Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-15

IA systematic organization Of secret In .
telliscnce. a stranger does not tokc
single step outside his hotel with.
| out being honorcd by tho attentions OF
several pussyfootcd escorts. The hotel
porter is II spy. your Interpreter il
spy. tho vis-a-vis ut your table Is ::
spy. the man who hegs match is n
SPY. Letters and PACKAGES nrc care
Gully noticed; all visitors are shauowcd
REPORTS LAID BEFonE
POLICE EVERY MORNING
Every morning reports Of your acts
and words Of the day before are laid
before the police and everybody who
and honest. Everything Is manufac-
tnrcd or bought. sincere public scnti-
mcnt does moi exist. and if il did, i
never would express itself.
II is in such ~ world that the uucs-
ton is hcing debated whether the area
of the world conflict should or should
not he extended as the third year
begins.
1, is now II wcil-au,hcnticatcd fact
that Ruumauia had. when the war
broke out. a secret treaty of dcrcnsivo'
alliance with Germany ana Austria. by
virtue of AN agreement made by the
elder Iratauu on a visit in 1884. re-
movable In every decade. In the early
days al the war King Charles called
the crown Council TO decide the course
of the nation The session was held
in castle rclcsch. II royal residence
At Sinai. in tho vaultcd music room
ON August =. 1914. ut o'clock i'm the
afternoon. The King and Queen Eliza
beth carmen Sylva). Crown Prince
Ferdinand and party leaders were pres
cnt.
The treaty Of 1854 was laid before
the council and the King read an
address expressing the hope that the
nation would remain true to the en-
Earcmcnts and its highest interests.
lie had scarcely finished Speaking
when telegram from Rome was hand
ed To Rratianu announcing that Italy
would remain neutral.
The effect was electrical The voice
Of the venerable Peter Carp. Marghilo-
man and few others seconded, but tho
opposite councils prevailed. Ut WAS
resolved to remain neutral for tho
present and prepare the public scnti-
mcnt for an alliance with Russia.
Gould 30 NOTHING
WITHOUT MINISTER'S
Almost brok cnhcaricd. the old King.
who during the council had tcc-
gram from the Kaiser in his hand.
that night sent dispatch to his Inn
sttutipnal king. and. without his min
listers could do nothing.
That particular crown council is now
known in Eoumania. but 1t is not so
wcll-knowu that Rratianu attempted
10 proceed 10 negotiate with Russia
He did il shrcwdly and we'll. Ey tho
terms OF tn" protocol finally agreed TO
Ivy Sazonofi ana Bratianu. Roumanil
was to remain neutral. and. as a re-
ward was TO he allowed TO occupy
at any moment it might deem aus
picious territory pcuplcd by Il majority
OF Eoumanians
This meant Pennsylvania and the
Bukowina. First. Sazonoff reserved
Czernowitz for Russia and the Bank
for Serbia. but finally he yielded all. F!
When the second Russian offensive !
began and tho Austrians were pushed |
back out Of the EukowinR. Roumana s |
suspicious moment seemed 20 have |
arrived. She was restrained. however. |
ly tn" oSpoScd position Of Bucharest. |
and Turks on her southern border and |
by the exposed position OF bucharest |
That remains the situation to-day. |
But to-day HindenburC is I'm command |
of the Austrian line, and a counter
offensive is hourly feared. Bucharest
is FACILITATING with excitement. Demon
strators are marching TO their halls OF
meeting, the sidewalk is thronged by |
eager debaters, the concert in tho gar
dcns i invaded by bands OF singing
and shouting students. and there are
extras every quarter of an hour.
Hritianu is confronted with the pos
sibli,y OF losing all he has gained un-
less ne takes this moment what all
sane men know Is an enormous risk.
NIGHT EMERGE As
GREATLY Expanded NATION
II The entente is finally successful
Euuma MIA might emerge Il greatly cX- 4