The Attitude of Exiled Romanians Regarding the Peace of Buftea – Bucharest (24 April / 7 May 1918)

Abstract

In the spring of 1918, after difficult peace talks, the treaty between Romania and the Central Powers was signed at Buftea, close to Bucharest, on 24 April / 7 May 1918. The conditions were extremely harsh, and Romania became a veritable semi-colony of Germany and her allies, losing both parts of the national territory and important material resources. Romanian and foreign statesmen, as well as the international press and public opinion ascertained the enslaving character of the Buftea – Bucharest treaty. This paper presents the response of the Romanians settled abroad or exiled regarding the treaty of Buftea – Bucharest and their efforts to convince the international diplomatic circles that the Romanians continued to support the same national desiderata that determined the government in Bucharest to declare war against Austria-Hungary in 1916.