Evening star., 1927-11-24
BRAT|ANU, PREMIER
OF RUMAN|A, DIES
AFTER OPERATION
Son of Man Who Set Up
Present Monarchy Domi-
mated Nation rs Years.
BROTHER is APPOINTED
AS HEAD OF CABINET
Queen Marie Visits Dying Man.
Guards in Bucharest Ordered
Increased Threefold.
By the A Associated Press.


BUCHAREST, Rumania, November
c4.-Ionel Bratianu, for more than a
quarter of century dominating
personality in the political life of Ru
mania, died early today.
Thus in a period Of scant Tour
months Rumania has lost crowned
and "uncrowned" king-king F'erdl'
nand dying last July soon after Bra
tianu, upon whom he depended greatly
for advice, had taken over the pre-
miership again.
The premier died at 6:43 o'clock this
morning from a complication of dis
eases, which proved fatal after an op-
Grafton yesterday for an abscess of
the throat and for the removal of
diseased gland on the left side of his
lower jaw. He was 63 years old.
Dies While Asleep.
Don't be impatient; shall make a
good fight" were the last words ne
. wrote on a pad, which he handed TO
his young secretary. Then he lapseo
into sleep after renewed limitations
of oxygen until death came.
The cabinet was called into session
immediately at the premiers house,
and the premier's brother Fintela
was appointed premier by the regency
council He Immediately composed
new cabinet, consisting of former
members. and gave directions for the
trebling of guards throughout the
capital. Troops throughout Rumanla
were called to quarters.
Queen Marie was in constant teie-
phonic communication with the dying
him
late last night.
Queen Visits Him.
DO YOU feel better?" asked the
Queen of the man who more than any
one else was responsible for Carols S
Pronunciation.
The premier raised his arm and
feebly grasped the Queens hand. say
ing haltingly: Yes, your majesty.
How good and gracious it is of you to
come here at such an hour"
Ion i. c. Bratianu. familiarly called
lionel, diminutive, to distinguish him
from his father, who was also pre-
nier, came of a rich Rumanian fam
ily. long a power in the politics of the
Balkan country.
Born at Florica, the Bratianu fam
fly estate near Bucharest, he fell heir
to a tradition of wealth and position.
Father Led Uprising.
His father led the uprising of 1S4S
against the Turks, placed the Hohen-
zollern family on the throne in 1868.
and became the first prime minister.
From radicalism the family-now
Immensely wealthy by their control of
the oil and mineral resources of the
country-gradually turned to conserv-
atism.
lionel Bratianu was premier and
foreign minister in various CABINETS.
1t was his custom to retire when the
pressure against his virtual dictator
ship became too severe, but from ms
country home he still dictated the
Dolicies of the country. and was al
ways ready to return when ms per-
sonal leadership was needed.
Gained Worlds Attention.
The recent years of Bratianu's pre-
miership have constantly been mark
ed by events that attracted world.
wide attention. Crown Prince Carol
eloped and renounced his rights to the
throne. King Ferdinand died and
Carols son Michael. now aged 6, was
named King, with a regency in
various arrests in what he regarded
as a plot on Carols part to return
TO the country from France and try
TO attain the throne. The arrests
eliminated in the court-martial OF
Mjhail Manoilescu. who was acquitted.
Only last Sunday Bratianu, then
suffering from influenza, character.
ized as ridiculous reports that he in.
tended to establish a republic. His
party, the Liberals. he said, had af-
firmed consta ntly that Rumania could
prosper only under a hereditary
monarchy.