_The Horrors of the Little Balkan Kingdom_
_Told by Queen Marie of Rumania_
Driven into exile with her many subjects, who had to retreat before
the Hun just as the Belgians and Serbians were forced out of their
peaceful homes in the debacle of war, Queen Marie of Rumania turned
to the pen, and with it pictured the horrors that have engulfed
the pretty little Balkan kingdom. Queen Marie was married to King
Ferdinand in 1893, and was then the Princess Marie of Edinburgh,
the daughter of Alfred I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince of
Great Britain and Ireland. Noted for her beauty, idolized by her
people, she has devoted herself to Red Cross work and the care of
her stricken people ever since the entry of Rumania into the war. In
devoting her pen to the cause of her adopted country, Queen Marie has
followed the example of her husband's aunt, the late Queen Elizabeth
(Carmen Sylva), whose charming books of poetry and prose deal almost
entirely with the customs and folklore of Rumania. In this article in
the _Philadelphia Public Ledger_ Queen Marie gives a graphic picture
of war-torn Rumania.