4 DECEMBER 1915, Page 14

If wo look at the matter fairly, we shall see

that we ought ♦ o make great allowances for Roumania's action. No doubt if she delays till she is certain who is coming out the winner she cannot expect the welcome and the reward which she would have received had she gallantly determined to run all risks and put the ,Quadruple Powers under an obligation when they were at the height of their anxieties as to Serbia. At the same time, it would be both foolish and unjust to pursue towards Roumania any policy which should have a vindictive touch in it. The attitude she has taken up must be very clearly differentiated from that of Bulgaria, or again of Greece—nations which in different degrees have suffered from the misfortune of having Teutonic influence at Court.