The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1919-09-17
An Interview With the
King Of Roumania
JEWISH JOURNALIST
RECEIVED AT COURT IN THAT
LAND OF SUFFERING JEWS.
BY LEO wOLFSON.
Copyrighted by Jewish Press Bureau.

INops AiEHtVu ny JeNlSl 4ItSS buTeuu.
1t was on the 1Tth of July 1919, In
Bucharest. ROumania. l was sitting
in the dining room of the Grand Hotel
la Jewish hotel where l was stopping
and listening to the troubles which
several Bessarabian Jews were detail
ing. Suddenly the room became quiet !;
and every one stood transfixed, look
ing at the door where the proprietor
of the hotel was talking with an of
ficer of the Royal household. Finally
they came over to my table. and the
hotel proprietor pointed me out. The
official greeted me politely. asked II
were Mr.. Wolfson, and when I an
swered Yes, he again bowed and sa i'll
that he had letter for me from the
Marechal of the royal household.
| He handed me the letter and asked
me to sign receipt for it. After did
80. he politely bowed himself out. The
letter was written in French and read
as follows:
From the Household of His Majesty
the King. Bucharest. July 18th.
| Sir: BY command of His Majesty
he King. l have the honor to inform
GOu that His Majesty will receive you
in audience on Friday the eighteenth
of July. ut . 80 in the evening in the
palace in bucharest. l beg yOn. Sir.
20 accept the assurance of my highest
| esteem.
HENRI KATARGI.
Formal evening dress.
To Mr.. Leo wolfsOn.
A quarter Of an hour later. the en-
| fire Jewish section rang with the news
that had been invited to meet the
king, and the evening papers carried
notice to that effect.
Friday, ut four O'Clock, people al
ready began to gather about the en-
trance to the Hote.. Curious ones
wanted to see how would go to the
Iudience. At five o'clock my carriage
arrived. and ten minutes later / left
my room. dressed In frock coat, silk hat
and white gloves. The crowd greeted
| me warmly. with an ovation: 1 ex-
changed a few words with several ac-
auaintances- and amid shouts Of
Bring salvation to the jews" rode
off. Many people. among them ac-
quaintances. lined the sidewalks along
| I'm IN In l,,n Il
me in friendly fashion and wished me
success. In ROumania. the King does
not receive Jews very often. and for
that reason my audience was Great
ing such stir. At twenty minutes
after five l reached the palace. AT
the entrance. n Major received me. He
introduced himself az Major Cristescu
Between rows Of lackeys who opened
the doors, we entered waiting salon.
The Major talked with me for a few
minutes. Then u hell rang and he asked
me to accompany him. We passed
thru several handsomely furnished
salons. We stopped at door. the
Major took leave of me. and lackey
opened the door and asked me to enter.
found myself in large and beauti-
full room. with bookcases on all sides.
and n richly carved table in the middle
of the room. At Il corner of this table
two chairs stood prepared. Heavy
dark. tho thru one window which was
open the sun shone in; sort of gem
tie twilight atmosphere seemed to pre-
vail.
! stood near the table and looked
around and waited. A few minutes
later. ! noticed the pOrtieres being
quietly parted. and a gentleman cloth
ed in a navy uniform. very simply.
without decorations, was coming up
to me. l believed that this was an
officer coming to lead me to the King
but / was mistaken-he was the King
himself. He stretched out his hand to
me and greeted me in French. He seat
ed himself at the table. and asked me
to take the other chair which was pre-.
pared. l was the first journalist who
had come from Paris Immediately after
the Treaty had been signed and who
had been present at the ceremony, and
the King questioned me concerning GER
tain topics on occurrences at Paris.
answered his questions to the best OF
my knowledge of the circumstances in.
volved. All the time up to then we
had been talking in French. When In
the course Of the discussion we came
10 Roumania herself, he remarked that
lie knew that spoke Roumanian and
asked whether wished to continue the