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M. ROSETTI-SOLESCO
149
cations in the final results of the war. It was to the
interest of those amongst the Powers who displayed
goodwill to the Balkan Allies that the differences
between Bulgaria and Rumania should not culminate
in a collision which might rekindle the fire which
fortunately had been dying down. A great deal
depended on the position taken up by Russia on this
question.
During the last ten years which preceded the Balkan
War, our relations with Rumania had begun to change—
although in a way as yet imperceptible to the public at
large and to the Press—and to show steady
improvement.
Since the year 1890, the post of Rumanian Minister
to St. Petersburg had been held by M. Rosetti-Solesco
who, while still Secretary to the Legation, had married
the daughter of our former Foreign Secretary, M. N.
de Giers. Rosetti, an intelligent and energetic man
(although sometimes rather restless in his energy),
enjoyed the confidence and the protection of King
Charles, who had entrusted him with the task of
improving Russo-Rumanian relations as much as was
possible.
His wife, who was a Russian, did all in her power to
support her husband in this, and made great use of her
large circle of relations and friends. But this was not
all: in 1902 Madame Rosetti’s brother, M. Michel de
Giers (Ambassador to Constantinople since 1912 and at
the moment in Rome), was appointed Russian Minister
to Bukharest. During ten consecutive years the work
of M. de Giers—work which was persevering, silent and
earnest—was directed to the same object: that of the
improvement of Russo-Rumanian relations. Michel de
Giers, who throughout his career remained imbued with
feelings of absolute devotion to the person of the
Monarch (he had inherited these feelings from his
father), in return justly possessed the special goodwill
and confidence of Nicolas II. Under these conditions
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