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FOOTNOTES:
[1] "Aus dem Leben König Karls von Rumänien. Aufzeichnungen eines Augenzeugen." Stuttgart: Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung.
[2] This Prince always wrote his name Karl Anton, as a double name: hence the retention here.
[3] Lord Macaulay cites the Earl of Chatham in the following words as the exception to this invariable rule, thus: "He was an almost solitary instance of a man of real genius, and of brave, lofty, and commanding spirit, without simplicity of character."—(William Pitt, Earl of Chatham.) Macaulay's "Critical and Historical Essays."
[4] The Roumanians alone lost 2659 killed and wounded on that day.
[5] An oligarchy of Greek families in Turkey, from which a large proportion of high stations in the Turkish administration were filled.
[6] Hospodar: Old Slavonic term for Lord or Master applied to the reigning Princes in Wallachia and Moldavia.
[7] The so-called Lieutenance Princière was a kind of governorship or regency which was formed after Prince Kusa's fall, and consisted of the chiefs of all the recognised political parties.
[8] Translation: "I swear to protect the laws of Roumania, to maintain her rights and the integrity of her soil."
[9] All titles and privileges of the Roumanian nobility were abolished by law with the exception of the title of Bey-Sadé (Prince or "Fürst") granted to the sons of former Hospodars.
[10] The present German Chancellor [1899].
[11] A Prussian officer, sent in October 1868 by the King of Prussia as military instructor to Roumania.
[12] The present invalid King of Bavaria.
[13] The Spanish Ambassador.
[14] The necessary expenditure was met in October 1867 by the issue of 10 and 12 per cent. Treasury bonds.
[15] Shortly after this was written, a Jewish Congress assembled at Brussels with the avowed intention of obtaining political rights for the Jews of Roumania by pressure from abroad.
[16] The present German Emperor.
[17] The Queen of Saxony [his cousin] was staying at Marienbad.
[18] The present German Emperor.
[19] A fanatic forced his way into the Turkish Council Chamber on June 15 and killed two Ministers—Hussein Avni and Reschid, besides wounding the Minister of Marine.
[20] All words in italics are written in ciphered French in the original.
[21] The Grand Duke, on hearing of this conversation, declared that diplomatists were much too eager to interfere in affairs which did not concern them.
[22] Prince Alexander of Bulgaria.
[23] Accompanying the Order of the Black Eagle.
[24] The present German Emperor.
Transcriber's note:
Minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.