Council of Regency Appointed on Behalf of Little King Michael 1 of Rumania: Ex-Crown Prince Carol. Notified:
Army. Loyal to the New King Bucharest, July 20.
The death of King Ferdinand is jannounéed and the "Council of Regency has entered upon its)
'Liver since Queen Marie curtailed her American tour' in response to '2 summons from Bucharest account of King Ferdinand's illness the health of the King has threatened to be a disturbing element 'Despite periodical reassuring reports there has been little doubt about the fatal termination of the malignant malady from which' the King has been suffering. In sldi-Hon to the menace of trouble on the Prince Carol who "is in ele of supporters e Crown
in Paris, the reported ambition fof the Premier, M. Avereccu, to establish a dictatorship the event of the King's death led to a crisis Inst June which King Ferdinand himself dramatically solved from his sick-bed by sending fan official to intimate to a confer-fence. of party leaders under Averescu that the Prince Stirbey would be entrusted with the formation of a eabi Prince Stirbey's cabinet was short-lived and was replaced by a coalition under M. Bratianu.
Both Prince Stirbey and Bratianu are opposed to the return of Prince Carol anda Council of Regency has now been formed, headed by the Premier, M. Bratianu, and the Minister for War, Angeleseo.
Troops have been confined to} barracks and the Government is] determined to prevent any attempt at a coup os at by supporters of, Prince
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