Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-10
TELLS OF ADVENTURES
FOUND IN 'ROUMAG|a
Great Statesman Discloscs Fpcts Con.
corning His Escape From
the Huns.
ESCAPE TO RUSSIA is CUT OFF
One of Principal Demands in Peace
Negotiations Was That His Excel
lency NJ. Take Jonescu Should
Leave His Native Land. S
by HIS ExCELLENCY NJ. TAKE
JOSESCU.

powers. decided to leave the country.
could not be Il party to 1t even by
my presence. But long, as Germa n.y.
had not actually sent an utimatum.
the ministers of the allied powers in.
sisted on my remaining, or, shall say.
begged me to remain in my distracted
country.
Well. I consented, but at the Same
time steadfastly refused to send any
delegates to the peace conference, and
when my government was superseded
by that OF General .Averescu, told him
was unalterably determined to 40.
AT that time 1 believed that the only
way to reach the west was through
show how completely Roumania is shut
in. and Will, at the same time give
some idea OF her difficult role in face
OF the collapse OF Russia, her natural
ally.
You may be sure was startled when
was Informed by member of.ihe$
had decided to suppress" me il ven
tured through Russia. Exactly what
suppress" might mean when used in
such n connection II Is not easy for mo
to surmise, but that It meant nothing
very. drastic had not then any doubt,
nor have now. .f.2 ~
and wholly unexpected thing happened.
When General Avercsu, my successor
met the German general. Mackcse,.. for
Inaries of the so called peace WHEN
has been imposed upon my count,v.
Mackensen said that the first prelifn =
mary was that should leave tho
Why" said General Averescu. that's
eSaetly what he wants most to do. It
IS Just what he is asking for" There
;rnduct for mo through enemy terri
tory, and after some discussion, It was
Why the Germans should have de-
iayed four and half months between
me granting and the fulfilment can
not tell, but for that period of time ri y;
and became the standing joke OF
Jassy; The train which had been
tISi1 was called the phantom
:. However. all things come to those
enough enG ths as 81, one Ensish humorlst says,
an appearance at last. 1t was to be tho
hrst train going west. and all the pa
pers referred to It as Takes train -
There, were about $50 people on the
train when it left Jassy. One hundred
and ten OF these were Roumanians and
thirty-five were French. the last of the
Italians. Norwegians and several Other
nationalties y military escort, or
rather, guard, attended us. under the
sec that l got into no mischief, | sulS-
pose.
My Journey west. right across En-
cident. Nobody attempted to "supfifess,o
me. T he nearest approach to such IN
ua'ovnnna incident 1 was when we dn-55
frontier Of Roumania into Hunrnsw ,o
n large number of German soldiirs
proceeding from Russia to the western
aboard the train they threatened . 10
stone It. and actually took up stones
for that purpose. The examination ,ofa
but Insulting. it was patent s e se1uSS,
that 1t was a studied Slight put upon
US. -
DRESSING THE WINDOW
TO FOOL THE PEOPLE
ptherwise our escort was quite well
pehaved. and when we stopped at STA
tons and always found guard theIc. &
the captain would often ask to be In.
ifoqu bed' pay me compliments. and ask (
ot course. we had n restaurant carl
evidently vide acting under instructions,
me abundance OF food. All the same
me ten pounds OF potatoes which / hai
brought with me from Jassy were re-
wneh l. sent them to be cooked Great 4
ing quite a furore in the kitchen.
new threSsl inns. during the whole jour
y saw scrap of Bread t and Wt the eaa at- IS
tempt to "camouhage" their shortano
"as quite failure. =.
deception. When we arrived n Rzars
2 eain the guard drawn up at the sta
ION = on consisted of Roumanians from
nilIionsS ~ for you must remember that
a austrian rule, and we were sIrnrisnl
20 &c md that they all had brand-new
We're I mo pein ogr% our sco,u,ntrymen. they
ana we learned that these wonderf:,j
aeW boots had been issued Just an hour.
before the train arrived In order to i'm
j, The German Jokes with difficulty. At
~ asasestl. where we first met German
&c loiers. who examined our documents.
ETC. there was great joking One OF
our party. for instance. had some pro.
visions in his baggage When he wNs
asked !! sasf, i. his 4; destination. and replied
they said: 80 much the better In
three weeks we will join you at those
in Paris"
NOT Is tho German very ant with a
We had Madame TituIesc,I
with us, the wife OF the former Rou-
1nanlan Minister of Finance, who is in
ASKED he WIFI II s me as write and they
never carry arms" she said quite
trnthfuily and simply:
., An. madame" said her questioned,
You are quite right not to do so, for
you can Kill with your eyes quite as
AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY
Is PEACE OF WORLD
At the frontier of Switzerland was
received by the Red Cross, and IL sne- &
clai train was provided to carry mo 10
Lucerne, at which beautiful city aiiitho
municipality came in state TO the sta =
non to welcome me. In fact my re-
,eption throughout Switzerland Was
Eost cordial and filled me with deep q
gratitude. -
l saw all the ministers of the allies. Y
.or, never forget, l am still am aliy&g
md ever shall be. Mr.. Lloyd George.
he great British Prime Minister, spoke, =
II ME but the other day as "a states e.
nan OF an allied country" I also saw e
he president OF the Federated Council
ind the Minister OF the Interior.
At Aix-les- Bains 1 made q speech
o the French soldiers in IL conferences =
= the theater. and after being In Paris
light days and seeing the President ~ =
he republic. l camo across to London. u
where | met the Prime Minister, Mr.. 7