RUMANIA DECLARES WAR
ON AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
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Rumania has entered the war with the entente allies. Official
announcement is made at Berlin that the existence of a state of war
with Austria-Hungary was proclaimed in Bucharest yesterday
evening.
Predetermined Play
Xo indications have been received thus i?z of the immediate
effect on the military situation in th* Balkans which now becomes
of preponderant importance, or of the moves doubtless already inau
gurated by Rumania and by her opponent, which had been making
preparations for this eventuality. It is to be expected Rumania will
follow a plan of campaign mapped out by the high council of the
entente powers, whether against Austria-Hungary or Bulgaria or
both. An indication that Rumania moved in accordance with a pre
determined plan of the entente allies is found in the fact that her
declaration of war was made on the same day as Italy's declaration
against Germany.
Germany Will Declare War
The official announcement from
Berlin adds the information that on
receipt of the news of Rumania's ac
tion the Federal Council was called
for an immediate session. This may
forecast a declaration of war by Ger
many against Rumania. The constitu
tion of the German empire stipulates
that the emperor may declare war if
defensive, but when war is not merely
defensive he must have the consent
of the Bundesrath, or Federal Coun
cil.
Bucharest dispatches received yes
terday stated that King Ferdinand of
Rumania had convened a conference
of representatives of all the political
parties, former premiers, former pres
idents of the legislative chambers,
ministers and government representa
tives with the idea of ascertaining the
views of all sections of public opinion.
The "Wolff Bureau, which makes the
announcement that Rumania has
cast her fortunes with the entente al
lies is a semiofficial German agency
which frequently is used as an avenue
for making public announcements.
Rumania is the fourteenth nation to
join the war. Her intervention either
on the side of the entente allies or the
central powers has been awaited with
symptoms of concern by both since
the beginning of the great conflict.
This is due not entirely to Ru
mania's military strength, but also
to the strategic advantages of her
geographical position and the fact
that her entry into the struggle opens
to the Russian army a gateway
through Rumania to attack the Bul
garians from the north, while the al
lied army having its base at Saloniki I
attacks them and the German allies
from the south.
Best Army in Europe
Nevertheless. Rumania's military
strength is by no means inconsider
able. The country has a population of
*BOO.OOO and her army has been es
timated at 580,000. It often has been
described as one of the most thorough
ly equipped and disciplined armies in
Europe, but recent information from
Bucharest has thrown some doubt
upon its quality. Lately it has been
stated that Rumanian officers are ill
trained and undisciplined, that Ru
mania has no heavy artillery and that
its flying service is inferior. Some ad
vocates of Rumania's participation in
the war have asserted that she could
mobilize as many as 1.000.000 men. 1
The mobilization of her army has
been in progress for months and a few .
days ago was reported to be complete.
The motive which prompts Rumania
to enter the war is the satisfaction of
her "national aspirations'' described
bv Take Jonescu. the Rumanian lib
eral leader, as the "policy of national
Instinct." Concisely this means na
tional expansion. In the southern
half of Bukowina. the Austrian crown
land, the Rumanians are the domi
nant race. The mass of the people of
Eastern Transylvania, a part of Hun
gary. is Rumanian by race and lan
guage. It is said 4.000.000 Ruman
ians live in Transylvania.
Rumania has been credited with a
long cherished ambition to annex
these provinces and at the same time
"liberate" the Rumanians now under
Austrian domination. Recently it was
reported Russia has offered Czernowitz
to Rumania as a reward if she would
unite with the entente.
Rumania also covets Bessarabia, the
extreme southwestern province of
Russian, on the Black Sea. which was
taken from her by the Berlin treaty of
IS7S. Reports have stated that Rus
sia also has consented to restore Bes
sarabia as a war price, with its popu
lation of mostly Rumanians,
and an area of 20.000 square mile«
This with Transylvania would give
Rumania a total population approach
ing 13.000.000 and should all her as
pirations be satisfied, territorr as
great in area as that of England
Scotland and Wales.
May Pour Through Passes
Rumania has a border line as long
as the whole Russian western war
front on which to choose her point of
military attack. In what direction her
first blow might he aimed is only in-
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! dicated by her desire to pour her
troops through the passes of the Tran
sylvania Alps and the Carpathians into
Transylvania. On the other hand.
Austria has been accumualting mili
; tary forces at Orsova prepared to at
tempt to force the "iron gates" where
I the Danube river touches the western
Rumanian border. Bulgaria is said to
have stationed 100,000 or more troops
along the southern bank of the Dan
: übe to protect her northern frontier
from the Rumanian invasion.
Apprehension in Germany that Ru
mania intends to permit a Russian
I army to march through her territory
i to attack the Bulgarians has been ap
; parent for some time. Military au
■ thorities in Budapest assert that the
| chief factor for the consideration of
the central powers is not the half a
million or more men of the Rumanian
i army but the opportunity offered for a
new Russian invasion of Hungary.
