The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-29
RUMANIA DEMANDS
LIBERTY OF ACTION
Asserts That Unaided by
Allies She Has Earned
Sovereignty.
CIVILIZATIONS SENTINEL
Conduct Toward Hungary Is
Explained in Statement
From Budapest.


Special Gable Despatch 10 THE SUI from the
London Times Be-rioe.
Copyright. 1913 all rights reSerued.
LONDON, Aug 2s-The following
statement on the attitude OF Rumania
in Budapest and toward the Peace Con-
ference has been received from an
authoritative Rumanian source
"Rumania Of all the Allies was com
pletely isolated during the war. Not
one allied unit or battery except from
Russia fought on the Rumanian front
and ammunition intended for her Is still
in England. France or Archangel or has
been confiscated by Bolsheyist Russia.
First betrayed and then a.tacle ].
Rumania's. isolation has continued dur
ing the arrnistice. She has had 10 hold
the Bolshevist on the Dniester while de-
Tending herself on the Tisza, and when
she was attacked on July 20 by 100. 900
Hungarian troops she had 10 fight them
all alone to try to disarm them after
having beaten them.
''RumsniR does not feel that she can
accept those special conditions which
the Peace Conference has presented for
the protection of racial and religious
minorities in the territory assigned 10
her from the division Of the Austro-Hun-
garian Empire. This attitude has moth
ing to do with the Jewish question, as
by law OF December. 1918. the Jews
had received all the privileges of Ru-
mAnian citizenship. Jews had always
enjoyed religious freedom in RumaniR
and no poCroms have ever taken place
in this country.
''Rumania cannot follow the lead
of Poland. Czecho-SlovakiA and Jugo-
Slsvia, which countries after some re-
sistance have accepted the minorities
conditions. She is an old established
State whereas the others have been just
established, or revised. after FIVE CEN
turtles of Turkish domination The
Balkan States were under absolute
Turkish rule. but RumaniR's prinicpali-
ties retained their domestic indepen-
dence at the cost OF many battles. The
Turks were never allowed 10 settle in
Rumania or TO trade there or even to
erect mosques.
"Other European States which Ind
been under Turkish domination regAined
their freedom only through the assist
ance Of the great Powers. Hungary WIS
freed by Austria. Greece by England and
France and Bulgaria and Serbia by Rus
sla Rumania regained her independence
in 1873 with her own armies when she
also saved the defeated Russian army
from disaster on Bulgarian battlefields
and especially NJ Plevna
When a state has enjoyed its indie
pendence for SO long, having maintained
and assured IL by many and costly bat
ties its people cannot easily admit any
curtailment Of its sovereign independ-
ence. particularly at the moment when
1t has attained its national integrity.
'Ruman!a having been the isolated
sentinel OF civilization during the war
and even after the armistice having had
TO rely more or less on her power only
| and 10 maintain herself by her own
battles and sacrifices considers that she
ha. a right TO claim freedom of action
in her domestic affairs ana tc insist on
! the integrity OF her very dearly pur-
chased sovereignty"