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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1918)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 25. 1918. 7 C i I LOT OF ROUMANIA KING IS UNHAPPY UNDER HUN RULE Teutons Employ Every Possible Means to Make Position as Uncomfortabls as Possible. By Associated-Prest. Jassy, Roumania, July 15. (By Courier to the Paris Correspondent of the Associated Press.) Threat ened with the bludgeon of German militarism and with loss of the throne of Koumania if they offend thtf sensi bilities or oppose the policies of their German masters, the fate of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Rou mania is most unhappy. Germany has resorted to every means of mak- ing their lot as uncomfortable as possible. Living today in the little village of Bicaz, on the Roumanian-Austrian frontier, in what amounts to a self imposed exile, every convenience or accommodation that might be con sidered a privilege has been taken from them by the Germans, who now have the country and the people completely subjugated artd shackled. No opportunity has been lost by the Germans to exact retribution from the queen for her action in bringing Roumania to fight against the central powers, and no discourt esy or slight is considered too great tor the king tor what the Germans consider his betrayal of the Hohen- zoller tives. When the queen sought recently to write to her mother, the duchess of Edinburgh,- who is now living in Gotha, Germany, the German author ities told her she could do so only by sending the envelope unsealed and having the contents examined by the censor. In the letter the queen at tempted to describe her anguish of mind and heart and the harshness of the German rule, but every such ref erence was summarily cut out by the censor. Again, when her majesty cabled to the American Red Cross appealing t'pi i'.:c sympathy and support of the j'i-u;:'e of i ' United States, the Ger man ofikia j in Jassy threw every ob stacle in the way and finally passed .the message in an expurgated form. The king likewise is made to bear many unpleasant experiences. When recently the Rumanian parliament jnraa preparing to reassemble for the purpose of ratifying the German peace treaty, King Ferdinand was asked to open the proceedings. His majesty found it a very painful duty. Toavoid fulfilling it, he kept to his bed for three days and insisted he was not equal to the task. On the third day, M. Marghiloman, the pro-German prime minister, came to the pal ace with an ultimatum. In the most uncompromising manner he said to the king: "Open parliament today or you will zollern family and his own blood rela &$t A Scene in the Residence Section Looking &sl f? Kit an3M &m Hb.. jw.vUf.MVM.:' HBUMWVv.sts.... .uuuWIMXM'.v.'jik : . : y .-.'w : . J accept my resignation I now hold in my 4 be forced to as premier, which hand." The king realized that if Marghil oman resigned a new cabinet would be formed, with M. Carp, his bitterest antagonist, as its probable head, and that his dynasty would then be over thrown. So he yielded to Marghilo man's threat and went to the National theater in Jassy, where the sessions of parliament are held, and delivered a perfunctory address which occupied not more than four of five minutes. Only the members who were avowed ly German were present. Toward the German authorities the king and queen are forced by circum stances to maintain an attitude quite contrary to the innermost feeling of their hearts. The royal family and indeed all the loyal Roumanians place their hope in the United States and the allred nations. Fate of circum stances will compel them for the pres et to tolerate the domination and yoke of Germany, but they look final ly to the entente allies to deliver them from the bondage into which the German emperor has forced them. Marriage Rate High in Sweden; Birth Rate Low Stockholm, Aug. 24. 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LALLEY WILSON ELECTRIC' CO., Distributors. 2416 Farnam St, Omaha. ures indicate the highest marriage rat since 1907, but the birthrate 20.8V-nd the death rate 13.35 were the lowest ever recorded in Sweden. CANADA SENDS MOUNTED PATROL TO AID SIBERIA Famous Scarlet Riders Will Be Dispatched Overseas for Work in Disturbed Country. Regint, Sask., Aug. 24. Canada's scarlet riderj are coin? to Siberia. The provinces from the Great Lakes to the Pacific were thrilled by the of ficial annonucement that a unit of royal northwest mounted police will be mobilized immediately at Regina to form part of a Canadian force in eastern Asia. Last April permission was given the members of this famous patrol to enlist for overseas service. In stantly scores of these men joined the military forces of the Dominion, and since then a number have been deco rated for bravery in action. Their departure left zaps in the ranks of the mounted police, but they were rapidly filled. The first unit of policemen-soldiers is to consist of 160 men and 180 horses. A "limited number" of re cruits will be accepted, but all must be expert horsemen and crack shots. The fame of the mounted police must be upheld in Siberia, it is declared. Terror to Criminals. For more than 40 years the relent less, determined mounted riders have truck terror to the hearts of crimin als from the grain fields and mountains of the American border to the white wastes of the Arctic. Stories of their achievements almost form a part of western Canada' history. When a mounted policeman started after a criminal he brought him back or re ported where he buried him. Indian troubles in the district now comprised by the Dakotas and Mon tana were chiefly responsible for the organization of the Canadian mounted police. Sioux Indians often fled into Canada when pursued closely by American soldiers. When they be gan to commit depredations in the Dominion the mounted police was organized. 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