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Show LONDON PAPERS WELLJLEASED They Review the Influence Rumania Will Have in the Great War. London, Aug. 28. All the London morning papers give most of their editorial space to discussion of Rumania's Ru-mania's entry Into tho war, emphasizing empha-sizing its economic, political and moral, mor-al, as well as military effects. With reference to Us military signl-cance, signl-cance, the papers all assert that It alters the whole balance of man power in tne eastern and southeastern theaters, the-aters, brings Bulgaria between the upper and nether millstones and offers of-fers Russia a route to the heart of the enemey's country, a route whose defense involves a large. extension of tho enemy's line and an enormous increase in his responsibilities. The Dally News says: "It Is the envelopment of the central cen-tral powers which Russian success would complete that Is the capital fact oj the situation. Economically the Importance Im-portance of Rumania's step is the loss to the central powers of the supplies they have been drawing from the big Balkan state." The Express says: "Germany has been receiving cattle, cat-tle, wheat and petroleum from Rumania Ruma-nia in great quantities. This supply is now cut off when the demand is more urgent than ever." Politically, the London papers believe be-lieve Rumania's entry is likely to have its greatest effect in Greece, striking the hands of Venlzelos and the pro-entente party. The Morning Post says: "For her indecision and weakness Greece is now suffering heavily, but there are signs that under the teaching teach-ing of bitter experience, the Greek people are oomlng to their senses. They will be wise to look to it that their repentence does not come too late." The Daily Telegraph says: "Germany awakes after an orgy of hysterical delight over the same return re-turn of a submarine from America to hear that the strongest armed European Euro-pean neutral is ranged against her, ready for instant war at the point of greatest peril to her defensive scheme." oo |