Under stress of war this number could 

 be largely increased. With her limited 

 seacoast — about one hundred and fifty 

 miles — Roumania has not felt impelled 

 to build up a navy, but has been satisfied 

 with a single protected cruiser, a few 

 patrol boats, some torpedo boats, and a 

 number of monitors for service on the 

 Danube. 



The army is the pride of Roumania, 

 and its efficiency, demonstrated on more 

 than one occasion, is a tribute to the or- 

 ganization, direction, and training of the 

 late king. 



The Roumanian peasant feels that with 

 the discharge of his military service and 

 the payment of taxes he has, roughly 

 speaking, done his duty to the State. By 

 way of recompense he looks for all sorts 

 of paternal care : justice, religious direc- 

 tion, medical aid, and education. 



The constitution clearly states in its 

 tenth article that "there exists no differ- 

 ence of classes whatever in Roumania," 

 but it is clearly recognized that all are 

 not equally qualified to take part in the 

 administration of public affairs. Thus 

 every peasant, on reaching his majority, 

 if not a pauper, can vote ; but unless he 

 pays an annual tax of sixty dollars, at 

 least, he votes for a delegate, who, for 

 each fifty voters, casts a single ballot for 

 a deputy — not for a senator. The prop- 

 erty qualification and the educational at- 

 tainments make the suffrage system 

 rather complicated for those above the 

 peasant class. 



The proposition to modify these regu- 

 lations is one of the few questions that 

 are brought before the electorate in the 

 campaign speeches. However, all have 

 an equal voice in electing the mayor and 

 the communal officers, and, as these of- 

 ficials come closer to the voter, greater 

 interest in their selection is felt than in 

 the choice of the legislators, who, in far- 

 away Bucharest, enact their laws. 



ROUMANIANS LEGISLATORS 



The senators, of whom there are one 

 hundred and twenty, are elected for eight 

 years and receive, while in session, four 

 dollars a day. In this number are in- 

 cluded two for the universities, eight 

 bishops, and the heir apparent, after he 

 has reached his majority. To be eligible 

 for a seat in the senate a man must be 



Photo by K- M. Newman 

 STREET VENDER : BUCHAREST 



more than forty years of age and have 

 an annual income of at least eighteen 

 hundred dollars. 



The chamber of deputies is made up 

 of one hundred and eighty-three mem- 

 bers, elected for four years. The deputy 

 'must be more than twenty-five years of 

 age. He receives the same compensation 

 that is paid a senator. 



It is a pleasing commentary upon the 

 law-abiding spirit of the Roumanians that 

 history records the fact that the first book 

 printed in their language on Roumanian 

 soil was a collection of canon law, which 

 appeared in 1640. Prior to this Rou- 

 manian was simply a vernacular, with 

 Slav as the language of literature ; but 

 henceforth books in a tongue the people 

 could understand served as a binding and 

 unifying force. 



For administrative purposes Wallachia 

 is divided into seventeen districts, Mol- 

 davia into thirteen, and Dobruja two, 

 each having a prefect, receiver of taxes, 

 and a civil tribunal. The lowest court of 



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