The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-20
Also Forty-Eighth Anniversary
of His Election to the Bal
kan Throne.
ny la MAnouIsE DE rosrENor

~ ING CHARLES of Roumania cclc-
~ bratcs to-day his scvcnty-iifth
birthday. and at the same time
the forty eighth anniversary Of his
election to his Balkan throne Ills
career may bc regarded rs one Of the
romanccs OF modern royalty. lie was
doing duty as Il lieutenant Of the First
Regiment Of Foot Guards at i,otsdafrl
when notified of the fact that the kou-
manian people had chosen him as their
ruler. Bismarck, whose advice lie
sought about the matter. privately
urged him To obey the summons, and
10 found II IIohenzollern dynasty in the
Southeast Of Europe. but rcfruiucd,
however from actively ar openly sup
porting the venture, disciaiming. in
deed. all Official responsibility, or even
coCnizance OF the affair.
The relations just Al that time he
tween Prussia and Austria were ex-
ceedingiy strained. and Bismarck wish
I'd 10 avoid everything that could rem
der the situation more acute. or pre-
cipitatc the crisis. which resulted three
months later. in the war OF 1896.
Austria did not relish the idea OF
having Il scion OF the house OF iIohen-
zollcrn Oh the throne at Bucharest. in
view OF the impending struggle with
Prussia, and determined To prevent
Charles from reaching Roumania. A
clos. watch was kent for him on the
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