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Show FACTIONAL STRIFE. An echo of the Versailles epuforence is heard in Rumania, w-hich now is the theater for political disturbances of far-reaching possibilities. Tho trouble began with the elections of last November No-vember and started with the growing socialist party, composed of syndical-isiSv syndical-isiSv and oil workers. Tho country is split into two hostile camps. In tho ouo aro tho liberal party under Bra-ti.mo, Bra-ti.mo, former prime minister, and the conservatives, so-called Germanopliiles, vnu:er M. Marghilomau, who was premier pre-mier during tho Germ.m occupation. They have no formal alliance, for Mar-ghiiotnan Mar-ghiiotnan is regarded as a friend of the enemy, but they stand together broadly on policy. In tiie opposite camp are the democrats, led by Jonescu and Averesco, and tho socialists. This faction fac-tion protested against the election results. re-sults. The question dividing tho liberals and the democrats was this: Does Kumania accept the peace treaty drawn up in Paris, or does she stand out against it, thereby risking the opposition of tM allirc? The liberal and conservative elements opposed ratification, the democrats dem-ocrats and socialists urging acceptance. Back of this situation lies tho promise made by the entente in 1916, when Kumania Ku-mania eutered the war as an enemy of the central powers. That promise was that Rumania, should receive all the Banat province. Ia tho Paris settlement set-tlement Kumania received only about two-thirds of Bacat, most of the remainder re-mainder going to Jugo-S'.avia and a small portion to Hungary. There is ab;o a strip of western Transylvania i,v i. .a.:,,.:... 1. .' . i- .-A -' -, ti-.r-ar-- i ; r'-r-.- -. !',:rM:i i . b.t: ;.r v.- ' ' A-:vna" v, gran- ,.;.,! ;o 'Jril n::n:r. -. Ia ): .-!. a ei-f imu"rity i.i c j -'. or 1, It'. t!;'-ri; CvLfn.ici, i: ::. . j i ai.d B.i-r:-i. .:: :b :a i- 'aa v . h i's ni : n ;ri ii-.. !u.it. i t'Ou: u.i.t I s fr'iit a ''J' - ar -u:'; ef 1 j:;' piay. 11. li jiii.iuiaiij ic-ul ti.e no :"'i that t b y r:iuu'''. he t-Mcd to tetel tiiis miu'Try r-ui' in :u a fair and ;UC':e.;ul n.auucr. When Marghiloman fell ti;m po'.vcr after the Germans 1. ft h'uniunia. Bra-tiano Bra-tiano di-ol veil ( .; confer', ai : e so-calied so-calied yro-tjHrin.'in parliament. He ruled eight in-jctbs - i t ! u t au aiem-bly. aiem-bly. After fuiliug to obtnin what he wautei in Pans he ri'-igncd as prime minister. Then ti:e democrats arked tlie king to summon a Transylvunian, ho had in no way mixed in rtumauian polities, to form a cabinet until the elections wero over. l'erdinaud refused, re-fused, choosing General Vaimiano, Bra.tiaiio's old minister of war, who, in turn, cho.-tf five other gcuerais for his cabinet, so that a military regime ruled the nation at the time of tho general gen-eral elections. Political offenders wore tried by court martial, not by civil tribunals. The king has thus aroused the democrats demo-crats to open hostility. Coupled with the internal political dissension is the international situation created by Rumania's Ru-mania's occupation of portions of Huu-gary Huu-gary following tho disturbanens which led to the overthrow of the Bela Kun government in Budapest. The supreme council has not definitely disposed of the complications making up the Rumanian Ru-manian puzzle. Meantime tho parliament parlia-ment in Bucharest marks time, owing to tho refusal of the socialists to participate partici-pate in its proceedings so long as the present government, functions. The opposition op-position is endeavoring to force the election of a new parliament which will bo mandated lo accept the treaty of Paris at its face value. |