File No. 763.72111/2843
The Minister in Roumania, Servia, and Bulgaria (Vopicka) to the Secretary of State
No. 267]
[Received September 13.]
Sir: I have the honor to report, with regard to the Roumanian policy, that I have just returned from the Roumanian health resort, [Page 58] Tekir Ghiol, where I have been staying for a fortnight with my family, taking the mud baths there. The Minister for Foreign Affairs for Roumania was also there, and I had many opportunities of conversing with him as also with Princess Elisabeth and many prominent diplomats.
The Roumanian diplomats are losing hope of being able to come to an agreement with Bulgaria and are therefore rather pessimistic. The majority of the Ministers in Roumania favor the Quadruple Entente, but if Bulgaria should definitely decide to go with Germany, Roumania would be isolated and be subject to attack from Bulgaria on the one side and by Austria-Hungary on the other, which would put Roumania in a very bad position.
The Roumanian Government is asked by the Austro-Hungarian and German Governments to allow the transit of ammunition through to Turkey and there are even rumors of threats being made to Roumania of war being proclaimed against her if she should not permit this.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs is of the opinion that within thirty days something decisive will be done; he also believes that if the Dardanelles are forced by the Quadruple Entente, there might be a chance that Roumania and Bulgaria will go with those powers. At the present time Roumania is completely equipped and ready for war at any moment.
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