5 JUNE 1915, Page 2

A very significant piece of news is that Roumania, according

to a telegram in the Daily Mail, has placed an order for five hundred thousand pairs of boots with a United States firm. That, of course, is not an absolute sign that Roumania is coming in, for boots are needed by soldiers in peace as well as in war. We venture to say, however, that these boots will never be used to help the Hungarians to maintain their cruel ascendancy over Roumania, Transylvania, and Bukowina. But that is what would be the result of Roumania yielding to the blandishments of Germany.