[From the Paris Temps of Sept. 25, 1914.]
Mr. Diamandy, Rumanian Minister at Petrograd and an ardent advocate of
Rumanian intervention, has returned to the Russian capital after a
voyage to Bucharest, where he went in order to explain his views to
his Government.
The return of Mr. Diamandy to Petrograd is regarded as a favorable
omen, as this diplomat had expressed previous to his departure that he
would not come back to his post if he were not successful in placing
Rumania on the side of the Triple Entente.
On the other hand, l'Agence de Balkans is in receipt of the following
dispatch from Bucharest, Sept. 19, 1914:
"The semi-official papers of the Rumanian Government have published
the following statement with regard to the Treaty of Bucharest: The
viewpoint of Rumania on the subject of the Treaty of Bucharest, and of
its connection with the European war, has been discussed and
established in a council of the Crown, held on the 21st of July, (Aug.
3, N.S.) In the Treaty of Bucharest the Rumanian interest was not
bound to fixed frontier lines, except so long as these assured an
equilibrium necessary to Rumania. Rumania was not obliged to protect
this equilibrium in its actual form any longer than in her mind this
could be possibly maintained.
"If the European war, in its future consequences, should bring about
certain modifications in the actual frontiers of one or the other of
the Balkan States, the interest of Rumania requires that the Balkan
equilibrium be established in accordance with the changes made to
correspond with the purpose of maintaining the real equilibrium in its
new form, no matter what the frontier lines will be in their final
re-establishment. In connection with the attitude of Rumania in the
presence of the European war no new decision has been taken. All the
political parties are subjecting their attitude to the action of the
Government. Mr. von Busch, the new Minister of Germany, has arrived
and was received yesterday in confidence by King Charles."