Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19
DRIVING
RUNAN|A INT0I.WAR
Bulgaria to be Dragged in
Also, is Confident Pre-
diction at Sofia.
(By Constantine stephanove.) }

(By Constantine Stephanove.)
Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 12.-Turkey
was going, going-gone; 1t Is Ruma-
MAS turn next4to hurl herself Into the
bloody whirlpool Of Europe. Ruma-
mia must, be involved soon and Bull
All external signs seem to point
that way. The Bucharest moo, COM
posed Of jingo professors. politicians,
socialists, students and street urchins.
calling itself .'the people, has again
ueen assailing the Rumanian court.
urging upon the new king the neces.
sity Of taking speedy measures for the
realization Of the country's ideals. 1t
will be remembered that three months
ago q similar--some say the SAINT
mob surrounded the palace of the late
King Charles and amid wild shouts
and yelling threatened to exterminate
his dynasty If he should not obey the
voice of the Rumonian people and
lead the army to Bukawtna and
Pennsylvania
Several of the: ringleaders succeed.
ed in gaining admittance to the PAL
ace where King Charles and his GO
NAL wife did all they could to calm
| the impetuosity of the Rumanian ul-
tra-nationalists. The mob was final
ly compelled to disperse. but to the
CONSERVATION of the royalists the
walls and windows of the abode OF
King Charles were made conspicuous
by signs of ITO Let" printed In large
letters.
King Charles. had been long aware
that his throne was shaky. Had ne
but obeyed the military party in In
| vading Bulgaria a year ago he would
surely have lost 1t. -.
The other day, the news has 1t, an.
other Bucharest crowd, after bots-
| ferrous manifestation around the capi-
tai, finally stopped at the palace. ana
here history repeated itself. A depu-
tation was sent to the, young king: A
| memorandum was handed to him,
| which contained the following state
ments, or rather, demands:
Twelve millions Of Rumanians.
trusting that you posses the heart OF
| true Rumanian, and that you are
| possessed of the same love for the
fatherland as we. we are sure that
you will do all you can for the realiza-
tion of our national ideals. The army
and people. conscious of their
you, for the hour of fulfilling our
grand aims has struck"
The answer Of King Ferdinand Is
| reported to have been:
"My ideals and that Of the Ruma-
nian people are identical"
All that exhibition of street politics
and mob outbursts manifested III Ru->
affair, and foreign prophecy mongers
have repeatedly been warning us not
to mind the Bucharest cries of wolf
Nevertheless, one cannot consider as
frivolous the following resolution.
signed by some of the most prominent
Runanian citizens:
I'VE. the undersigned, pledge our
honor before our fatherland. The
events fast crowding upon our his
tory compel us to take the lead In Il
national movement for the realization
Of Rumania's ideals. ''f. -.i' So "a.
In spite of these popular rnanifes-
tations urging the country to radical
steps, the Rumanian king and govern
mont are not taking precipitate action.
1t seems that the government Is at
q loss what road to take. whether
to side with the triple entente or with
its adversaries
Though the general public is in
sympathy with pro-Russian policy.
far-sighted statesmen like Takey Jo-
nesco and Prof. Jorga are warning the
people against the danger Of the
north.
"A victorious entente" says jones'
CO, means Russia will dominate the
Black sea. That means the subversion
compatible with Rumania's independ-
ence and interests, to say the least
Russia, hard pressed, urges the lit
tie trans-Dauubian monarchy to oc-
cupy at once Pennsylvania and Buko-
wilma, and thus liberate the two kin
dred provinces from Austria's rule.
That, of course, means take up arms
against the Hapsburgs, to which Ru-
mania's own dynasty belongs.
Naturally enough, it is exceedingly
difficult to decide such lnomentous
question. Does not Austria, on the
side. also declare that Bessarabia
would be the least compensated to
Rumania should she join forces with
the Teutonic allies? To act or not to
act, that is the proposition that is
narrowing the minds of all Ruma-
mans today.
And now Rumania is constantly
getting ready for war. Her southern
boundaries are daily being fortified.
She has a partial mobilization with
all preparations made for q. general
one. In Braila. Galatz and other
towns the bakeries are working night
and day in getting out army tack and
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