Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04
Peace in the East.

with Russia, and Rumania, becoming isolated, was obliged to conclude peace. We had to begin with Ukraine both on technical and material grounds. The blockade had to be broken. and the future will show that the conclusion of peace with Ukraine was a blow at the heart of the rest of our enemies.
 The peace concluded with Rumania, it is calculated. will be the starting point of friendly relations. The slight l frontier ractificationse which we re- ceive are not annexations. Wholly
 uninhabited regions, they serve solely for military protection. To those who | insist that these rectifications fall un- der the category of annexations and accuse me of inconsistency, 1 reply that I have publicly protested against
 holding out license to our enemies which would assure them against the
 dangers of further adventures. | Prom Russia I did not demand 2 | single metre, but Rumania neglected
 the favorable moment.
 Boasts of Achievements.
 "The. protection of mercantile ship
 ing in the lower Danube guarding the Iron Gate is guaranteed by the exten-
 sion of the frontier 70 the heights of 1 Turnu -Severin, by leasing for thirty
 years a valuable wharf near this town, together with a strip along the river bank, at an annual rental of a thou
 sand lei and finally by obtaining the .leasing rights to the islands of Ostro- ivo, Marecorbu and Simearu, and the transfer of the frontier several kile-
 metres southward in the region of the
 Petroseny coal mine, which better
 safeguards our possessions in the
 Szurdok Pass coal basin.
 t"Nagy- -Szeben and Fogaras will re.
 ceive a new security frontier of al ] average width of from fifteen tt eighteen kilometres at all passes of i'm portance, as, for instance, Predeai
 Bodz, Gyimes, Bekas and Tolgyes. Tn, new frontier has been so far removed to Rumanian ground as military req, sons required.
 The rectifcation east of Czerrcwit,
 has protected that city against futur
 attacks.
 Tells of Rumania. : At the moment when We are sue cessfully endeavoring to renew friend ly and neighborly relations with Ru . mania, it is unlikely that we woul 9 open old wounds, but everyone know g the history of Rumania's entrance int = the war and vii admit that eit wa my duty to protect the monarch against future surprises of a simila kind. l consider the safest guarante for the future, international agree ments to prevent war. In such agree
 ments, if they are framed in bindin. t form. I should see much 'stronge T guarantees against surprise attack ], by neighbors than in frontier rectifca y tions. But I thus far, except in tn = case of President Wilson. have. bee h unable to discover amongst any of ou n enemies serious inclination to acceu = this idea. However, despite the sma h degree of approval this idea receives.
 consider that it will nevertheless b e realized.
 n Regulation of Armaments. q Calculating the burdens with whic Q the states of the world will emerg from this war, l vainly ask myseI 1T how they will cover military expendj
 ture If competition in armaments re . mains unrestricted. l do not beliey a that it will be possible for the state c after this war adequately to meet th
 increased requirements due to the wa
 l think rather, that financial condition . will compel the states to enter into l. compromise regarding the limitation d armaments.
 l. This calculation of mine is neithe I idealistic nor fantastic, but is base ,- upon reality in politics in the mo, IS liberal sense of the word. I, for m l. part, would consider it great dix e aster if in the end there should | j. failure to achieve general agreement
 re@ar rding the diminution of arms it ments.
 is rrecautions for Provisions. ,e Tt is obvious that in the peace vii
 Rumania we shall take precautions St have our interests in the question l. grain, food supply and petroleum ful lg respected. We shali further take pr, 1t cautions that the: Catholic church ar y. our schools receive the state of prt D. lection they need, and we shall sol, r. the Jewish question. The Jew shs Id henceforth be citizen with eau r. rights in Rumania
 The Irridentist propaganda, whit
 has produced so much evil in Hu, c. gary, will be restrained and, inall re precautions will be taken to obtain il h. identification for the injustice inn ic cently suffered by many of our couj pr trymen owinf to the war. I'd We shall strive by means of a ne e, commercial treaty and appropria or settlement of the railway and shippi1
 questions to duly protect our econonn UT interests in Rumania.''
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