Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-12-15
SPLIT COMES
OVER TREATY
WITH ALLIES
Two Hostile Camps in
Country Following the
Elections in November.
One Side Would Throw
in With Entente, Other
to Go 1t Alone.
Gable to Great Falls Daily Tribune and
Chicago Tribune.
Copyright 1919.

Bucharest, Dec. 14.-A big
political party in Rumania is out
on a strike. The strike began in
the elections of Nov. 2, 3 and a
and was called by the growing
socialist party, composed of syn
dicalists and especially of oil
workers. It is the first political
strike that Rumania has ever
had, and the socialists threaten
to continue it so long as the parliament
elected in November continues to func-
tion.
The country is split into two hostile
camps. In the one are the liberal party
under NJ. Bratiano, former prime minis
ter. and the old conservative party, So
called Germanophile. under NJ. Marghilo-
man who was prime minister under the
German occupation. They have no for
NAL affiliation and Marghiloman is dis
credited as a friend of the enemy. but
they stand together broadly on policy.
In the opposite camp are the democrats,
led by Take Jonescu and General Ayeres-
GO. and socialists. This faction protest
ed against the elections.
f Split Over Treaty.
The burning question that divided
liberals and democrats was this: Does
Rumania accept the peace treaty as
drawn up in Paris. or does she stand out
against it, thereby risking the allies bad
will? The democrats said "Ratify" The
liberals said hold out The democrats 8
said, THE allies friendship is worth
more than strips Of land" The liberals
replied, THE allies word. pledged us in
1916, should be worth something, too
Rumania wants all the Banat province.
in accordance with the treaty of 1916.
concluded with entente when Rumania
declared war, is matter of fact, Ru-
mania gets only about two-thirds of the
Banat, most of the remainder going to
Jugo- Slavia and a smalll portion to Hun
gary. There is also a strip of western
Transylvania that Rumania claims but
that the conference is giving to Hun
gary.
BaIks at Minority Clause.
Besides her territorial complaints, Ru-
mania is baking at the minority clause"
which obliges the heirs of Austria. to
grant special rights to raciaa Ninorities.
In Rumania the chief minority is the
Jews. but there are also numbers of
Serbs. Hungarians. Poles, Ruthenians,
Russians and Bulgars.
"All the statutes in Europe cannot
force government to deal justly with
its minorities.' said a liberal editor.
THAT must rise from the peoples sense
of fair play. or cannot exist at all.
I'VE have a specimen of inter-allied
control commissions at Buda Pest Each
delegation favors different faction.
America helps the Socialists and Great
Britain and monarchists and Italy wants
to make Hungary and Italian colony.
'1f minority clauses are just. why
doesn't America gi one to her negroes
and Briton to her Egyptians and Hin
dus:"
Then in the other camp the democrats
reply, ''let us 60 to Paris with the treaty
of 1916, urge it before the conference,
but not insist, for the fourteen points
were to sweep away secret treaties"
But wrangle over home policy Is
making the coffee houses buzz even more
than the treaty sauabble.
Have Military Regime.
When Marghi1oman fell from power
after the Germans left, Bratiano dis
solved the conservative. socalled pro-
German parliament and ruled eight
months without an assembly. After fail
ing to obtain what he wanted in Paris.
he resigned as prime minister. Then the
democrats asked the king to summon
Transvlvanian, who had in no way mix
cd in Rumanan politics. to form cabin
ct until the elections were over. Ferdi-
nand refused. choosing General Naitola-
no. Bratiano's old minister of war, who,
in turn. chose five other generals for
his cabinet so that military regime rul-
ed the country at the time Of the cleo
tions. Political offenders were tried by
court martial, not by civil tribunals.
The king has thus reused the demo-
Gratis to open grumbling. The king Is
tolerated. they say only so far as he
keeps out Of politics.