Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-01-24
Leading Statesman Of Country
Says They viii Fight to End
Whatever End May Be;
HardShipS Great
DANGER FROM RUSSIA
CLEARLY F0RESEEN
At Peace Conferences JoneSCu
Expresses Hope That United
States Will Not Let Kingdom
Be Divided,
" MORNING Joupr.. SPECIAL LEASED w'Hsi


Jassy, Rumania, Thursday, Jan. Il.
-(By the Associated Press Take
.Ionescu, one of the leading statesmen
of Rumania and vice president OF the
council of ministers, whose resigna-
ton from the cabinet King Ferdinand
recently declined to accept talked
with the Associated Press today about
the present position of Rumania and
what that country would expect as
condition of peace.
As to the future course of Rumanla
NJ. Jonescu declared the Rumanian
people would remain faithful to the
entente allies until the end, whatever
that end might be-" The vice presi-
dent of the council said that Ru-
mania. like the United States, had
drawn it's sword in defense of freedom
and justice and that the nation would
never rest until those principles had
been achieved.
Country Without Refuge.
You are asking me to speak about
my country's situation when that sit
uation is at its worst" said M. Jones'
Gu to the correspondent. Remember
if Russia makes peace and we are
forced to seek refuge from a foe in
flnitely superior in strength of num-
bers we have no Corfu like Serbia had
when her soldiers were forced to leave
their native soil.
The problems and sufferings of
Rumania are little known in America.
We have been rather silent about
them as there are many things about
which we could not talk. For exam
pie the consequences to the entente al
Af hn fAtl Nf L han
enormous, but to Rumania the results
or that failure have been almost trag-
ical. Yet. we have borne the burden
an silence.
Will Fight to End.
'In spite of our misfortunes, how
ever | am convinced that my country
will fight until the end. We can fol-
low only one course and that is the
path of honor. We are under q
pledge to remain loyal to the entente
allies until the end.
But if a general peace should
come the Rumanan nation can not
support a belief that justice will be
given to all others and not to herself
The union of Rumanian provinces
now under the domination of Austro-
Hungary-that nation so guilty for
the provocation of the war-with free
Rumania is one of the elementary
conditions of just and lasting peace.
Allies Are Pledged.
Great Britain, France and Italy
are pledged to restore these provinces
to Rumania, as Premier Lloyd George
and Foreign Minister Pichon recently
have said.
while the United States is not
bound by treaty with small nations,
these nations have established the
Justice of their war aims by sacrifices
immensely greater in proportion to
those of great nations. | admire too
much, however, the moral greatness
of the American soul not to know
That the American people are bound
TO us by the most sacred ties. and that
their high sense of justice and duty
VIII prompt them to raise their pow
erful voice in behalf of our little king
dom at the conference of peace at
Wnlch Will meet the representatives of
all mankind and that they will desire
10 keep seat at that meeting for Ru-
mania at any price and at any sacri-
flce'