Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-01
RUMAN|ANs MAY
GET WAR FEVER
IN THE SPRING
HoreIy Remark of Prominent
Statesman to Correspond
emf Believed to Possess Pc
cuIiar Significance.

pnrborest Feb. 15.-In summing
,be attitude OF Rumania as TO en-
.aripg the lists of warning nations, Al
syander Marghiloman. one of the
most prominent statesmen in tu-
n,nia expressed himself with this
bo,nely remark to a correspondent of
tbs Associated Press
"n the spring, when the sap rises
and the buds swell and mankind gem
erally feels Il little better than is good
far il. Rumania may again get the
,,,r fever. hut until then we are like
h.to use "a little common sense in this
country
Mfr Narghiloman is leader of the
Conservative party and former minis
FER of finance. His views are those
A. man charged i'm some quarters
with being Germanophile. In fact
a, ,hp outbreak of the present confla-
Grafton i'm Europe his villa was stoned
one night hy the same Bucharest mob
which Il short time before had at
sacked the German legation. NE stood
50 firmly opposed TO the idea of Ru-
ond Austria Hungary, that his influ-
ence alone, it was said, persuaded the
liberal ministry against war for
which the military east and urban
population was then strong.
DENYING that he was Germano-
phie. but that his position Was only
that Of % man with Rumania's inter-
hsts al neart, Mr. Marghiloman dis
cussed the political situation in which
Rumania now found herself.
THE temper of the people has
been rather bellicose' he said, but II
is now realized that there is no good
in going To war without a fair pros
pect of gaining either glory or profit
There is no glory in going to war with
Germany, because Runania has for
thirty years had an understanding
with that country; there is no glory
in going to war with France, because
Rumania is indebted to the republic
for many things, not the least OF
which was Napoleon HIS choice Of
Rumana's first king, who just died"
He pointed out that the ties with
Germany were largely industrial with
economic development Of Rumania
standing in a large measure as the
work of Germans The ties with
France were sentimental, but strong.
There is no reason why Rumania
should 90 to war with either France
or Germany" he said
Why we should go to war is mat
ter which is born of conditions nearer
home The conditions he referred to
were the numbers of Rumanians liv-
ing outside the Rumanian kingdom.
He charged that those in the Transyl-
vania section of Hungary had been
denied their rights to such an extent
that few of them were permitted to
cast a ballot There were also some
100000 Rumanians in Bessarabia
who he said, were on the verge of
being RussaniZed. In their instance
Russia had shown more political sa-
gacty, giving the Rumanians many
important public offices, with the
result that the Rumanian in Bess-
arabia feels half Russian even now
"If the war should lead to present
readjustments in Europe on a large
scale" said the conservative leader,
the least Rumania must do in that
case is to take such steps as will re-
tain for her her present relative posi-
ton. Part of this policy is to incor-
porate into Rumania such Rumanians
as are now without the borders of the
mother country The man in the
street believes that we ought to be
able to bring all Of them into the ma
tional fold That is superb, of course.
We must either take the Rumanans
Of Hungary or those of Russia.
Which, is the question if we taken any
at ALL
His discussion of the situation
showed its complexity. To incorpor-
ate the Rumanians in Transylvania
would also include the addition of
some 100000 Hungarians and Ger
mans.
From the viewpoint of race preser-
Walton, there was more urgent need
10 reincOrporate the Rumanians IN
Bessarabia, who were so speedily los
"h hume ties Oh DOti ldlbu"S' UNIV
customs.
IF we side with Russia, we must
femquish our intentions regarding
Bessarabia: if we side with Austria
Hungary and Germany we would have
to overlook the Hungarian Ruman-
ians.
u am Of the opinion that an under
standing with Italy would be the bes
policy In that case we might some
ume this summer say: Enough OF
TINS bloodshed--let us have peace
am sure that in the settlement of af'
lalrs which would follow Rumanif
could present her claims and gel
them honored."