Arizona republican., 1918-01-13

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 sup plies it has at its disposal.
 The medical unit consisting of 13 American doctors and F American nurses is doing splended work at Roman, 50 miles from Jassy and about 45 miles from the Austrian Rumanian front, where it has estab- lished the first American hospital with a capacity of 500 beds. The chief difficulty in carrying on the work has been the problem of get | ting medical supplies through Rus sia.
 The British Red Cross has been of the greatest assistance to the American commission which came here virtually empty handed and was
 disappointed by the non-arrival of medical supplies shipped from New
 York. In this emergency the British
 organization, which has been oper- ating in Rumania for more than a
 year, turned over to the commission
 the hospital in Roman.
 l Queen Marie of Rumania has taken
 particular interest il. the work of
 the hospital and was invited to par
 take of Thanksgiving dinner with | the American staff there. The staff
 themselves have felt the food priva-
 tions which prevail in Rumania and the Thanksgiving dinner was the
 first real substantial repast they had
 since their arrival. The chairman
 and the staff eat at army headquar ters and havt meat only three times a week.
 I France has rendered Rumania med
 ical and military relief on a scale so great that the common feeling
 here is that this little kingdom would scarcely exist today if it had
 not been for the generosity of her
 French ally. France reorganized and { revived the Rumanian army. She now has here nearly one thousand
 officers who have 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 80 ] doctors. Some of these died heroic
 ally in the typhus scourge of last winter, others are doing fine work at the front and in the hospitals in the small towns and cities. France ] undoubtedly stands first in the af- , fections of the Rumanians; then comes the United States and Eng
 land. French is spoken here almost as commonly as RumaniaL; in fact, 1t is almost the sole language in l government and social circles. In spite of the grave possibility of Russia concluding a separate peace one of the cabinet members has de- 3 clared that Rumania will stick with
 her allies until the last aEd will never make separate terms with Ger
 many. The Rumanian government
 naturally takes a pessimistic view
 of events in Russia If Russia
 which has nearly 100000 troops
 assisting the Rumanians il. prevent
 ing further invasion by the central
 powers, should conclude a separate
 peace, by no possibility could the
 Rumanian army, now numbering 6
 little over 300,OO0 hold the liIe
 against the Germans.
 If this should happen and the
 Teutonic forces as a consequence
 should take the remaining portions of Rmuania, the Rumanian govern } meht and royal family would prob ably go to England or France, oi : possibly to Japan, and conduct ; : nominal administration from thcr' e similar to the course followed D, I Belgium and Serbia.
 : In the event of the evacuation o $ this territory the Americar. Ret y Cross would probably work it's wa,