ROUMANIA'S KING

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 November 1926, Page 5

ROUMANIA'S KING

DYING THROUGH CANCER. ’Australian ’’nd N.Z. Cable Association.) BERLIN, Nov. 2d. Der Tag’s correspondent telegraphed from Roumania that King Ferdinand’s condition is hopeless, ho being attacked by cancer. The Telegraph’s Agency reports that King Ferdinand is sinking. He is reduced to a skeleton. The Telegraph Agency states that the Roumanian authorities are striving to prevent Queen Marie and exPrince Carol frojn meeting at Paris, by whisking the Queen direct to Bucharest from the ship. Meanwhile the operation on the King is being delayed pending Queen Marie's arrival.

AN IMPROVEMENT. BUCHAREST, November 27. . Official: King Ferdinand is somewhat better, and spent some time working with the Premier. QUEEN MARIE’S RETURN. LONDON, Nov. 27. The “Daily Express’s” Paris correspondent says: When Queen Marie arrives from America on Tuesday, she will interview Prince Carol. She then proceeds to Bucharest, where King Ferdinand is on the eve of a serious operation. He is already weak from haemorrhage. There are possibilities of. a grave dynastic crisis. Queen Marie may be appointed Regent till the crisis passes. Meanwhile detectives continuously guai’d Carol’s home. PRINCESS BETROTHED? PARIS, Nov. 27. “Le Journal’s” Rome correspondent says that the Crown Prince Humbert has been betrothed to the Roumanian Princess Ileana. EX-CROWN PRINCE’S VISIT. LONDON, November 28. The “Daily Mail’s” Vienna correspondent says: King Ferdinand supremely desires to see Prince Carol, who is at present in Paris, with his lover, Madame Lupescu. He has written expressing a wish to visit King Ferdinand, insisting that Princess Helen, from whom he desires a divorce, in order. to marry Lupescu, must be sent from Roumania. Princess Helen has won the respect of Roumanians, who consider’ Carol’s demand atrocious. Premier Bratianu considers that Carol’s kingship would entail civil war, but Ferdinand, if Carol shows indication of being a worthy successor, would rescind the latter’s renunciation of the throne.