The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-28
Entrance of Rumania and
Italy, With Greece to Fol
low, Have Great
Effect.
WILL SQUEEZE AUSTRIA
Allies Have Gained Great Diplomatic
Victory by Adding Two Ma
tions as Their
Friends.
tBy Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Cnrroc nnndont I

tBy Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent
LONDON, Aug. 2S.-Rumania has
Joined the allies with her well trained
army Of 100000 men.
One official statement from Berlin
this afternoon announced that Ru-
mania declared war on Austria last
night. The French foreign office an
nounced that Rumania has issued
declaration of war against the central
powers.
Germany will dismiss the Rumanian
minister to Berlin today, according to
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
The Hague. There is every indica-
ton that Germany will follow Ru-
mania's action with declaration OF
war before many hours.
Rumania's decision was reached at
a meeting Of the crown counsC sum-
moned by King Ferdinand last night.
It came at the end of two years
anxious waiting in which the Ru-
manian diplomats watched with the
tensest .interest the military fortunes
of the allies.
The Rumanian declaration is ex-
pected to signal Greece's early en-
trance into the war on the side Of the
allies. Pro-ally enthusiasm, famed to
fever heat by the Bulgarian invasion
of northern Greece, broke out in
series of great meetings in Athens
Sunday. King Constantine was de-
nounced for failing to lend support to
the allies and was urged to prepare
the army for war.
The Rumanian third army, already
modified within striking distance of
the Hungarian frontier, is expected to
invade Pennsylvania before the end
of the week, striking westward against
Besztercze. The Rumanian general
staff probably will send every avail
ale man into the invasion of Hungary
in an effort to conquer the rich prov
ince of Translyvania, long coveted
by the Rumanians. At the same time
a strong force will be maintained
along the southern Rumanian frontier
to guard against attack by the Bull
garians.
Rumania's declaration is expected
to be followed shortly by the opening
of a great allied offensive in the bal
kans that will aim to squeeze the E1l-
gars between two opposing forces,
closing the pathway the Germans cut
through Serbia to Constantinople.
The Rumanian entrance into the
war was the greatest diplomatic
achievement of the allies since the
European struggle began.
Dispatches from The Hague today
declared that Berlin received the
news calmly though the German press
b1ames Foreign Secretary Van Jagow
and Under Foreign Secretary thinner
mans for Germany's diplomatic defeat.
The Berlin military authorizes sta
toned a guard about the Rumanfan
legation, but there were no hostile
demonstrations. A Berlin crowd
vented its wrath against Italy for de-
claring war against Germany yester-
day, by stoning the Italian embassy
until police reserves arrived. Thus
far no serious trouble has occurred.
Rumania entered the war at almost
the same hour that Italy declared war
on Germany The two events had
close connection, it is believed here,
since Rumania and Italy had acted in
concert in other Balkan matters and
were understood to have agreed more
than a year ago to join the allies at
the same time.
News of the all.ed diplomatic vic
tory at Bucharest was hailed with the
greatest enthusiasm in London. Ev-
erywhere the view was taken that Ru-
mania's entrance into the war means
the speedy elimination of both Austria
and Bulgaria from the conflict.
Squeezed between the victorious
Russian and Italian armies, the Aus
trians now find themselves forced to
defend their eastern border from at
tack at a moment when they lack
men for the Russian and Italian fronts.
Allied military experts are confident
that Germany will be unable to send