Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-10
RUMAN|A'S WAR SUFFERING EQUALS
 THAT OF BELGIUM
American Commission Doing Good Work, but Much Is
 Needed by Country.

Jassy, Rumania Dec. 31.-Only re- lief measures on scale equal to those carried out in Belgium would effectively meet the extreme cOndi- tions of poverty and suffering exist ing in Rumania. Nevertheless the American Red Cross commission which has been in Jassy since the middle of September, although it has not ade- quate means to cope fully with the situation. is endeavorinG to the limit of it's capabilities to give relief at least to the hospitals and the sick with the handful of supplies it has at it's disposal
 The medical unit consisting of 13 American doctors and 12 American nurses is doing splendid work at Roman. 50 miles from Jassy and about 45 miles from the AustrianR Rumanian front, where it has established the first American hospital with a ca pacity of 800 beds. The chief diff culty in carrying on the work has been the problem of getting medical sup plies through Russia.
 The British Red Cross has been of the greatest assistance to the Amer ican commission, which came here virtually empty handed and was dis appointed by the nonarrival of lnedi- cal supplies shipped from New York. In this emergency the British organi- zation, which had been operating in Rumania for more than year, turned over to the commission the hospital in Roman.
 Queen Marie of Rumania has taken particular interest in the work of the hospital and was invited to partake of Thanksgiving dinner with the Amer ican staff there. The staff themselves have felt the food privations which prevail in Rumania and the Thanks giving dinner was the first real sub- stantial repast they had since their arrival. The chairman and the staff eat at army headquarters and have meat only three times week.
 France has rendered Rumania medi- cal and military relief on scale so great that the common feeling here is that this little kingdom would scarce ly exist today if it had not been for the generosity of her French ally. France reorganized and revivified the Rumanan army. She now has here
 
 been teaching the Rumanian soldiers modern military tactics as used on the western front.
 In medical relief the French gov ernment has sent here more than so doctors. Some of these died heroically in the typhus scourge of last winter others are doing fine work at the iron, and i'll the hospitals in the small towns and cities. France undoubtedly stands first in the affections of the Ruman- ians; then comes the United States , and England. French is spoken here almost as commonly as Rumanian; in fact, it is almost tho sole language in government and in social circles. In Spite of the grave possibility Ot ! Russia concluding d separate peace one Of the cabinet members has dc clared that Rumania will stick with her allies until the last and will never make separate terms with Germany The Rumanian government naturally takes a pessmistic view of events in Russia. If Russia, which has nearly | 1,000,000 troops assisting the Ruman- i ;ans in preventing further invasion by 1 the Central Powers, should conclude a i separate peace. by no possibility could the Humanian army. now numbering | little over 300,000, hold the line against the Germans.
 If this should happen and the Teu- tonic forces as a consequence should 1 take the remaining portions of Ru- mania. the Rumanian government ant | royal family would probably go tC England or France, or possibly lC