Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-14
.ROUMAN|A PRACTICALLY
IS IN STATE OF SIEGE
May Enter Great European Conflict
in Order to Gain Ter.
ritOry.
CANNOT TAKE GREAT RISK
People Trust Government to Dis.
cover Which Side Is Winning and
Join 1t Just in Time to Reap the
Reward
ny WILLIAM pAyAnD HALE.

BUCHAREST (via Copenhagen: de-
layed), August 7.--Roumania is to all
in,ents and purposes in Il state Of
siege. came in with difficulty. in a
locked and curtaincd compartment
through pass between the Carpa-
thlans and tho Pennsylvania Alps.
Inc iron gates OF the Danube are
smut. me curtains were more or less
bluff, for the rather inconsequential
works. OF which ! got some glimpses
probably are we'll known to the Aus
TRANS. Having by 4 ruse reposscsscd
myself OF my passport which was
seized 1T the frontier. ] have hope OF
getting out again. and am in po-
sition 10 write the truth respecting the
pi'oaolhtE that the beginning of the
third year of war will be celebrated
by the entrance Of still another power
into the conflict.
rms dispatch reports tho impress
sions gained during three DAYS spent
III the Roumanian capital and two
days a; Sihain. the summer mountain
residence of the Roumanian court
III the Roumanian tongues were not
huhS IN the middle. IL would have been
necessary 10 sojourn a month to get
The same free exposition OF the situa-
ton from an Internal point of view
Anything may happen at any moment
sclf-intcrcsts There is no pretended
sentiment about il. The Balkan states
are eager TO expand Roumuuia WAS
robbed OF Bcssarabia by Russia and
for while. cherished the hope of re-
gaining ii. But recently the particu-
lar national dream has been 10 ac-
Iuirc Transatlantic. whcr. live 1000
600 Roumanians
WOULD MAKE COT NrRY
This acquisition would give her
population exceeding 100000 would
straighten out the rily salient OF the
frontier and make her inhabitants and
territory definitely dominant in the
balkans. RoCEiaI!iu has been waiting
;of some turn in TINS war TO make
her dream reality. Two years have
gone by and still ii is "A bascless fab
rio. Now has come n renewed Rus
SLAM offensive. with lis successes. and
in this hour Roumania has been car
ricd UP 10 the pinnacle of the temple
and shown the Kingdom OF the Garth
and the riches thereof. TO verify the
Bible. Fascinating TO the sanguine
koumanlans as is this dclcctable Wis
ion, there are those III authority who
suspect it's feasibility. They reflect
that Bucharest lies IN 4 plain. with
out natural dcfenscs, only seventy
klloNlclcrs from the trOntlcl
Let no one imagine that the position
OF the Balkan King and his Premier
is a musical comedy matter.
Al this moment Roumania has In
arms about 10000 men concentrated
In the camps OF five army corps. The
harvest will be fully in within week
and. If allowed TO mobilize, RouInania
could assemble half u million men. Of
hC.rs with whom one strikes up in tho
cafes talk glibly OF an army OF
! 900. 900 heroes who will be In Soh;,
and half across Hungary within a fort
night
This ovcrwccninS confidence un
doubtcdly is an element OF danger.
Unlike other Balkan troops, tho Rou-
mauian soldiers have little actual OK
pcriencc in lighting. but they have
much experience in winning bloodlcss
victories.
OFFICERS or ARMY
ARE lNDISCiTLINED
Respecting the quality of tho Rou-
lnanian army. there Il much difference
OF opinion The officers are OF u du-
Il ,sN,, q.