Bucharest, Feb. 25.
Rumania held a referendum on the new Constitution yesterday in which the voting was compulsory.
Voters were instructed to declare orally yes or no whether they approved of the Constitution. Provisional figures showed that 88 per cent. voted, with only an insignificant number answering no.
In Bucharest 228,504 persons voted for the Constitution while there were only 277 votes against it.
The new Constitution iücludes guarantees of the rights of the peasants to their land and safeguards the equality of minorities long established in Rumania.—Reuter.
The official results of the plebiscite, reports Havas, were 4,283,398 for, and 5413 against the new constitution, which is a 99.87 per cent. victory for the measure, which was inspired by King Carol IL—Havas.
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