Reminiscences of the King of Roumania

INDEX

Abdul Aziz deposed, 232.
Abdul Hamid, 238.
Ali Pacha, 42, 116, 158.
Alliance Israelite, 145, 151.
Alphonso, King of Spain, 209.
Amadeo, King of Spain, 187.
Ambronn, Councillor, 131, 134.
Andrassy, Count, 71, 188.
Army:
Command of, 258;
insubordination, 253;
manoeuvres, 255, 261, 263;
mutiny, 33;
organisation, 257.
Battenberg, Prince Alexander of, 313, 327;
letter, 336;
elected, 335;
abdicates, 361.
Bavaria, Prince Otto of, 80.
Berlin Congress, 317.
Bessarabia, 199, 317, 324.
Beust, Count, 70, 86.
Bismarck, Prince:
Conversation with Prince Charles, 18;
Col. Bauch, 23;
Bratianu, 316;
Sturdza, 341;
letters on Russia, 63;
Roumania, 73, 113, 168;
railways, 139, 167;
result of the war, 348;
"honest broker," 309.
Bratianu, 11, 28, 312, 318, 356.
Bucharest:
Riots, 35, 122;
Jockey Club, 212;
Commission, 6.
Bulgarian Massacres, 238;
raid, 66;
throne, 329.
Charles Anthony, Prince:
Character, xi.;
letters on France, 46;
Germany, 49, 164, 185, 338;
Spanish Throne, 24.
"Roumania, Star of," instituted, 268.
Schools, 160.
Servia:
Prince Michael, 65;
Prince Milan, 199;
extravagance, 208;
war with Turkey, 229-237.
Sinaja, 158.
Spain, candidature for throne of, 69, 92, 97, 99.
Skobeleff, General, 281, 284, 289, 291.
Strousberg, Dr., 181, 135, 342.
Sturdza, M.:
Report on Servia, 206;
conversation with Bismarck, 341;
mission to Turkey, 41;
to Berlin, 338.
Todleben, General, 285.
Treaty of Balta Liman, 6;
with Servia, 61;
of San Stefano, 311.
Turkey, journey to, 43;
war declared, 265.
Victoria, Queen, 51.
Vienna Exhibition, 189.
Wales, Prince of, 167.
Werner, Councillor von, 26.
Widin, bombardment of, 268.
Wied, Princess Elizabeth of, 87, 88;
marriage, 90.
William I., Emperor:
letter on Roumania, 15;
Jewish Question, 172, 341.
William II., Emperor, letter, 361.
Ypsilanti, Prince, 71.

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[1] "Aus dem Leben KÖnig Karls von RumÄnien. Aufzeichnungen eines Augenzeugen." Stuttgart: Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung.

[2] This Prince always wrote his name Karl Anton, as a double name: hence the retention here.

[3] Lord Macaulay cites the Earl of Chatham in the following words as the exception to this invariable rule, thus: "He was an almost solitary instance of a man of real genius, and of brave, lofty, and commanding spirit, without simplicity of character."—(William Pitt, Earl of Chatham.) Macaulay's "Critical and Historical Essays."

[4] The Roumanians alone lost 2659 killed and wounded on that day.

[5] An oligarchy of Greek families in Turkey, from which a large proportion of high stations in the Turkish administration were filled.

[6] Hospodar: Old Slavonic term for Lord or Master applied to the reigning Princes in Wallachia and Moldavia.

[7] The so-called Lieutenance PrinciÈre was a kind of governorship or regency which was formed after Prince Kusa's fall, and consisted of the chiefs of all the recognised political parties.

[8] Translation: "I swear to protect the laws of Roumania, to maintain her rights and the integrity of her soil."

[9] All titles and privileges of the Roumanian nobility were abolished by law with the exception of the title of Bey-SadÉ (Prince or "FÜrst") granted to the sons of former Hospodars.

[10] The present German Chancellor [1899].

[11] A Prussian officer, sent in October 1868 by the King of Prussia as military instructor to Roumania.

[12] The present invalid King of Bavaria.

[13] The Spanish Ambassador.

[14] The necessary expenditure was met in October 1867 by the issue of 10 and 12 per cent. Treasury bonds.

[15] Shortly after this was written, a Jewish Congress assembled at Brussels with the avowed intention of obtaining political rights for the Jews of Roumania by pressure from abroad.

[16] The present German Emperor.

[17] The Queen of Saxony [his cousin] was staying at Marienbad.

[18] The present German Emperor.

[19] A fanatic forced his way into the Turkish Council Chamber on June 15 and killed two Ministers—Hussein Avni and Reschid, besides wounding the Minister of Marine.

[20] All words in italics are written in ciphered French in the original.

[21] The Grand Duke, on hearing of this conversation, declared that diplomatists were much too eager to interfere in affairs which did not concern them.

[22] Prince Alexander of Bulgaria.

[23] Accompanying the Order of the Black Eagle.

[24] The present German Emperor.

Transcriber's note:

Minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.

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