Jon Bratiano, paunchy Rumanian Premier, Alexander Constantinesco, Minister of Finance, and M. Atnonescu, Minister of Justice, left Bucharest for Brûsa near Constantinople to negotiate with the Turks a military alliance against Russia. The parley came to an abrupt end, however, Russian influences having forced Turkey to decline a Rumanian alliance.
Rumania is at present between devil and sea. The hostile attitude of Russia toward her on account of the Bessarabian dispute (TIME, April 14) makes it imperative that she seek allies in case of Russian attack.
Czecho-Slovakia and Jugo-Slavia, Rumania's partners in the...
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