Photo by Frederick Moore 



Tl-Ii: PAIyACE AT SINAI A 



Sinaia is a delightful little village scattered through the pine woods of the Carpathian 

 Mountains. It is the favorite summer resort of the Rumanian aristocracy, and contains the 

 palace or castle of Pelesh, the king's country residence. In addition to its sylvan charms, 

 its mineral springs and baths and the famous Cantacuzene monastery are added attractions. 



garians might likewise treat them as 

 aliens. Nevertheless, the Bulgarians 

 have shown themselves more liberal also 

 toward other people and in other ways. 

 For instance, though the Rumanians 

 are distinctly not church-goers, they will 

 permit no missionaries from other coun- 

 tries to teach Protestant Christianity 

 there. On the other hand, the Bulgarians 

 are devoutl}/ Orthodox (likewise of the 

 Greek Church), and yet to American 

 missionaries and teachers they owe, to a 

 large extent, the knowledge of English 

 v/hich can be found scattered through- 

 out their country. 



ame:rican in:fi,up:nci: in thk balkans 



It is said throughout the Balkans that 

 Robert College, on the shores of the 

 Bosporus, is largely responsible for the 

 ideas of independence for which the 

 Bulgarians have shown themselves will- 



ing to fight as neither Europe nor the 

 Turks expected them to do. The Bul- 

 garians have been the most willing of the 

 Balkan peoples to accept from the teach- 

 ers of Robert College the best of Amer- 

 ican ideals. The Turks have not exten- 

 sively availed themselves of the oppor- 

 tunity this institution offers, and the 

 Greeks have in greater numbers pre- 

 ferred to learn the lessons which come to 

 those who are traders and shoeblacks in 

 American cities. 



While the Rumanians cannot be called 

 liberal in their laws concerning aliens, 

 they cannot be accused of being unpatri- 

 otic. Even their politicians have shown 

 themselves generally to be made of the 

 stuff of true patriots. 



In recent years, when the Standard Oil 

 Company sought to get control of the 

 rich Rumanian petroleum fields, the gov- 

 ernment showed themselves alert in the 



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