Evening star., 1919-03-22
RUMAN|A' QUEEN
GRATEFUL TO j. s.
Shall Always Love America,
She Says, for Hand of
Mercy Extended.
KEPT HER PEOPLE LOYAL
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.
Staff Correspondcnt of The Star.


PARIS March 9.-"No matter what
the fates may decide for me as a
queen, there is one thing that | shall
always do as a woman-love Amer
lea
Animatedly. but with voice tineling
with the vibrancy of her emotion,
the Queen of Rumania in talk
which / have just had with her thus
States and it's people. who. ever cog
infant of Rumania's sufferings, ex-
tended a hand of mercy during the
long. cold days when surrounded by
enemies and suffering cruel economic
burdens the Rumanians We're waging
heroic fight for their very exist
ence.
Yes" her majesty continued, Sow =
ly. I'm those fearful days the Amer
lean people helped us-helped us
much. Consigned to me were clothes.
and you know We were ragged peo-
pie. Garments We're sent from all
classes of people. even the lowliest.
but, unfortunately, though l knew
they had been sent, those fearful
Russians prevented many from ever
reaching US. Through the generosity
of your people food has reached us
and. through Mr.. Hoover, large guam
titles of necessary supplies are flow
ing into my country.
Surrounded by Enemies.
I'VE are thankful for food 1t is
the prime safeguard of the moment
We are sorely in need. AS you must
know. Rumania has had to fight her
problems pretty much alone. France
was backed up by England. and back
of England was America Rumania
was surrounded by enemies. We
have had to fight alone. Our suf
ferings have been great. They may
be worse, but if the larger powers
will aid US we will prevent the
spread of bolshevism and we will
ever remain loyal to our RESPONSE
bilities."
Here the voice of the queen again
became animated and eyes sparkled
as she must have recalled those days
when Rumania, overrun by the Ger
mans and threatened by the bolshe
Wiki TO the east. defied, even after
the treaty of Bukarest the dictates
of apparent conquerorS. She must
have recalled at this moment those
long days of doubt when she ada
mantly refused ever to join the Ger
mans in their nefarious plans. those
days when every pressure was
brought to bear to assist the hated
Teuton and when she publicly snub-
bed their officials. and as queen and
woman gave impetus to that incon-
querable spirit which dominated the
remnants of Rumania and inspired
her peoples to loyalty to the cause of
right and justice. She said:
you know 1 kept my country loyal
to your cause"
Still Sadly Dependent
That Rumania of today is almost
entirely dependent upon her friends
and that if Rumania emerges into
definitely organized economic and
financial existence there must be out
side aid from other powers is frank
ly admitted by her majesty. She dis
cussed at length the great natural
resources of her country. the money
that would be necessary to habilitate
Rumania industrially and the neces-
sity, of doing so, for even she. cour-
ageous as she has at all times proven
herself admits that periis abound in
continued state of disorga nization oc-
casioned by the rigors of war. That
she herself has dealt with firm hand
in combating the forces of sedition
and anarchy which would take ad-
vantage VI tHe "oiio uiSo' sdAiLSo
state also was revealed by her maj
esty during the course of her con-
versatile on Rumania's needs.
I'VE need capital" she said. Great
Britain and America can supply it.
We must turn to you. We can no
longer turn to the Germans as we
once did in way. OF course. Ru-
mania never will surrender her nat
ural resources to outside interests.
Our oil, with which we run our rail-
ways and heat our homes, and our
timber. which will he much needed
throughout the world, particularly in
Europe. compose our capital. To it
the government will cling without
granting perpetual grants. We can
not do that. We must retain grip
on our capital resources. but there
are opportunities for outside capital
to help us in our development.