New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-20
Regency Of Three
Leading Rumanians,
Probably Will Contin-
ue Until Child Ruler
Becomes Of Age.
Queen Marie and Daughter
at Bedside of Dying
Monarch as He Sue.
cumbs to Long Wasting
Illness.

Bucharest, Rumania, July 20 R-
Prince Michael, young son Of former
Crown Prince Carol, will be pro.
Gained king of Rumania to succeed
his grandfather at four o'clock this
afternoon, 1t was announced early
today.
Prince Michael, whose mother is
Princess Helen Of Greece. was born
October rs, 1921, and was created
heir apparent on December 81, 1925,
on his fathers renouncing his rights
to the succession.
| Some time ago a regency council
was appointed for Prince Michael,
the regency consisting Of Prince
Nicolas, % year old son of King
Ferdinand. the patriarch of Ruman.
ia, and the chief pustice of the su.
preme court.
| Bucharest, Rumania, July 20 W
king Ferdinand of Rumania died
at 2:15 o'clock this morning Of
cancer.
The monarch's long fight against
that disease came to a close at the
! Chateau De Pelishor at Siniai, the
summer residence of the Rumaniaa
royal family.
Wife and Daughter There.
The end came suddenly but was
peaceful. Members of the royal
family were at his bedside, Queen
Marie and their daughter, Queen
Marie OF Jugoslavia. having arrived
/ before death came. Former King
I George of Greece and his wife,
Elizabeth, another daughter of the
Rumanian monarch also were pres
ent.
Ferdinand's death had long been
expected and the simple country
folk who loved him more as a kind
father than as king knew that the
disease which he was so stoically
battling would be fatal.
| "Ferdinand The Loyal"
ferdinand the Loyal was what
the allies called him during the
days of the great war and "Ferdi.
! nand the Loyal" was what he re-
manned to his own people who. un-
| troubled by the dynastic politics
that disturbed the upper strata of
Ruman Man society, looked to the
| aging king to lead them through
the unhappy postwar years to hap
piness.
! 1t was Ferdinand's tremendous
will power that put death off for 80
| long a time, his friends avow.
Kept Alive BY viii.
Last year. just after Queen
: Marie's hurried return from her
E, visit to the United States, his physt.
clans gave him up for lost. But the
king was firm in the hope that he
might help to place his country on
a stable political basis despite fac
tional disputes and conflicts among
powerful interests. Then too some
think he hoped to Sc once more be-
(! fore death came his wayward son
Carol, "the n,adcap Of the Balkans"
Ferdlnand's physicians urged him
to go abroad to a warmer climate to
give nature a chance to assist their
own healing efforts. but dynast.c
and political elements played their
, part and Ferdinand decided to re-
main in Bucharest.
Body Wasted Away.
For months King Ferdinand's
body, assailed by many maladies.
has been shrinking and his weighe
was reduced tc less than 100 pounds.
One Of the last acts of Ferdi-
nand's reign was to oring about the
! creation of Il government under the
Bratianos whom he trusted and who
, with him. were influential in swing
! ing Rumania into the great war on
the side of the allies-an act in
| which Ferdinand flung himself
, against his own kin, for he was a
| Hohenzollern.
Only a few weeks ago Prem er
Averscu, to whom dictatorial dreams
were credited in some circles, was
removed from the head of the gov
eminent and a more inclusive gov
eminent vas formed under Prince
| Stirbey, one of the richest Ruman-
| ians and long a favorite at court, to
hold the reins until the Bratianos
were ready to step into power again.
Carol Definitely Out.
Those who know Rumania are
| quite unanimous in the conviction
that the regency for young Prince
Michael. Carols son. will prevail as
provided by law and that there 10
almost no possibility Of Carol as.
cending the throne. Carols friends
in Rumania are few and far be-
tween and certainly are not strong
enough to impose him upon tho
| country. Nor has there been any
| indication thai Carol cares to como
back home. That he is not wealthy
and that he does not work, every
one knows, but that he has suffl-
cient sources Of income to live .
leisurely life near Paris Is obvious
to all who have observed his COM