Rumanian sympathizers in Transylva
nia have been sent to other sections
and the Rumanian priests and
churches there have been kept under
military supervision. The Transylva
nia-Rumania frontier defenses have
| been strenthened by Austria as a
i precaution against Rumanian invasion
Powerful influences on the part of
most of the central powers and the en
tente allies have been exerted at Buch
arest to influence her decision in the
war for the last two years. Recently
reports from the Rumanian capital
have stated that Rumania awaited
only the beginning of the Anglo-
French offensive in Macedonia before
Joining her fortunes with those of the
\ entente allies.
Another reason for delay in her de
! cision. it is said, has been lack of am
munition which now has been relieved
1 by large supplies coming from Japan
by the way of Vladivostok,according to
recent reports.
Dispatches from Athens indicate
that popular feeling is stirred deeply
|by occupation of Greek territory by
Bulgarian forces although this move
was sanctioned by the Greek govern
ment. Fifty thousand Greeks joined
in a popular demonstration yesterday
before the residence of former
Premier Venizelos, an ardent sup
porter of the entente allies. The for
mer premier urged that a committee
be sent to King Constantine to warn
him not to use his influence in the
forthcoming general elections, because
the results would be "destructive," and
to request him to give the present gov
ernment which favors a policy of
neutrality, full political authority, at
the same time preparing the army for
"a possible rupture of existing con
ditions.-'
Weather Holding Operations
Little information is released by the
, censors in regard to the campaign on
the Macedonian front, the Bulgarians
claiming consistent gains on the west
ern end of the line are lengthening
the front and pushing into Albania.
An official announcement made in
London to-day refers only to scat
tered artillery actions.
Bad weather is interfering with
operations on the Somme front. Be
fore Verdun the Germans returned to
the attack last night. Paris reports
that several assaults on French posi
| Uons at Fleury were repulsed.
War Is Declared on
Germany by Italy After
Hesitating For a Year
Rome. Aug. 28. ltaly yesterdav
declared war on Germany.
Rome requested the Swiss govern
ment to inform Berlin tnat Italv con
siders herself at war with Germany
from and after August 28.
Italy and Germany have been drift
ing steadily toward war. In fact,
Italy's formal declaration amounts to
little more than official recognition of
a state of affairs which already exist
ed. The declaration became inevitable
when Italy recently sent troops to
Saloniki to co-operate in the cam
paign of the Entente Allies on the
Macedonian front, as Germany is di
recting the opposing forces and has
j troops on this battle line.
Long Drifted to War
Italy's position in regard to Ger-
I many has been an anomalous one
since Italy withdrew from the Triple
Alliance May 23 of last year and de
clared war on Austria. Although by
this act she arrayed herself against
her former allies, Germany and
Austria and Italy, and when he saw
; peace with Germany. Before Italy
i took this step. Germany exerted every
effort to induce her to remain neutral
sending to Rome as Ambassador
Prince von Buelow, one of the ablest
statesmen of Germany. The Prince
tor some time averted war between
Ausj tria and Italy, and when she saw
a rupture was inevitable took steps
j toward preservation of an official
peace between Germany and Italy. He
negotiated a special agreement under i
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■which, in case of war between Austria
and Italy. Germany and Italy pledged
themselves to respect the properties
and lives of their respective subjects
in each other's domains. This meant
for Germany a guarantee of many
millions of dollars' worth of proper
ties in Italy and for Italy the safety of
3 0,000 Italian subjects in Germany.
Allies Dissatisfied
It is declared that Italy's Alttes were
dissatisfied and at the Paris council
of Entente Powers, in February last,
asked the Italian representatives why
their nation was not at war with Ger
many. Italy already had agreed not
to conclude a separate peace, and at
the Paris conference sanctioned the
plan for a permanent high council of
the Entente Powers for future conduct
of the war.
The increasing co-operation among
the Entente Allies and the necessity
for bringing into service Italy's sur
plus of troops which could not be em
ployed on the other front without
bringing on war with Germany,
gradually brought Italy into such a
position that it became evident a
declaration of hostilities against Ger
many was only a matter of time.
