Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-22
RUMANIA'S POSITION In THE WAR

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race. The queens sympathies with dc
writer's Of France did not cause Carmen
Sylvia to forget her frst country. A Ut
tie before the war she delighted to alhrm
kans, naming Prince Of wied. her nephew.
who had just donned the ephemeral crown
of Albania; the sister Of the kaiser. her
in Bulgaria. married to a German pein-
cess: herself and King Charles seated
on the Rumanian throne.
Tho military and industrial grandeur
OF Germany constantly Increased; on the
other the political divisions and the
depopulatton Sn France were not facts
to detach the Rumanian dynasty from
tho Austro German alliance. which
seemed to be the side Of future power.
The declaration OF the king summarizes
the reasons that Rumania has finally
recognized for aligning herself against
the German alliance.
1t 10 understood in Rumania that this
evolution Is due in great part to Queen
Marie. Princess OF Saxe-Coburg, Eng
lish by birth and education. who unites
the gift OF beauty with literary genius.
She published recently in the Revue
des Deux Mondes a romance which has
been dramatized and will soon be play
ed at the Theatre Francois.
The hand OF woman il thus per-
ceived in the Rumanian question. tie
importance Of which at Berlin and
Vienna IL immeasurable. Queen Marie.
1t should be added, like her aunt, Car
men Sylvia. likes TO surround herself
through her influence the great writers
Of Rumania and Europe have found &C.
cess to the palace at Bucharest. Since
1913 two important societies. the
"Amitie Franco-Roumaine" and the
frankly national, which has finished by
taking hold on the entire Rumanian
people.
The first society. founded by Pere
the reclamation Of Transylvania. Citrate
of Pennsylvania, deputy In the Hun
garian parliament, this religious man
has paid 10 In the prison: OF Sudspsss the
try, dominated by Austria, a spirit Of
independence.
while the Amitie Franco Roumains
acted on the sentiments Of the people
the Amitie Latino. composed Of intel
lectuals. furnished reasons and estab-
lished the historical rights. which jus
titled the creation OF a greater Ru-
mania These societies have manifest
The press Of Berlin manifests the
most violent luminosity against Ru-
mania. The Fremden-
Hatred fnr blatt. for example. says:
Until August 81, at
numsn1a. p.m.. Rumania was our
ally. The Rumanian cabinet has de-
stroyed the treaty Of alliance by decla-
ration Of war. This brusque passage
from q state Of alliance to a state Of
war is a unique fact in history. The
fact that the debut Of hostility coin
cides with the declaration Of war is An
event without precedent in the annals
Of diplomacy. It IL clear there exists
connection between the Rumanian and
the italian declarations Of war"
King Ferdinand addressed to the
army and to the nation the following
proclamations:
ITO the Army:
Soldiers. have appealed to You. my
heart full Of hope. The shades OF the
great chiefs. Michel the Brave and
Esnns are the IN the
you go to deliver. exhort you to vic.
tory You will be the worthy sons Of
these heroes, and you VIII conquer with
our allies desperate eonn ,i , nw "a rs
to support the Same difficulties as your
ancestors. In the centuries to come
our race will bless and glortfy you.
FERDINAND"
"Rumanians. the war. which since two
years surrounds more and more our
frontiers and shakes profoundly the
ancient foundations Of Europe. proves
FIJI life OF our people should be as
sured-the day awaited since centuries
by the national conscience. the day to
found the Rumanian state BY the union
. prl,, al hui t1A NJ
independence and by the indefatigable
labor of the race for national renais-
sance.
Of our fathers and realize forever that
which Michel the Brave could realise
only for an instant-the union OF Ru-
manians on the two sides Of the Car
pathians the mountains and plains OF
poses. In us. in our virtues. in our
valance, resides the means to restore
the grand and free Rumania. prosper
Gus and pacific, conformably to the as
pirations of our race.
"Rumanians, animated by the sacred
duty which is imposed upon us, re-
solved to affront energetically all the
sacrifices attached to a violent war, let
us march to the combat with the elan
of a people which has an unbroken
confidence in its destinies. The glori-
Gus fruits of victory will recompense
US. For God forward.
(Signed) FERDINAND"
The Cologne Gazette of August 30
paid an enthusiastic tribute of praise
to the Rumanian
Rumanian Army army and to its re-
organiser, Gen.
Recognized. 1liescu. The Ru-
manian army, according to the Gazette,
is well prepared for war and has taken
on a great development since the Bull
garisn campaign.
Among the Rumanian officers whose
names have been pronounced more often
recently is that of the secretary gen.
eral of the ministry Of war; Gen.
Iliescu.
Gen. niescu is forty-hye, and IL COM
manding the Rumanian army in Tran
sylvanfa. He has shown marked genius
in the art of reorganization He has
labored actively in increasing the heavy
artillery in Rumania. When secretary
general he found only a half regiment
of heavy artillery. Iliescu Immediately
increased this to four complete regi-
ments. while three others were formed.
He augmented the field artillery by
five regiments. and transformed the
entire system and converted the old
cannon into rapid-fire guns. The in
fantry. which in peace counted $1,000.
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