Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-06
ROUMANIA HOPES
TO STAY NEUTRAL
~ PRESENT GOVERNMENT PRE-
walls. COUNTRY WILL STAY
OUT OF TIE WAR.

Bucharest. Roumania.-f Cores pond
enc. % the Associated Press -Rou-
mania has four political paFtloS-the
liberal. now IN poser and headed by
Prime Minister Bratiauu. the eouseTv-
alive. lately iu power and ted b. Petre
Carp. former prime miuisters the con
servaftgo democratic. beaded 1y Alex
aEdcr 3iarshiiomAn. and the national
party. Which a. az present a negligible
factor bat shoas rather broad policies
are o. the main SIN advocated by
Coaatantins Mile. pubiiEhcr and 20
iitical director Of Eoumauia'E most
promincnt Independent Newspapers.
Din reafxa and Aarv-rui
OF these parties only one. the con
s~rvativa democratic. g. avuu riiy PRO-
Russian aai anuGcrmaa. It's leader.
Take Joucscu. is accused bV his DO
iiticai oPponcrts az t@inE more Rus
Sian than the car. and more English
than NJ. ChurchlI-
u Cannot BE- said. however. that The
LIBERAL party a. 20 any great degree
proGeruan. During the life % King
Charles T. a Hohcnzoiiern prince. such
g. said O. have been the ease. But
since the death % that monarch no
DEBATE Official expression On the at-
tiinds % HoumauIa towards the bel
iiEcrcut cations has come from this
party. 10 Ca claimed. moreover. that
the party g. none too strong. and that
q has already been Obliged 10 look %
the conservatives FOR support 10 Go
known. and 1fr MarFhloman so stat
ed % the Associated Press corrcEp pond .
snt. that lir. Bratianu and he worked
IN accord on tho war question.
ono niEht. early in the war. stu
dents posted upon the doors OF the
royal palace In bucharest a notice /
with che legend. ITO Let" KING
Charles looked upon this act as an
expression OF rank inErartude. To be .
thus served with notice 90 quit is said .
20 have broken his heart. and the me-
fzir g. now said % Do slowly killing
Queen Elizabeth. better known Iu the .
United States as Carmen sylvia. who +.
spends most OF her time az the grave
OF her husband.
Mr. MarghiIoman is irou-asted, how
ever. and this quality. 90 is asserted.
has so FAR assisted Prime Minister
Bratianu IN curling q public senti-
ment overwhelming IN favor OF war
against Auatria-Hunsary and Ger
many
At best jhe political parties % Rou-
mania are small affairs numerically.
the four Eroups having @ total mem
bership OF about 1000. The remain
der Of the population % about 1000
600 has no voice iu political matters.
None Of the political parties has q set
81 q ~
lrchiai inner circicE. Prom this. 50
oeai Observers say. has grown con-
li;ien watch 90 largely responsible for
he pFcEent predicamsut % tho gov
,rumcur. While Premier E-utiauu has
ious everything 90 preserve the ueu-.
Faiity % the country. the population
las been ciamoTinE gor var. urged on.
Z 70 claimed. BY q press heavily sub
itizcd by Russia
There seems 90 30 no doubt that 70
be present government prevails EuU-
mania vii weather the preseu; storm
without Eoire to var. But even Mr..
admitted there was no
.sEg-aEco that the government would
cmain firm fu other quarters the
ear was, expressed that ultimately an
outbreak OF chnIyiniFm iu the streets
1iEhf place the government 10 the ,
osition OF either having 20 go 90 war
r. IRE upon thc mob. iu that ease o
no government wuu'd go f1 war. 60
.as asserted. What tl" weight %
sing FrTdiuaud'E opinion would bee in
hat ease .s not kloUu. Though he .
as become thoroughly B1rmau.an. p
be- Bucharest public does u1t FORGET a,
hat be g. a H0houzoiiern. on the T,
thcr hand. the present queen .E au
and for thar reason
,ine Ferdinand might De- invited t1 /.
move. as was his uncle. the late kinE y
.hurics.
4 factor which So making the posi- +,
ION Of the government auythiuE but d.
aEIer o. the gtrclE influence iu favor d.
z vaT ~ NJ Mile. publisher OF the
and Adeverul
There o. o. strong probability that y
.oumaUia has 20 far Kept out ~ tho i,
-ar by lack OF materials rreded Tor .
1ch an enterprise" Mr. Iarghiioman !.
iformcd Che Associated press CORE "
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