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Show PRICE LEOPOLD HAS CONFIDENCE Says Rumania Will Be Punished Pun-ished and Russians Cannot Can-not Break Through. Headquarters of tho Commander-in-Chief of tho German Armies In the East, Monday, September 4. Via Berlin, Ber-lin, Sept. 4, and London, Sept. 6, 11:55 a, m. How llttlo Rumania's entrance en-trance In tho war worries those in command of tho German eastern armies waa Indicated today when Crown Princo Leopold of Bavaria said to the Associated Press correspondent: correspond-ent: "Tho Rumanians have placed themselves them-selves in. a very had position. They will get their whacks, you may he suro, and If others get In they will get their's too." These words of tho prince "wore In Xoply to a question regarding the possible or probable offect of Rumania's Ru-mania's declaration of war. In replying, reply-ing, Prince Leopold dropped the friendly and almoBt benign, attitude he hod displayed throughout the interview inter-view the first granted to a correspondent corre-spondent since his promotion to the command'formorly hold by Field -Marshal von Hlndenburg. Hla eyes snapped almost angrily, his voice bo-came bo-came hard and sharp. In a moment, however, he dropped this topic nnd returned to questioning his visitors about the trip they had just completed along the Russo-German front In the neighborhood of Baronovlchl, admittedly admit-tedly one of the most important strategic points in relation to past as well as future offensives. The prince's expression of complete confidence that Rumania would be defeated de-feated was In the nature of a climax to countless declarations of belief from other officers that Russia would never be able to effect any important break In tho German lines. Tho correspondent cor-respondent was permitted to make an exhaustive inspection of miles of trenches which are more like 'fortresses 'fort-resses than anything else. They surpass sur-pass any other fortifications the correspondent cor-respondent had seen during many trips to tho eastern and western fronts. Prince Leopold did not look his seventy-odd years when ho received tho small group of visitors at his headquarters. head-quarters. He greeted each one with a firm hand shake; made minute Inquiries In-quiries regarding the newspapers represented rep-resented by each and with a smilo told tho two Americans tho United States was delivering too much ammunition to Germany's opponents. |