fighting force OF such
value that the Triple Alliance has eagerly
sought and obtained a military convention with
Rumania by means Of which the latter has Writ
ually become party to the German Austro-
Hungarian and Italian union
| Thirty years ago the Court of Bucharest was
celebrated as the most dissOIute in all Europa
the 'affaires de cOeur'' Of the prof1igate Hospo-
dars playing important role in the political
affairs Of the entire Southeast Of Europe To-
day the Court Of Bucharest is as free from scan
dal as that of Lisbon Stockholm and Denmark
and the whole moral tone OF the Rumanian na-
ton has been elevated In one word King
Charles although perhaps personally unIOvabie
has been in every sense a blessing to the Ru-
manian nation whereas Prince Ferdinand has
been nothing but to Bulgaria
PRINCE FERDINANDs BAD RECORD.
AT the time when Ferdinand ascended The
throne, three days after having soIemnlg
pledged his word TO the late Gar not 70 accept
the proffered crown. Bulgaria was free from
debt, and the thrifty Bulgar peasant wss under
rather than over taxed. Moreover the Court q
Sofia was gradually acquiring the same degres
OF prestige as that OF King Charles OF Rumauia-
To-day the Bulgars are everywhere rising
against the authorities. and sanguinary arrays
are taking place between the peasants and tbs
troops sent to assist the collectors OF taxes
The Treasury is empty. the Government To such
a degree insOlvent that its credit abroad Is even
lower than that of the Porte. while the Court NJ
soma mas become to such an extent byword
and reproach among all decent people that uttls
astonlshment was felt when not so long ago tha
Princes two most trusted and confidential aides
de-camp were arrested at his table for the cow
aFoS murder or a young Hungarian actress IN
whom they both claimed that he Ferdinand
had been unduIy interested The assassiDs of
dYr- ruUNaor-