4 DECEMBER 1915, Page 14

The newspapers are still full of calculations as to the

action ofRoumania ; but we should advise our readers, and the British public generally, to bother their heads as little as they can with the question whether Roumania is or is not coming in. We have got to win the war by our own efforts, and not by any outside aid. In our opinion, the Roumanians—and we are bound to say most naturally--are not likely to commit themselves till they feel quite sure that we are going to win and can make good All our diplomatic promissory-notes. In other words, Roumanian aid will not be forthcoming till we do not need it. That, however, will not be ground for then turning upon Roumania and censuring her for not having made up her mind sooner, or for not giving us a helping hand when we were in