Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1919 — ROUMANIA’S KING SNOT BY REBELS [ARTICLE]

ROUMANIA’S KING SNOT BY REBELS

Ferdinand Flees From Palace With Family and Is Wounded by Workmen. SIXTY KILLED, 160 WOUNDED Uprising Laid to Bolshevist Propa-ganda-Rioters Shout “Down With the Puppet*! Long Live the Republic!” Berlin; Feb. 14.—A general Insurrection is In progress In Roumania, snys a Vienna dispatch. King Ferdinand was wounded slightly in attempting to tlee from Bucharest with the • royal family. Workingmen blocked the road to the palace when the royal family attempted to tlee to. Jassy and tiie king was wounded in the battle that followed. The workmen are freely demanding the overthrow of the dynasty, crying. “Down with the puppets; long live the republic!” The rebels attacked the palace and many shots were exchanged between the royal troops and the workingmen. 60 Killed and 160 Wounded. The uprising is laid to boishevlst propaganda. In one clash between the troops and the workingmen W peofde>ere killed and 160 wounded. The discipline of the Roumanian army Is collapsing. The food and economic situation is rapidly grow ng worse and the country’s finances are completely demoralized. The position of the Bratlano cabinet Is declared to be untenable. u Date Back to December. Since early in December there have been recurring reports of grave disorders In Roumania, but there never has been any official confirmation. On December 1 it was reported that Bucharest was burning, but the report was denied the next day, and on December 3 King Ferdinanu and the royal family were welcomed to Bucharest on their return from Jassy, which had been the temporary capital while the Germans were In possession of Periled by Bolshevik!. The internal situation in Roumania, however, has been most unsettled, and the government has had to deal both with socialist agitators at home and bolshevik propagandists from Russia. The reconstruction task of the government has been hard because of the manner in which the Germans pillaged the country during the occupation. Roumanian money, printed and floated by the Germans, has been causing financial difficulties. Premier Bratiano is a liberal in politics and antl-Gemian. On February 2 he appeared before the sup»me council of the peace conference in Paris, and there has been no report concerning his whereabouts since.