Early in the next year the then Kaiser sent a Note to King Ferdinand declaring. is intention to send a special envoy to Rumania relative to the latter's position in the war. A few days later Rumania entered the conflict on the side of the Allies by declaring war against Austria. That decision was said to have been influenced by Queen Marie.
After two years of fighting, two-thirds of Rumania was over-run by the enemy. The country, cut of from outside aid, was forced to accept: drastic peace terms sent by Germany with a 24-hour ultimatum, Queen Marie insisted that she would never recognize the treaty and immediatel; took the lead in a movement to pei suade Rumania to re-enter the war on the side of the Allies. With the collapse of the German Army on the "Western front a few months later, the treaty that forced Rumania out of the war became ineffective.
During the war the Queen was active in relief work among her people and also served as a Red Cross nurse in the war area.
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