9781787374867 by Anonymous

Author:Anonymous [Anonymous]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

The action of Rumania depended upon Italy, and on Rumania, again, hinged the policy of Bulgaria. It was believed that close relations existed between Rumania and Italy, since both were to some extent Latin Powers, and both were free from diplomatic entanglements at the moment. The position of the former was a curious one. Her king was a German, of the Catholic branch of the Hohenzollerns; she had no special love for Russia, since the Peace of Berlin deprived her of Bessarabia; and the Austrian possession of Transylvania remained a bone of contention with the Dual Monarchy. She was bound to benefit by neutrality, for she remained the one great granary open to the Teutonic League, and, after the Russians had seized Galicia, the only source of German oil supplies. Her strategic position on Austria’s flank made her intervention of considerable military importance, for she could put in the field nearly half a million troops. The death of King Carol on 10th October removed the chief dynastic bond with Germany, and the Russian domination of the Bukovina seemed to forebode a summary cutting off of her activities as an importer of wheat and oil. The sympathies of her people were with the Allied cause, but her course craved wary walking, and for the first months of war she maintained a decorous and observant neutrality, waiting for Italy to give the lead.

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