Evening star., 1938-07-18
QUEEN MARRIED
|. At S|NA|A PALACE
Of LONG ILLNESS
Famed Royal Beauty Was
Brought From Dresden
After Relapse.
PRIME MINISTER GIVES
EXTREME JUNCTION RITE
King Carol at Mothers Bedside
When Death Comes to
Dowager at SO.
Ey the Associated Press.

Z ire Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, July 1s.-Dowaser
Queen Marie Of Rumania, who helped
shape the destiny Of her country for
a generation, died today in her 63rd
year.
The Queen mother, famed for her
beauty, died at her Palace at Sinaia,
the royal summer residence, at s:2s
pm. ul:25 am, E. s. t..
Prime Minister Miron Cristea, who
also is patriarch Of the Rumanian Or
thodox Church, celebrated mass in
the palace Immediately after her pass
ing. Previously he had administered
extreme JUNCTION as death neared.
Flags at Half staff.
In Bucharest all public buildings i'm
mediately displayed flags at half stan.
King Carol, her son. and Crown
Prince Mihai and Princess Elizabeth
OF Greece were at the Queens bedside.
Her last illness found her in the
same bed in which her husband, King
Ferdinand, died in 1927
The Queen had been seriously i'll for
most of the past year However, only
Saturday she had returned to Ru-
mania from Dresden after a month in
sanatorium and had been welcomed
home tremendously.
There was serious relapse yes
terday. Physicians disclosed there had
been a hemorrhage on the return
from Germany. When another oc.
CURED today. they announced she was
in very dangerous condition
Bells Toll News.
All bells in churches and monas-
teries throughout Rumania tolled news
Of the death to the nation.
1t was announced that Marie would
be buried beside her husband In the
Curcia de Argesh Church. where lie
the bodies of all Rumania's former
kings.
Members of the cabinet left Bucha-
rest by special train for Sinaia
Three Rumanian court doctors and
specialist, who had accompanied
the Queen from Dresden, were with
her when she died.
Shaped Country's Destiny.
Marie. Dowaser Queen of Rumania,
attained international prominence by
the important role she played in shap-
ing the destiny of her adopted country
during and after the World War
English by birth, but reigning IS
consort of a Hohenzollern. she was
credited with keeping Rumania from
being drawn into the struggle on the
side Of the central powers and ulti-
mstely bringing it into the struggle as
one OF the allies. Its army was routed
and the country forced to sue for an
srmistice in December. 1917, but in
the end the kingdom was materially
expanded, and as a member Of the
little entente" along with Czechoslo-
vakia and Yugoslavia, became pivotal
state in the postwar Danubian prob
| lem
| But while Rumania thus was in
volved in a changing political picture,
Queen Marie had to struggle with tam
| gled family affairs. Before her hus-
band. King Ferdinand. died in 1927.
her eldest son. Carol. had renounced
his family and inheritance to live in
France with an inamorata, Magda
Lupescu. The throne thereupon went
to his 5-year-old son Michael under .
regency of five with Queen Marie and
Prince Nicholas, her second son, as
representatives of the dynasty.
Carol Gusts Son. -
That regime lasted until June. 1890,
when Carol by a spectacular airplane
dash. returned to oust his son and
reclaim the throne. The coup virtual
| ly erased his mother as a political
force. She had played that role for
many years, for King Ferdinand was
inclined to leave state affairs to his
ministers and his Queen. -
Her trip to the United States in
1925. ostensibly to dedicate museum
Of fine arts built near Seattle hy
Samuel Hill, a former Red Cross Of
| ficer in Rumania, was credited with
having been a factor in bringing
American investments in Rumania up
to more than $25,000,00 by 1890.
She and Carol long remained es-
tranged over his abandonment Of his
wife. former Princess Helen of Greece,
for Marie had been largely instru-
mental in arranging that match. But
Rumanians saw hope of a reconcilia-
tion between mother and son, when,
/ in October, 1896. she kissed him on
the occasion Of his 43rd birthday an
niversary.
Noted for her beauty, she was
resourceful, versatile and intellectual
(see QUEEN, Page AID