Rumania's sacrifice; her past, present, and future . Sinaia. At this place the King has his summer residence. p^ RUMANIA OF YESTERDAY were forced to capitulate before the Russo-Rumanian forces; but the Turkish commander,Osman-Pasha, refused to surrender his swordto any other than Prince Carol as an homageof the bravery of the Rumanian Army. THE CONGRESS OF BERLIN In the month of July, 1878, the Congressof Berlin opened to regulate the peace be-tween Russia, Rumania, and Turkey. To thesurprise of victorious Rumania, Russia de-manded that Rumania should be obliged toyield part of Bessarabia, whi
Rumania's sacrifice; her past, present, and future . Sinaia. At this place the King has his summer residence. p^ RUMANIA OF YESTERDAY were forced to capitulate before the Russo-Rumanian forces; but the Turkish commander,Osman-Pasha, refused to surrender his swordto any other than Prince Carol as an homageof the bravery of the Rumanian Army. THE CONGRESS OF BERLIN In the month of July, 1878, the Congressof Berlin opened to regulate the peace be-tween Russia, Rumania, and Turkey. To thesurprise of victorious Rumania, Russia de-manded that Rumania should be obliged toyield part of Bessarabia, which the Congressof Paris had returned to Rumania in 1856.^None of the members of the Congress made anyopposition to this injustice. Neither the treatybetween Rumania and Russia—by which wasguaranteed the integrity of the Rumanian ter-ritory—nor the services rendered by Rumaniato Russia had the slightest effect, in spite ofall the protestations of the Rumanians. In 1 See page 2^50 entitled Bessarabia. 193 RUMANIAS SACRIFICE exchange Rumania obtained Dobrudja, aTurkish province situated between the Dan-
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