New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

soldiers in the war hospital at Jassy
warning signal. 1 wish l could ex-
press the extraordinary effect the
Queens GOODNESS and indifference to
danger has upon the people. Always
in close touch with them-since the
war she has literally lived among them
and from eight in the morning till
late at night is working in the hos
pltals with relief committees, sympa-
thlzlng with some poor soul who has
Lost son or husband at the front,
arranging for special comforts for sick
children or aged people. Always
very beautiful woman, her face has
gained in strength of purpose. these
last years, and the wounded soldiers
regard her as a saint"
"From Bufftea you went to Jassy??"
after the evacuation of Bucharest;
at Jassy Queen Marie started the hos
pital in which she and the princess
still work, and where I also did my
share of nursing. Typhus, as you
know, is a particularly malignant
disease and can be transmitted with
terrible facility, but never once Saw
her finch from running very serious
chance of contagion. She visited the
typhus patients like the wounded every
day, and each one of them as she came
to the bedside would stretch out for
her hand and kiss it with an almost
devotional loyalty. Princess Mignon
is equally fearless, and was extremely
proud when she was permitted TO as
sist in the operating theatre. The
hospital is under the medical direction
of DR.. Armstrong, an Englishman."
Grateful for
American Help
"Were you connected with any other
hospital at Jassy?"
"Not officially. I went over the hos
pital run by the American Mission
under Colonel Anderson; l also met
Major Perkins and DR.. Mccarthy and
other members of the staff. l cannot
tell you how splendidly they have
worked. They have done marvels. You
must remember the mission arrived at
a time when Rumania's fortunes were
at very low ebb; the people were al
most bankrupt of hope and the spon-
taneous help of the United States
seemed like light in the wilderness.
have never seen greater enthusiasm
than when the news was published that
America had decided not only to tend
the wounded, but to feed the hungry
and to house the homeless, and l
to the devotion the members of the
mission have displayed. l cannot for
get what young Rumanian officer said
to me. 1t was at lunch and he was
repeating a conversation he had had
with a captain in the American service.
The latter had expressed his opinion
as to Rumanian chances in the war
'He said to me, Madam repeated my
Rumanian friend, "Vous avez la certl-
tudc de victqire,' and my heart gave
great leap for always we have the
hope, but, alas only the hope, but if
America sees the certanty-that is for
us enough Everywhere it was the
same, Americas generosity, Americas
faith gave the people new and invinc
ible determination and her very name
lightened their faces.
Children Saved
From Starvation
'T do not know how the little children
in the villages would have been fed
but for the American Mission. The
Germans had seized all supplies in the
occupied territory and there were no
reserves of corn at all Large quanti
ties were brought from Vladivostok
in spite Of the difficulties of transport
and the Queen and Colonel Anderson
mapped out a scheme by which each
had their due share. One of the
roomiest cottages of the village was
chosen by the committee as the general
dining room, and at midday the long
table was set with wooden bowls of
porridge which the children ate in re-
laws. A similar meal was given in the
evening and thousands of little ones
by this means were saved"
Miss Milne went on to describe tn.
activities of the American Y. M. c. A.,
which, in con- junction with Prince
Carol, has established large number
of huts at the front and further have
assisted in the organization of the Boy
Scouts, of which Prince Carol is the
head. The movement is an intensely
popular one in Rumania and one of the
most adventurous members of the
corps is Prince Nicky. Such little cere
mony as there used to be at the
Rumanian court has entirely disap
peared with the war
~ want the people of America to
know" said Miss Milne, chat it is to
them Rumania looks for ultimate re
demption. Abandoned by Russia.
hemmcd in by Bulgaria, nothing is left
for this unhappy nation but to accept
German terms Of peace; but they do
so in the sure and certain hope that
the day will come when America will
reclaim their lost territory, retrieve
their lost liberty. 1t is to the people
of the great Republic that the Ru-
manians look for deliverance, and in
them do they put their trust. do not
think.n said Miss Milne chat America