The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-15

8seIine * ro1pouabil1ty. HI poDNs
Ilartfy u dan9utoun. .ss
FTiipsscus e = rich amateur with
penchant emuJ Hal poi1tfca. he a
wont 70 weep ~ rage with hns ara
matte frenzy.
/ These two provide the market piacs
in tho street picture Of popular All
Opposinr these Are-eatsrs but BY
no means without their own the
atr1cai methods. are the conservative
leaders. Peter Carp, tho most vener-
able and cultured man In RumAnia:
Alexander Markhiloman, another man
OF charact6 add q wide experiences
ana outll& ina Ex-Premier Titus
Macrescu Ind theodore Rossetti.
Oppose Russian Alliances.
All these. ahd indeed. the whole
army Of intellfctuais, regard Russia
AZ Rumania's Hrveterate enemy and
oppose an a1lhnce with her as a
moral impossih1 hity.
Among the Foreign ministers here
the Russian, ri klewski Kozieli. Is tns
best equipped fifth funds and disposi-
ton to intrigue though the latter ca
pacity Is vastlyhexcel1ed by his Italian
colleague. FasdIhioti.
Newly arrivdh 10 the French Count
de st. Hilaire, pho comes with an un-
usual retinue. land It Is said with a
ready made COPY OF the new treaty OF
alliance to be 4gned by Rumania and
the entente In bis vaiise.
The GermaH minister. Baron Won
Dem he-Haddenhausen. m Q
after the war land inherited q Mtua-
ton of extreme difficulty. which his
patience, stratght-forwardne and
tart hava much tYnproyNd
Nowhere in the world - there such
a systematic onkanization Of secret in
telliEence. A nranger docs not take
a single step outside his hotel with
out being honoNed by the attentions Of
several pussysfooted escorts. The
hotel porter Is j spy; your interpreter
Is a spy; the vts-a-vis at your table Is
a spy; the maA who begs q match IL
a spy. Letters and packages are care
fully noticed: y visitors are shadow
ed.
Every morning reports OF your acts
and words Of Che day before are laid
before the pol1ce and everybody who
may be intereaed Nothing Is simple
and honest. Everything is manu-
featured or bought. Sincere public
sentiment does not exist. and II 1t
did it would nkver express itself
It Is in such1a world that the ques-
ton is being debated whether the area
of the world conflict should or should
not be extended as tho third year
begins.
1t is now a well authenticated fact
that Rumaniaf had, when the war
broke out. secret treaty for a de-
fensive ALLIANCE with Germany and
Austria by virtue of an agreement
made by the elder Bratianu on a visit
in 1884. renewable in every decade.
In the early days of the war King
Charles called 1.-THE Crown Council to
decide the coufse of the nation. The
session was held In Castle pe!eaSh. a
royal residence at Sinai. in the Vault
ed music room on August 3, 1914, at
S o'clock in tht afternoon. The King
and Queen Elizabeth (Camen Svl-
via). Crown Prince Ferdinand and
party leaders fere present
The treaty af 1884 was laid before
the council ana the King read an adj
dress expressing the hope that the
gagements andsits highest interests
He had scatcely finished speaking
when telegram from Rome was
haA ded to Bratianu announcing that
Italy would REMAIN neutral
The effect wses electric. The voice
OF the venerable Peter Carp, Marghil-
man and few others seconded, but
the opposite councils prevailed. 1t was
resolved to rSpain neutral for the
present and pfspare the public senti-
ment for an alI) lance with Russia.
Almost broken hearted. tho old
King. who Outing the council had a
telegram from the Kaiser in his hand;
that night senf a dispatch to his i'm
perial cousin saying he was consti-
tutional king, tand without his min
listers coul do,nothing.
That particular crown council In
now known u Rumania, but II