New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
BATTLE UNTIL end
IS QUEENS DESIRE
Gives Interesting Interview to
American Correspondent
ROYAL FAMILY AT JASSY

Country Will Never Lay Down
Arms Until the Cause Her People
Have Consecratcd Their Lives is Won
Jassy, Rumania Oct. 23, via Pet
rograd.-Rumania will fight to the
bitter end until the struggle for the
freedom of the world and the resto-
ration of the rights of small nations is
achieved, Queen Marie of Rumania
today told the Associated Press.
Americas entry into the war and the
aid given Rumania has renewed the
strength and hope Of Rumania.
Never will we lay down our arms
until the cause to which we have con-
secrated our lives is vindicated,' de-
clared the queen, her voice full of
determination and emotion.
Attired in the uniform of a Red
Cross nurse, the queen presented
picture Of simplicity and dignity.
From under the hood Of her uniform
her face appeared delicately moulded
and deeply expressive of gentleness
and compassion. But for her youth
fulness a stranger might have taken
her for the mother superior of
convent.
Since the removal of the Rumanian
government to Jassy, the royal family
has resided in a severely plain build
ing formerly occupied as army head
quarters. One room set aside for the
queen contained a sewing machine
with which she makes garments for
the soldiers. The queen was knitting
a woolen cap for soldier as she
70 ~ thn
Americas aid, Queen Marie de-
clared, came at the crucial hour when
the need was greatest.
"Our hearts warmed with graft
tude,' she said 'and our hopes were
re-inspired by this evidence OF Amer
ica's generosity. I wish the Asso-
ciated press to convey my most sim
cere thanks to the entire American
nation for the noble way in which it
has come to our assistance in the hour
of suffering
"The mothers, children and SOL
diers of Rumania bless America g
great name. Each sufferer we'll
knows that Rumania's ally overseas
has come to the rescue in the time
of trouble and as their queen I voice
their gratitude to America. which is
the whole-hearted expression of the
100000 Of my people,"
The queen paid tribute to Charles
j. Nopicka, the American minister to
Rumania, whose efforts in the United
States towards securing aid for our
stricken country will long be rem mem-
bered.' She spoke feelngly of Ru-
manian reverses during the thirteen
months the kingdom has been at war
1t required stout heart, she said, to
fo
who was profiting by Russia's failure
and she expected that efforts again
would be concentrated against Ru-
mania. The defensive OF the Ruman-
ian troops had proved their heroisn1
to the world and have demonstrated
that their series of disasters was due
to lack of arna ment
1.-The noble ideals of President Will
son, with which I am in sympathy"
the queen continued, touch closely
our country, for Rumania entered the
struggle in the hope of realizing ma
tional unity with the other four mil
lion Rumanians beyond the Carpath-
ians. King Ferdinand himself has
been the exponent of principles of
democracy. In message submitted
to parliament before the war he pro-
posed on his own initiative that there
be fairer division Of lands among
the people, and he intended to set the
first example by surrendering large
estates to be divided among the
peasants
'In the same message he asked the
widest political rights for all his sub
jects, who previously had voted ac-
cording to the amount Of taxes paid.
Later in answering a petition from
the Jews the king pledged the same
rights to them Also
Few queens have had the privilege
of getting closer to their people than
Marie of Rumania. She visits the
sick in the hospitals daily and often
may be seen riding in the city and
country in an open automobile, at
tended only by the ladies Of her court
She frequently distributes food and
clothing to the peasants around Jassy
During the typhus epidemic last WIN
ter she went among those most severe
ly afflicted, giving a cheering word
and distributing comforts.