Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-03
TRAGEDY OF RuMANIA
IS GRAPHICALLY TOLD
Curtain Drawn Aside BY Direc.
tor of Italian Hospital Who
just Came Out of Country.
BY HENRY WOOD.
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT.

peace because of the Russian debaclc
IS still an untold tale. When the story
is written it will rank along with the
tragedies OF Belgium, of Siberia and of
Montenegro. as one OF the great chap
ters of the war.
tfom the moment thec central empires
forced upo their diniunitive prey the
terms OF a German peace Runania has
been as though shrouded in u veil.
Every effort has been made by Ger
from entering into communication with
her former allies. The tragedy that is
still being enacted in the little country
is hidden in mystery and silence.
by DIR. Bennedetto Cinino. who di-
rected al Italian hospital at Bucharest
from the beginning OF the var to July,
however, the curtain is drawn aside for
The first time. and there is revealed the
beginning of the Rumanian tragedy and
its present status.
Blocked up in Rumania by the Ger
ma peace, it was only on July /. last,
permission to leave His account of
what took place In the little Balkan
ally during the time when Germany and
Austria We're inhicting their terms of
peace, and since then. is not only
graphic but of the utmost historical in
terest.
Or. Cimiuo's story is as follows:
II arrived at Bucharest October 80.
1916, and left On July /. 1915.
No one can conceive what Rumania
is at the present time. The ignorance
in which the Germans keep the native
population of all that is happening in
the rest of the world exceeds the inn
,4gination. The defeats, the disasters.
the facts that are contrary to the Ger
man interests n completely unknown
IN Rumania while the Germans publish
every day a series OF manufactured
news and falsehoods that a portion OF
tac public invariably believes in the
~ -
The royal family is at Jassy. and
win remain there throughout the en-
,ire period OF h Gerlnan-Austrian oc-
cupation. Bucharest being peopled
largely by enemy officers.
After being obliged TO abandon
Pennsylvania. the R%urnaEian army re-
treated rapidly. II it was not long
before the evacuation OF the capital
became a necessity Enemy airplanes
hombarded Bucharest without ceasing.
destroying nan OF the most beautiful
ediices and killing n Wounding hum
dreds of people.
'The morning OF November 81. the
beautiful Princess Cantacuzene who
directed the hospital OF which l was
the head entered the operating loom
and asked, whether I wished to, leave.
s:;ftding that there We're st!n W trains
10 leave oUCIldIGS ~ j lS1s
Il replied that I had come to Buch-
Arrest to direct the hospital and that l
declined to leave. While this dialog
was going on. the church bells-which
were later carried away by the con-
auerers and melted into projectiles-
Yang out to announce the resumption OF
the bombardment.
II shall never forget the impressions
If the hours that followed.
"A few hours before h Germans
entered Bucharest. the city was evacu-
atsd by every one who was able to
leave.
Tho next day the explosions and
Arrests began. The first t. be seized
We're the government officials. deputies.
ministers, former ministers and in
Iluential persons generally.
"Tho. enemy took possession OF the
city so quickly that few had eve time
to hide their most precious objects.
=. : u. More fPrussian System"
Each person was given a card Of
identity indicating the number Of chill
dren II the number of relatives oc-
cnoying the arr house. :
The order was given that no one
should leave his place OF residence after
Z D. m.
Destruction al the furniture and
furnishings of the houses to provide
frewood was begun Immediately, as
wen as the theft of all precious OBJ
3ects, pillage OF mattresses and linen,
carrying away Of paintings and statues
fortunately the ~Bulgarians, whose
lnfamies are even worse. were prevent
ed from entering the. city,
TO give final proof of. the barbarity.
Ct this people that is unworthy the
right to live in Europe it is sufficient
to state that out Of 10000 Rumanian
prisoners that were iaterned in Bull
garia, only 10000 even returned to
Rumania alive. the other $4,000 having
succumbed to privations, fatigues, dis
eases n bad treatment when they
were not murdered in cold blood.
While awaiting other orders, patrols
commanded by officers marched throlet
the streets with fixed bayonets visiting
every house one at a time and carry
ing away everything they considered
unnecessary for h families to have,
On the other hand. Mackensen. com.
nander OF he armies, and in whose
name thousands OF atrocities have been
committed. but Of which I. am certain
ne KNOWS nothing. is Very Well liked in
spite Of everything. Why this is 80
! will tell you. 1t Is a matter OF little
consequence aud can be told in a few
words. ~
In the Metropolitan church Of Hu.
charest there exits the miraculous
rehc OF a saint. One day. while the
church was closed and the guard wa.
p-romenading outside. three bulgarian
soldiers arrived in an automobile. ant
forcing the door OF the cathedral, car.
ried away the veneraxed relic.
Upon the return later of the bishop
the latter at once discovered the Grim,
and telephoned Immediately to Fielt
Marshal Mackensen, who Mt once mott.
iled the frontier. authorities to arres
tho Bulgarian soldiers. This suffices
20 attract to Mackensen the symba.
thiea. OF many. q