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Show 0 EHUKD ABDICATION OF KING' FERDINAND ' Peace Terms Submitted to ! Rumania by Austria In- elude New Ruler. ! LONDON, March 1. The peace terms ! submitted to King Ferdinand of Rumania 1 by Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungariar. j foreign minister, included the, king's ab-j ab-j dication in favor of his brother, Prince William, or the taking of a referendum in Rumania regarding his successor, according ac-cording to a Berlin dispatch transmitted : by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent correspond-ent at Amsterdam. JASSV, Rumania, Tuesday, February 1 26. An of licial note announcing that Rumania has decided to enter into peace negotiations with the central powers declares de-clares reports that Rumania will accept peace at any price ate untrue. The government, gov-ernment, it is added, will only enter into negotiations if assured that they will be conducted on a basis acceptable in every respect. King Ferdinand of Rumania, a prince of the house of Hohenzullern, was denounced de-nounced as a renegade by his brother, Prince William of Hohenzollern. In December, De-cember, UU6, when the Invasion of Rumania Ru-mania by the central powers was under way, and Prince William, who is a general gen-eral of Prussian infantry, was in command com-mand of a part of the invading force. Prince William became a pretender to the throne of Rumania at that time, issuing issu-ing a proclamation declaring himself to be" the rightful heir to the Rumanian throne. Prince William is 51 years old. He renounced re-nounced all rights of succession to the Rumanian throne in 1SSG, when his uncle. Prince Charles, was elected hereditary ruler of that country by its people. His second wife, whom he married in 1915, was Princess Adelgonde of Bavaria. He has a daughter and two sons, both the latter being Prussian infantry officers. |