The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-25

The Poles. who during the preSen
month have ub-erved with various Cele
bratlon IN many lands the five hun
drct h anniversary Of their great nat iona
/ triumph, the victory of Tannenberg
are not the only people Of Europe fol
whom the present IL n year of stirring
anniversaries Nor are they the only
unfortunate race for whom the Celebra-
ton must take place. in part at least
under alien domination and in lands hey
inhabit but NAV no, govern.
For whatever is bitter. whatever is a
source If passionate resentment among
the Poles in this the quincentennial Of
their greatest victory. IL alike the share
81 millions of Rumanians who under
Russian, Austrian and Hungarian domi-
nation observe this year the Second CEN
tennial of the day when DEMFIRIUs
kANTENIR Of Moldavia entered into an
alliance with PETER the Great and ven
tIred upon the i'll starred campaign
that laid the foundat ION of the modern
Rumantan kingdom.
ie' the boundaries Of thus modern
kingdom Of Rumania by no means limit
the lands to-day occupied by the race
which claims descent from the Roman
legionarits Of Ira jan and fall far short
of those Of the Dacia II the ancient
Roman Colonlsts In a sense II hears
the same relation 10 the Rumanian world
that Russian Poland does 20 the Poland
Of the Poles With about the same AREA.
that j. approx imately DGO square
miles. It contains n population Of GGO-
OI The real Rumania. however, has
an area Of 10000 square miles and
population 81 0~er ~ UnIG
In the phvSical a. we'll ~ the chino
graphic map this greater Rumanla has
clearly defined boundaries Between
the Danube and the Dnicster River and
the 1ransyivanian Alps " IL a distinct
homogeneous and compact territory
On all SIDES moreover. II presents a
perfectly unbroken lang,Iag" boundary
For although there are. notably IN Tran
sylvania. fOre,Sn cnClaveS. Hungarian
and German, they are only inconsid-
cradle islands in the surrounding sea
Of Rumanian speaking districts. At
several places, indeed. the Rrmanian
language crosses the Dnie-ier and the
Danube and IL spoken by subjects
Of Bulgaria and SerVia A. tho foo, Of
Mount Pindus. in the lower Balkans.
there j. also an en"lave II Rumanian
speech in Greek world
In Austria the province II Rukovina
contains 2J.WO RlunanianS. who pr.-
dominate in the districts nearest Ru-
mama. In the Hungarian province Of
GO per cent. or 1.DDoOD.
speak Rumanian. while of the remainder
~ Ter cent. are Hungarian and 10 Der
cent German In the adjoining prov
lnce Of Banat. also, there are several
Rumaninn districts In Bessarabia. IN
Russia, there arc more than go $50
Rumanian-. Here. then. living in prov
inces separated rather by arbitrary
frontiers than actual geographical boIn-
iaries are II so 90 people ~ one race.
speaking the same language and Joined
bv the common ambition 10 become a
united nation.
Nor - the lot NJ the Rumanian subjects
n Hungary different from that Of the f,
Poles 81 PRUSSIA Although the Ru-
rs a race outnumtser the Mag !
yars by several million, thai fractio
which lives ncross the Carpa,.hians is !
forced 10 endure the conditions Of Dolu-
cal bondage which are the share Of "A /
subject and hence inferior race No,
even the political Independence granted |
10 the Croats. who predominant in west
'rn Hungary. ~ they do in the eastern !
il-'ri,t-, has vet been granted the /
lumanians
II ~ perhaps because the history Of .
he Flmanlnns has been 80 barren Of
h" clements which make Poland attrac- /
~" and romantic IN the owes of the .
whole world that tho ambitions Of Ru-
mama have commanded 80 little atten-
ION. save from the neighboring and
Interested Sta'"- \ prov first to the
nroad, of m" Tartar hordes from Asia
md then for centuries to the Turk
here has be"n lacking any Rumaniar
ia,ional history, any Consciousness Of