File No. 763.72/2310

The Minister in Roumania, Servia, and Bulgaria (Vopicka) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

201. The defeat and later the retreat to Greece of French and English troops from Macedonia now is having considerable effect on Roumania, and if the Entente powers decide to abandon the Balkan campaign there is some possibility that Roumania might join the [Page 85] Central powers. The newspapers state that the Roumanian King and Prime Minister have frequent conferences with German Minister at a country place near Bucharest.

The Russian frontier at Ungheni has been closed since ten days. No mail nor telegrams have arrived via Russia since two weeks. The cause is the movement of Russian troops. The Russian secretary says the frontier will soon be reopened.

Minister Vopicka