New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
WarDrives QueenofI Italy
Into Sisterhood of Woe
TRAGEDY of Country's Defeat Places
Elena Beside Queens of Belgium and
Rumania Continues To Be Devoted
Jnsp;rer of Soldiers Battling With Huns
Bv TEMPLE MOORE

has actuated the Germans in thei,
brutal frenzy 20 destroy the lie Of
this couple.
The third Of the trio % queens gb.
have been stricken with the TRAGEDY ~
the great war - Marie o. Rumania
whose lot has been the most pa'het.e
Of all. because the w.r has byouzh.
death into her own family.
Her father-in-law. King Cha-ies
and her motherin-law, the poetic Car.
men Sylvia. both died. and then. ate
Rumania took uD the cause Of ri,l.
and justice. German barbarity was N.
rected with special venom agains, TIE
royal family OF Ruman.a, and within
few months after her country had
Joined the Allies her youngest child
succumbed 20 the hardships which tho
invasion Of Rumania had ontailed uoon
the roys! family.
Queen Marie is British 70 the cor,
and this fact she proclaims on every
possible occasion. She is Rumanian
by marriage, and Rumaniaa now and
for the rest OF her life, with the
truest ideals of patriotism.
Her father. the second son OF Queen
Victoria, and brother Of King Edward
married German princess. but m,
Queen Of RUmana rejects ar title n
German nationality and insists uuop
her total al.enation from everything
that pertains 10 Germaa.sm. 10 Ger.
manic ideals, modes Of thought ana
PRACTICES. One OF her sisters il rs,-
ried 20 the German prince Iohenlole.
Langerburg, and this fact Of family
connection so close 20 the Germsn
cause is a bitter thought 20 the Queen
Since the invasion Of her countrv
Queen Marie has worked and shaved foS
the success OF the cause. enduriny
privations Of all kinds and riskng her
life in serving those who are suffering
In the hospitals and in carrying com.
fort and consolation - those battling
az the front.
When America entered the war the
Queen Of Pumania was one OF the frs.
to send her official expression Of graft.
tude 10 this country.
Our hearts are warmed with grati.
tude." she yaid 20 American Correspond.
ents. "and our hopes are renewed bv
Americas generosity. | wish 10 convey
my sincere thanks 30 the whole Ameri.
can people for the noble way in which
they have come 10 our assistance in our
hour of suffering. / know that millions
Of Americans, including even the most
humble, have contributed 10 make this
aid possible, and ! wish my heartfelt,
thanks 20 penetrate into every family
in the United States, even into the
smallest homes, and 20 be heard at the
humblest table and at the poorest
hearth. The mothers, children and TIE
soldiers Of Rumania bless the name 0.
America. and every suffering Rumanian
knows that the help which America
brings as an ally makes il certain tha,
We will be saved and VII be CON.
forted. and, as their Queen, voice
their gratitude 10 the whole American
peo-ln"
When y. overwhelming armies OF
Germany and Austria, with their Turk
ish and Bulgarian allies. fell upon
Rumania, and crushed a large part o.
the country. occupying the capital.
Bucharest, the Queen followed the
army. At the head of the Red eros,
association she organized hospitals and
improvised shelter and treatment for
the soldiers and for the exiled eiviliaa
population.
Queen Marie has seen her people re-
cover courage and her country's army
renew its strength so that il has been
able not merely to hold its own but to
thrust back the invader and 10 give
promise of being potent ally for the
remainder of the war