The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-22
EYES ON RUMANIA.
London Eagerly Awaiting Definite
News From Balkans.
Special Cabk Despatch 10 TIN :,

l.oSDoN. oct. 2l.-Thr attitude likely
to De assumed nv Rumauia * dividing
attention here with the question of the
nature of the reply Greece viii make to
England's offer OF cyprus In return for
active interventi
The Bucharest correspondent uf The
Daily Mdil says Rumau!a Will br guided
in her decision on the question Of inter
vention by the strength uf the allied .A-
pedit!un TO- the aid Of Serbia aud the
time OF the arrival of this rNped ton a:
IN, Serbian front.
Nothing is admitted officially here TO
day with regard 10 the oircr Uf cyprus
10 Greece, but the Offer is no Longer
doubted. although II seems that cyprus
forms merely part OF What the Entente
, Powers offered The Times says.
Greece has been clearly told that the
fultlm.nt Of her treaty obligations with
Serbia will bring her cyprus. without
preJudiCing other eventual advantages
which the Allies might spar" her, wnil"
II is understood that sh" had been pre-
I viously assured OF large military and
adequate military support by the t.n-
| tente Powers, with the fulfilmen, of the
guarantees recently mentioned by NJ
Nenizclos in tn. thamher"
The paper adds that although th, ic-
QUESTION Of cyprus Is a long cherished
! Hellenic aspiration. no Indication has
1 yet been received that the offer has been
accepted.
Elscwh.I tho suggestion Is made that
the RussiAns might suitably offer Bcs-
! sarabia 10 Rumanii, who is anxious to
/ POSSESS a territory populated almost EN-
/ tircly by Rumanians, who dslik" Rus
! sian rule
The un.as,n.ss with regard to the
Balkans continues here. II is felt that
every days delay is helping tn. Ger
; mans The Srrb'ans are in n iiGht cor
/ ner, and II IL questioned whether the
Allies will be- able tu join them speedily
enough to save them Meanwhile, Moth
/ ing shows that Greece or Rumaun is
I weakening in the determination IN main.
tain neutrality.
br. r. J Onion. the Dniiu Tcic0uph'N y
. political correspondent, now in Rome. in
! a review OF the whole situation says
THE truth If. Greece and Kuuauia
have been influenced hS heir rulers and
dynastic predictions as well aH by the
general awe 81 Gcrmany and by the
gertrude that they will he worst"d IN
the end, Unless the Allies can set before
them motives considerably more cogent
than those which have h.cn used there
is little hope that either country will
modify its attitude.
Dr. Dillon hints that the onlS hope "r
. =
the pressure of force.
Dispatches from Athens indicate that
further conccss IONS to Greece besides the
offer by Great Britain of the island of
Cyprus have been promised II Greece
will Join the Entente The H's'id OF
Athens says that these offers would eN-
tend Greecc'S boundaries nearly to Con-
stantlnople and would also include ter
ritDry In Asia Minor Premier Xaimis
has conferred several times with tn,
Minister'S Of the Entente in the past few
days and the Greek Cabinet discussed
the offers at \ protractcd session last
night.
T'h. offer of cyprus .s received hy IN,
British press With varying sentiments
The Evening Standard refers to the Of
fer as a b,ibe.
1--WE object to hrihcs,' II says, ""spc
cially useless bribes. and unyucstionah hi!
the offer of Cyprus Is bribe, The only
thing which distinguishes ii from Ger
man bribes is that Germany offers othe
peoples territory aud We our own