The sun., 1916-09-03
Bucharest One Of Gayest
Capitals in Europe;
Hovels for the Peas.
ants Who
Love Peace but Are
Inspired by Patriotic
Fervor for War

fondness for Sinaia. though in n little
hut built among the branches ~ a
great tree and christened by her The
Nest" she spent some Of her harpies,
hours in her not very happy lie as
the Crown Princess. But she IL tired
Of Sinaia, and whatever else tho end.
ing Of the war may bring it is al.
most certain TO find her established
in a new summer palace in the noun.
tains Of Moldavia.
The pride Of the Rumanians 4.
their origin. Tho traveller who
casually alludes to them as a Balkan
people will find himself at once on
very delicate ground. They assert their
Roman descent and claim kinsh!p
with the Latin nations, a claim Which
n sustained by certain p~eculiaritics o.
their language and national charac.
ttristics. They claim their Latin descen.
direct from tho Roman lcgions that IN
the second and third centuries occu.
pied Dacia, the lower Danube prov.
ince. When the Romans were driven
out, certain Of the DICTIONARIES were GU,
of and sought refuge in tho nils.
Little by little they gained in strength
until they became the p%rogcnitors q.
the present Rumanian people.
To the Magyar. who thinks 70
knows the Rumanian we'll. since h.
has 100000 OF them living with him
In Pennsylvania. this IL n great Joke.
and no refuses to believe that so
humble and mild hammered a people
could have sprung from Cesar's cor.
quering legions. There Is. however,
evidence to sustain the contention.
The Rumanians have the physical
characteristics OF southern Italians
and they have the italian gayc,y o.
spirit. while their language Is fully
onc-half derived from Latin sources.
Any one with a knowledge OF Latin
constructions and OF French or italian
has no difficulty in making out a Ru.
manian newspaper.
Most Of the legends and traditional
usages OF the peasants arc Clearly sur
vivals OF their Roman ancestry. IN
both their marriage and burial Gus
toms are races Of the old Roman ,cre-
monies. Rumanian oxen have always
been named Cesar. Brutus and Gas.
sius. while the name OF Trajan appears
in many more local songs and tradl-
lions and Is much more revercd thar
it is in Rome and italy.
When Rumania threw OF tho Turk
ish yoke and became an independent
state Just fifty years ago 1t had no
royal family OF Its " from which ,o
select a new monarch. 1t was obliged
TO turn to Europe for a prince. Thu
choice fell on Prince Charles OF Ifoher.
zollern. who belonged to n minor, non
rcigning branch Of the Hohen2ollorr
family. His relationship to the pres.
ent Kaiser is extremely remote since
their common ancestor lived during q"
twelfth century. At that time ~,
house divided into two branches, TIE
minor one. Of which Charles was %
member. remaining true to tho 1;omaa
Catholic Church. In America b.
Queen. Carmen sylvia. probably Is Ear
better known than he.
Charles retained his title Of Pr!n p
Of Rumania until 1881. when lie Us.
sumed the title OF King. IL ii.
shortly after the beginning Of the pres
cnt war. after his Council Of Min.-,'rs
had refused almost unanimously 70 a. .
on his advice to cAter the war on tie
side OF the Central Powers. He vs.
succeeded by his nephew Ferdinau'
who. previous to his accession, was
extremely unpopular. chiefly ON y.
count OF his strong German gym.
pa,hics.
Eumania aspircs 10 bring under 90
own flag all neighboring lands whore
the population Is Rumanian, That al.
the other Balkan states aspire tu 'h"
sauna Thing and Tint ~ % "A .Ns.f."