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Show mm ii 0UM51EEDS Marie Disclaims Fear of Bolshevism if Food Is Supplied Nation. PA CIS, Thursday, March 6. (By the Associated Press. j--Quoen Marie of R't-mania R't-mania declared today that, in spite of the pilht of h'T country and tho sufferings of the poor ile in the war, there Is no ! dangur of i;oish-vlsm there If supplies of i food tan he secured. Speaking of condl- ! Lions in Rumania during the war, the quu'-n said: "We .suffered even worse than did Belgium. Bel-gium. Sue had Lngland and Franco by her .side and behind them stood America, while wo had only Russia to depend upon. When the Russians carno to assist us, all they did was to ea our food. They were never of any real aid. German plot t era saw to that, and when Russia broke we v. ere absolutely isolated. "1 have no fear of Bolshevism in Human Hu-man la if food is prov ided i nimed iately-We iately-We are used to btug shabby and can go without clothes and shoes, but must have food. Tt is very difficult io distribute food In niy country, because of the wholesale destrucrion of railroads and the t hef t of loeomot ives, cars and horses. We have no Iron to rebuild ruined bridges, but are using wood to repair thesa Ftructurcs. The Imperative need is locomotives. Our oil fields nro producing oil for engines and for export, but we have no means of moving it. "l lunger produces revolution and Bolshevism. Bol-shevism. The Polshevlki are cowards. They will not stalid before an organized force. Wo do not fear them, and they have failed in their efforts to ruin Rumania. Ru-mania. I have gone about in perfect safety in my war work." Queen "Mario expressed deep appreciation apprecia-tion of tho work done by tho American Red Cross. Thousands of American tried to assist Rumania by sending supplies to that country by the way of Russia, but the queen said that the most of them never reached their intended dest Ina-i Ina-i tion. She will con for with I lerbert C. ! Hoover, chairman of the supreme food i council, tomorrow, and expressed con ft -i deuce today that the- council will aid EUi mania. Tho queen called attention to the French war cross, with a palm, which she wears. "I was given that cross by tho French government," she said, "because officials said I was a good - soldier. I prize it more highly than any decorations I have." |