Evening star., 1918-07-06
GERMANS DISCUSS
ICR|MEA OCCUPANCY
iVon KuehImann Says Kaiser
! Seeks Peaceful Agree
I ments.
ROYAL FAMILY IN WOODS

By the Associated Prefs.
LONDON, July 5.-After the debate
In the German reichstag on Wednes-
day when the Rumanian peace treaty
was adopted, says Berlin tele-
gram by way OF Amsterdam to the
Central News Agency, Foreign Secre-
tary Won Kuehlmann announced that
an exchange Of thoughts had taken
place with the Moscow government
regarding the occupation Of the
Crimea and Sebastopol. From the
fact that a line of demarkation was
being drawn, the foreign minister
said, it was evident that Germany was
willing to settle all the questions
peacefully.
Won Kuehlmann added that an In
dian campaign was not a part of Ger
many's policy"
Ratification Delayed.
AMSTERDAM, July 5.-Peace be-
tween Rumania and the central pow
ers probably will not be ratified un-
til the autumn, says DR.: Edgar Won
sioner in Rumania of the Berliner
Tageblatt Rumania is quite ready.
he says, to ratify the agreement, but
the Austrian parliament does not
meet until August and there are sew
eral points on which there Is opposi-
tion from Bulgaria and Turkey which
must be cleared up. Meanwhile Field
Marshal Won Mackensen's army COM
mand gradually is transferring power
to the Rumanian authorities, such as
the administration of banks, law
courts and customs. but agricultural
t-r f, a
The wheat crops at some places
have been burned. the correspondent
continues, but elsewhere the crop is
good, so that the average will be fair.
The corn crop Is badly in need of
rain, but the vineyards promise an
excellent yield.
Drafted Into Quarters.
The occupying forces have been
drafted, according to the peace treaty.
into quarters. The Germans occupy
the territory from. Turnseverein along
the new Hungarian frontier to the
Sereth river. while the Austrians are
in control of the district from Turn
severein eastward along the Danube
river.
The correspondent adds that friction
occasionally arises with the Rumanian
authorities. but in the words of
N0AAAS 0NAN
good will"
The correspondent further says that
while the sincere intentions of the
present leaders cannot be doubted. yet
''pre-war corruption that the appiica-
ton of an iron broom is necessary"
Intriguers Are Busy
LONDON. June 24.-Germany's plans
for peaceful penetration" in Rumania
have gone ahead very rapidly since
the signing of the treaty Of peace.
According to advices from an authori-
tative source in Rumania the resump-
tricts occupied by the central powers
was followed by a great thrush of
German merchants. politicians and in
trtguers-
Within a few weeks the pushing
and overbeariug Germans had become
30 much in evidence in Jassy that the
royal family. including the king, the
queen and the crown prince, felt
compelled to leave the city. The
royal family is now living in what
amounts to self-imposed exile in the
remote frontier village of Bicaz. Here
in the depth Of the Carpathian forest.
the royal family is living in an old
hunting lodge of King Ferdinand's
An Associated Press correspondent
lately returned from Rumania visit
ed Bicaz during a tour of the Car
pathian front last year. 1t is a
struggling hamlet Of perhaps a dozen
houses without railway connection
or even a good road. 1t is best ap-
preached on horseback over a noun
tain trail from Piatra Mamsk, the
trail striking Bicaz soon after it en-
ters the picturesque valley of the
River Trotus. The kings hunting
lodge stands on a slight elevation
overlooking the valley and the river.