Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-06

OUR POLITICAL
PARTIES TORN
IN SENTIMENT
RUMANlA'S OESTlMiES ARE CON-
TROLLED BY PARTIES WITH
1000 MEMBERS.
BALANCE or 7.e00.OG0 Or C0UNTRY'S
PEOPLE HAVE no POLITICAL
VOICE WHATEVER.

istcr Bratianu: tho Conservative. lately.
ia power. and lcd ~ Peter carp former
Prime Minister; In Conservative Demo
cratic. headed \, AicNandrr Marghilo
man. and the Nationl rar,F. which IL at
present Il ncgligibi factor hat Whose ~
,her broad policies are in The main still
advocated hy Constantine Mile. pub
fisher and political director ID Euman
las most prominent independent news
papers. DimiucatZa and .Ndcycrul.
OF these parties only uuc. the tom>rr
yativc Dmocratic H. avoNrdly pro Rus
sian and anti German. IL leader. Take
Jonc>cu is accused ht his political oppp
ncnLS Is being more russian than the
Gar. ana more English than Mr. Church
i'll"
II cannot hc said. however. that the
Liberal PARTY " ~ au, great degree pro
German. During The iifr uf King Char
les L.. = liohcuzolicru prince. such j.
said to have been if" cas-. l'ut since the
death ~ that monarch np definite official
expression nn the attituda &c kuMania
towards the iclligerent nations has come
from this party. II il claimed moreover
that the parry IL none too strong. and
that il has already been obliged a. hook
for the CONSERVATIVES for >uppurt. IL is
nown. and Mr.. MarghilDman "a stated
~ The Associated Press corr >ppudrnt
that Mr.. Bratianu and hr worked IN ac
cord ON IN war question.
One night. early IN the war. students
posted upon the doors NJ the Ruyal Pal
ace in Bucharest "a notice with the legend
ITO Let" Kin. Charles looked upon tln>
act ~ an expression uf rank inerHtitudc
To he thus served with notice u quit H.
said To have broken his heart. aud the
affair H. now said 60 hr SLOWLY killiu-
Queen Elizabeth. hrti Y known IN the I'm
tied States ~ Carmen SYLVIA. who spends
most of her time al a. grave Il hrr nus
band.
Mr.. Mnrghiloman III iron listed. hnwr,
cr. and the quality. ID j. asserted. has 81
far assisted prime Minister Rratiann ia
curling 4 public sentiment nNrrwh"im
ing ia favor IL war against AuStru-iinn
gary aud GERMANY.
At bcSi the political parties Of Human
il are small affairs numerically. Chr four
groups having ~ tuJIl membership az
about 2.nOu Tho remainder al the pupU
lation III A,out 1000 uun has mo- voice j.
political matters. Nuuc NJ the political
parties has Il I policy. aud all are gov
crncd 10y ohiigarchj1l inner circles.
From this. 80 local observers say. has
grown i condition which ~ largely rc-
SponSihlc for th present prrdicamrut ~
the government. While Premier Bratla
M has done everything tp preserve the
neutrality ~ the country. tht population
has been clampring FIR war. urged oH. n
i claimed. by q pI.>S heavily subsidized hy
Russia.
There seems ~ hp nn doubt that III the
present government prevails ltumaui"
will weather the present storm without
gonig ~ war. Bnt even Mr.. Murghiln
man admitted there was nu assurance
that the government would remain firm.
In other quarters the fear was expresses
81 that ultimately an outbreak NJ chau
,iui>m IN the streets might ulnc. The
government in the position of either hay
ing To go Ia war on lire upon ihc mob.
IN that ease Ihc government would 49, ,u
war. II WAS asserted. What the weight
uf King Fcrdinmd'> opinion would hc in
that ease is not known. Though hc has
become thoroughly kumanian. ia, burh
arrest public docs NOT forget that h. ~
a llohcnzDllcrn. ON the other hand. th-
present Queen ~ an E~ngli>hWuman and
for that reason the King Ferdinand
might lc invited 10 move. ~ MAS his nm
Gle. the late King Charles.
4 factor which i> making The position
uf The government ANYTHING tut easier H.
the Siron. influence ia favor of war az
Mr.. Mile. publisher of the Dimiucatza
and .Adcvcrul.
There j. Il strong possibility that I'm
mania has 81 far kept uut OF the war bN
u lack of materials needed, for such az
enterprise. Mr.. Marghiloinan Informed
The Associated Press correspondent that
the country was not vet PR pared for war
when the first outbreaks Of chauNini>m
occurred. From other sources ii has b.n
learned that even today kumania has
not enough munitions 90 remain in the
field longer than four months.
Where would kumluia ~ today ii We
failed "a curb the war fever last Srptcm
her" asked Mr. Mareholiman. There
would To- neither \ she'll nor 4 cartridge
left We have mo ammunition factories
in the country and Russia must buy in Il
neutral market herself. Since then We
have hcrn ahlr ID install at least \ few
of the machines needed iu tn manufac
turc of ammunition. They are not in op
Grafton vel. however. In military %cirrlcs
nj least my Stlud then l. appreciated
today.
Rumania's army il now a pmy hing
i'm this struggle of millions IF soldiers.
The total military establishment mum
berS about Gun. uuO men uf whom iun ooa
are available for service in the firing line
would hc ready for service against Hun
gary after much DELAY IL Bulgaria could
he. counted upon Ia stay out of the fray.
Although Rumania has what i probably
the strongest river naNN monitor fleet
IN the world: that arm alone could not