Evening journal., 1918-05-21
By MILTON BRONNER

Special Stsff Dispatch.
WASHINGTON. May 2i.-The most
tragic figure IN the present world war
is the beautiful Queen Marie Of Ru-
mania.
Belgium has been trodden' under the
heel OF the Hun, but Belgians stlll have
an army. Serbia. as a country, has been
crushed, but Serbians have an army at
Salonica.
But Rumanla. cut off from her west
ern allies and betrayed by the Boil
sheviks, has been forced into the most
humiliating peace in history.
Part OF her territory has been handed
over 10 Bulgaria. Her control OF the
Danube fs taken away and that stream
is now virtually Germsn-Austrian- Her
oil wells are IN German hands. Her
grain crops are practically pledged to
the Kaiser. Germans sit in at crown
council meetings. The very tenure OF
King Ferdinand and Queen Marie is.
upon German sufferance.
These savage terms are due to two
things--hrst because King Ferdinand is
a Hohen8onern who went against the
kai1erlst gang; and second, because
Queen Marie Is largely Of English edu-
, cation, sympathies. and affiliations The
Kaiser knows she Is irreconcilably op-
posed TO him.
Early last year before Rumsnia sent
an of1clal mission here, Loie Fuller
. once upon a time one OF the worlds
greatest dancers, came TO New York as
an official ambassadress from Queen
I Marie 10 the American people.
She sought medical supplies and food
i ha nrrwnanfona Munamn EnIInT
{ enjoyed the intimate friendship OF the
Queen who wrote her many letters In
which she poured out her feelings With
out reserve.
Written with an old-fashioned quill
/ pen, in large round firm characters,
they are among the most wonderful
documents OF the war. They are the
appeal OF angulshed woman to woman
friend for consolation, and sympathy.
At the urgent request Of ". F. Bull
lock Of the London Daily Mall and my
self. to whom she read some OF them,
Miss Muller cabled TO the Queen for
permission to publish them In our
papers. No reply was ever received
Either the Germans interfered with de-
livery OF the message through their
agents IN Russia. or else the Queen
feared their effect upon Germany
rulers.
In those marvellous epistles you get
the whole story OF Rumania's tragedy
In the early ones there Is the noie OF
triumph when Rum anan troops pene-
trated Hungarian territory.
Then comes the tale OF the defeats
the retreats. the giving up Of Buchar-
est, the sad scenes on the roads which
were choked with fleeing people carry
Ing all their possessions.
Later still the Queen pictures the I'm
proviseds hospitals in Jassy. the new
capital, where she helped nurse wound
ed men, the only dressing being saw
dust; where medical supplies wer
scarce or utterly backing; where FOO
became rapidly reduced 20 the vanish
ing point.
And there Is the poignant lettor &
which she tells Of the death Of he
youngest child. presumably from som
OF the disease germs the Hun devil
dropped from airplsnes and while
caused quite an epidemic OF typhoi
and other fatal ailments among chi
dren.
There arc letters which breathe hs
tired Of the Kaiser and all he stands fol
There arc letters which show HOY
the Queen feared prO-German traitor
In even the highest circles.
And always there is the sense OF IN