The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-03-06

'nChareSt-Rumania has 4 p0l1t1cal
parties, the liberal, now in power,
anu headed by Prime Minister Brat
inau; the conservative, lately in
power and led by Petre Carp, for
mer prime minister; the conservative
democats, headed by Alexander Mar
ghiloman, and the national party,
Which is at present a negligible fac
ter but whose rather broad policies
are in the main still advocated by
Constantine Mile, publisher and po-
btical director of Rumania's most
prominent Independent newspaper,
Dimineatza and Adverul.
Of these parties only one, the con-
servs tive demo "ra' is avowedly brc-
F1ssian and German. It's lead
er, lake 10 cegcuc y accused by n!c
political opponents as being more
Russian than the czar and more
| ng'jsh than NJ. Churchill"
1t cannot he said that the liberal
party Is to aat great degree oIo-
German. During the life of king
Charles I, a Uohenzollern prince
such is said to Lave been the case.
But since the death OF that monarch
no definite official expression or the
altitude of Rumania towards the tel-
l;gerent nations has come from this
party. 1t is claiIleG that the tarty
is none too st"ons and that it res
already been CT ,igcd to look ,or the
conservatives for support. Ii is
known and Mr.. Msrghiloman so STA
ted to correspondents that Mr.. Brat
ianu and he worked in accord on the
th3 war question.
One night early in the war STU
dents posted upon the doors Of rhe
royal palace in Bucharest a notice
WITH the legeni 'To Let" King
Charles looked Upon this act us an
expression of renk ingratitude. TO
be thus served with notice to quit
is said to have broken his heart and
the affair is now said to be SLOW
ly killing Queen Elizabeth, better
known in the United States as Car
mon Sylvia, who spends most Of her
time at the grave of her husband.
Mr.. Marghiloman is iron-fisted and
this quality, it is asserted, mas so
far assisted Prime Minister BratiahU
in curbing a public sentiment over.
whelming in favor of war against
Austro-Hungary and Germany.
At best the political parties OF
Rumania are small affairs numeri
cally, the four groups having a to-
tai membership of about 1000. The
remainder of the population of about
1000, 900 has no voice in political
matters. None of the political par
ties has set policy and all are gov
erned by ~oligarchial inner circles.
From this, so local observers say,
has grown a condition which is
largely responsible for the present
predicament of tn, government.
While Premier Bratianu has done
everything to preserve the neutral
ity of the country, the population
has been clamoring for war, urged
on. it is claimed. by a press heavily
subsidized by Russia.
There seems to be no doubt that
If the present government prevails
Rumania will weather the present
storm without going to war. But
even Mr.. Maghiloman admitted
there was no assurance that the gov
eminent would remain firm. In 9TH
err quarters the fear was expressed
that ultimately an outbreak of chau-
vinism in the streets might place tbe
government in the position of eth
er having to go to var or fire upon
the mob. In that case the govern
ment would go to war it was assert
ed. What the weight of King Fer
dinan's opinion would be in that case
is not known. Though he has be-
come thoroughly Rumanian the
Bucharest public does not forget