POISON SUSPECTED.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 384, 16 March 1937, Page 5

POISON SUSPECTED.

Rumanian Queeni 111. Press Association—Copyright. London, March 15. The Dowia.ger Queen Marie of Rumania has been seriously ill in the country for two days, says the Buch arest correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The country has been kept in complete ignorance because she Is suffering from poisoning. M. Udarenc, Marshal of the Court, became seriously ill simultaneously, suffering similar symptoms. His complaint is described as appendicitis. There are (grave suspicions r>f the possibility of sinister reasons, especially in view of the elaborate police and military precautions an-’ the rigid censorship. A member of Queen Marie’s' staff Issued -the statement that she had “had a slight attack of influenza for three days, bult was now' much improved. She wias confined to her private apartments, but was not in bed.” A later message says that Queen Marie’s condition showed considerable improvement overnight.

Queen Marie was born at Eastwell Park, Kent ,in 1875, the eldest daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria. In 1893 she married Prince Ferdinand, afterward King of Rumania. From this marriage six children were born: Prince Charles, who married Princess Helen of Greece; Princess Elizabeth, married to the ex-King George of Greece; Princess Marie; later Queen of Yugo-Slavia; the Princes Nicolas and Mircea, and' Princess Ileana.

Queen Marie has taken a great interest in the development of her adopted country. She has written extensively for the American and other Press.