M. BRATIANO DEAD

Evening Star, Issue 19723, 25 November 1927, Page 8

M. BRATIANO DEAD

RUMANIA'S OUTSTANDING MAN FATAL OPERATION FOR TOHSILiTIS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. BUCHAREST, November 24. (Received November 25, at 11.35 a.m.) Tho dentk of M. Bratinno, I’rcmicr of Rumania, has occurred. It was unexpected. The Premier was suffering from tonsilitis, which was not considered serious, hut a small operation was necessary in order to give relief. M. Bratiano became worse, and when the doctors were called in they came to the conclusion that his case was hopeless, and lie died without recovering consciousness. The funeral will take place on Sunday. The Government has issued a proclamation appealing to the people in tho name of patriotism and order to assist in overcoming a difficult situation.—A. and N.Z. and ‘ Sun ’ Cable. COYER NMENT PRECAUTIONS IX DELICATE POSITION. LONDON. November 21. (Received November 25, at 2.5 p.m.) Tho British United Press’s Vienna correspondent says a message Irom Bucharest states that tho Rumanian Government has ordered the army tj he on the alert. Heavy patrols are parading the streets. M. Bratiano died from blood poisoning, following a .second operation. BUCHAREST, November 24. The Government is taking immediate precautions to frustrate an offensive on behalf of Prince Carol. M. Bratiano’s Cabinet, all of whom had renewed the oath of allegiance, will provisionally remain in office under the Premiership of M. Vintila Bratiano, the late Premier’s brother, bub it is understood that the Leadrr of the Peasant Party, which strongly sympathises with Prince Carol, may he asked to join the Cabinet. [M. Bratiano was for a score of years the outstanding figure in Rumanian politics. So great bas been his power, especially since peace was concluded, that critics have designated him a dictator, whoso conception of Rumania was'an estate to bo run by and for the Bratiano family. The late King Ferdinand was represented as a mere puppet in his hands. Certainly M. Bratiano was a man endowed with, great diplomatic gifts and a sense of patriotism which lias helped to consolidate the Greater Rumania created by tho P.eace Treaty, even though it entailed hardship and injustice on the Magyars in the territory transferred from Hungary to Rumania. One of M. Bratiano’s guiding principles since his return to power was that Rumanian capital and Rumanian initiative alono should bo used for developing Rumanian riches, M. Bratiano was never well disposed to Prince Carol, whose own conduct, however, made matters easy for the abdication, which M. Bratiano regarded as essential for his plans regarding Rumania’s future.]