The first overt act in this direction
occurred shortly after the Paris con
ference, probably as a result of it. On (
February 29 Italy requisitioned thirty- j
four of the thirty-seven German j
steamships interned in Italian ports, to i
help meet the pressing needs of the;
Allies for shipping facilities. Other I
indications of approaching war have
RARRE3BURG TELEGRAPH
I been observed in recent weeks. AI
! German court ruled that Italy and
i; Germany were actually, though not
i formally, at war. It was reported un
-1 officially that Germany had taken j
■: charge of the defense of Trieste. A I
| more definite indication was the sever- I
ance last month of the last tie be-
S tween the nations. The commercial j
J agreement providing for mutual re- j
: | spect of the rights of each other's sub- ;
11 jects was denounced. The final step i
, ! was the sending of Italian troops to
' Saloniki.
i Although officially at peace Italy i
:j and Germany severed diplomatic re- :
! lations last year. On the day after'
■ i Italy's declaration of war against i
' | Austria. Prince von Buelow and his!
staff left Rome, and two days later.
the Italian Ambassador at Berlin was
; withdrawn. That was why Italy 1
(adopted the unusual procedure of j
j asking Switzerland to inform Ger-1
j many of her declaration of war.
, I Italy's .action probably will have!
| little effect on the military situation |
in the immediate future, although as
\ the war goes on it may have a more I
j important bearing. On the Austro- \
I Italian front Italy finds active use for
j hardly more than half her army and |
in future can send available troops to j
| any front.
Having committed herself already j
;to the Macedonian campaign, Italy's
I step is of no significance as respects j
: that theater of war. Germany here- j
| after will be free to take such parti
in the Austro-Italian campaign as may
be decided on by the Teutonic Allies,
either in the way of leadership or by
utilizing her soldiers when needed in
the rapid shifting of troops from one
front to another.
Greece Now Fears Loss
of Epiras as Well as
All Eastern Macedonia
By Associated Press
Athens, Auk- 27, via EoYidon, Aug. i
28. The landing of the first con-'
tingent of Italian troops at Chimara,
a small seaport of Albania on the
Strait of Otranto, causes gloom
throughout all Greece. The Greeks j
now see not only Eastern Macedonia I
in the hands of the Bulgarians, whom
they expelled from there three years
ago. but Northern Epirus in,the hands t
of the Italians.
Following the landing of the Italian
troops the Greek civil officers were I
temporarily relieved of their functions
and the telegraph wires were cut, but
this damage was soon repaired.
GREEKS IX DEMONSTRATION*
By Associated Press
Athens, Aug. 27, via London, Aug. !
28.—Fifty thousand Greeks joined in
a demonstration before the residence I
of Venizelos, the former premier., to-'
day and cheered him with boundless |
enthusiasm when he urged them to
AUGUST 28, 1916.
send a committee to King Constantine
to urge him to support the present
government and prepare the army for
"a probable rupture of existing con
ditions."
British to Release Dutch
Fishing Boats on Conditions
London, Aug. 28.—The Daily Mail
says an agreement has been signed be
tween the Dutch Fishing Association
and the British government regarding
the future disposal of Dutch herring
catches and providing for the release
of from 120 to 150 Dutch fishing boats
which have been laid up in Scottish
ports for some weeks past.
The vessels will be released, the
newspaper says, on condition that Ger
many receive no more than 20 per
cent, of the season's catch. Holland
will retain another 20 per cent, for
home consumption, while the remain
ing 60 per cent, will be sold to neutral
countries only. On every barrel of
this 60 per cent, the British govern
ment agrees to pay a bonus of 30 shil
lings to the Dutch owners. The Daily
Mail concludes by saying that fisher
men believe America will get most of
the 60 per cent, which goes to neutrals.
GRKAT ENTHUSIASM IN LONDON
London, Aug. 28. Rumania's dec
laration of war against. Austria-Hun
gary, while not unexpected, aroused
the greatest enthusiasm in London.
PICXIC AT DAUPHIN"
Special to the Telegraph
Dauphin, Pa., Aug. 28.—A party of
young people enjoyed a picnic at Sing
ersville on Saturday. During the after
noon swimming and other sports were
indulged in. A chicken corn soup din
ner was served to the party, which in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. William Roden
haver, Mrs. Blanch Robinson, Mrs. Ed
ward Sellers, Miss Bertha Sellers, Miss
Ruth Zimmerman, Miss Arne Shaffer,
Miss Ruth Shaffer, Miss Esther Shaffer,
Miss Helen Louise Wallis, Miss Sabra
Clark, Ralph Seiders, Glenn Green
wood. Charles Steiner. Edward Eberts,
Joseph Dillon, Charles E. Shaffer,
Ralph Kennedy and E. T. Mansfield.
GIRL i>iks from typhoid
Special to the Telegraph
Millersburg, Pa., Aug. 28. Miss
Alma Hoff, aged 19 years, died at her
home here on Saturday night from
typhoid fever.
TO CHANGE EAGLES* NAME
Application was made to the Dauphin
County Court to-day to change the
name of the Eagle Home Association to
Harrisburg Aerie, Fraternal Order of
Eagles.
I-ABOU UNION'
A meeting of the Central Labor
union will be held in the rooms of
the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor,
222 Market street, at 8 o'clock this
evening.
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