The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-25
Prince Carol Sadly Talks
 Of His Blasted Romance
Says Divorce Incident Now Closed and Oly Ambition Is to Discharge Duties as Heir to the Throne sss Rumania.
By Associated

we" 'olA' -Nus ust n2 m shgh' show of emotion. Prh " Carol of Ru- mania, in an interview tonight. re- ferred to his marriage to twenty-year- old titleless. dowerless Mme. zizi Lam primo and the subsequent annunment by his royal parents.
 [ T do not care to bring up past sor- rows" he said. the incident is closed and I only look forward to the dis charge of my duties as crown prince cf Rumania and heir to the throne"
 Upon his return to Rumania he said he would rejoin the army and assume command of his old mountain regiment and work with all energy for the future prosperity of his country.
 My present visit to the United States is only an informal and unof- ficial one" he said, but l intend to pay an official and longer visit some time later probably with the Queen, next spring.
 T am very much impressed by the beauty and charm of the American women and the tall buildings. They are wonderful.
 Your prohibition seems to be work
 
 welfare of the people, but in my coun- try, where we drink light wines and beer in modest quantities. there is nc need of prohibition.
 FINDS MANY FRIENDS
 q have seen with great pleasure that Rumania has many friends in the United States and I am convinced that it would have many more if the coun- try and conditions at home were bet ter known here.~ All Rumanans have kept in their hearts most grateful rel mem mbrances. of the admirable work done by the American Red Cross and the American relief mission. We will never forget that in our great need. the generous and unselfish help Ameri-- ca extended to starving and braN~ ally. have been able to see that thoS who came, and who know our country. and it's peasants, have learned to love and appreciate Rumania. That is why am convinced that more Americans crossing the seas to my country will help in making the economic and po- litical relations betwee4 us much more cordial"
 Prince Carol said that since peace had come Rumana had doubled in size and the population had grown from seven and half million to nearly twenty million.
 MUST RECOVER WEALTH
 "But that is not all, he continued. We must now work to bring back it's wealth Economically our country has suffered very heavily from the war. Everything the enemy desired he took from locomotives ta the last shirt on the peasants back. It is especially the peasants who have suffered, and the peasants are the principal part of our population. They have become the great est factor of overpopulation. They have become the greatest factor of the coun- try through two great reforms-unNersal suffrage and the division of the land. In Rumania nearly every peasant IS land owner and thus we have insured interior political stability. With this condition, bolshevism and other per nicious social doctrines cannot gain a grip on my people. 1t was a hne eVl- deAce of social and national solidity when our rich land owners gave up their' ground to the peasants. Here, as ai- ways. the example was first set by the king"
 The prince said that Rumania has so many natural products that it would soon become one of the richest countries in Europe
 I've are one of the granarles of Eu- rope.' he said and have oil in pro- fusion. We have large forests, mineral salt, natural gas and other minerals which will allow us to develop large and commerce.
 Every Rvnanian feels that he must put all his energy in this work. and we will welcome every aid which the United States can give US.
 sI can only encourage Americans 10 come over and see hls and thus to know us We have no aggressive intention against any of our neighbors with whom we> desire to live in peace
 Tomorrow Prince Carol will be the guest at lurcheon of Abram l. Eikus. judge of the court of appeals, at the Bankers Club.