Word: stirbey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Princess Stirbey, sister of Prince Barbu Stirbey, recently premier (June-July...
Rumors. Many rumors circulated. One was that Prince Stirbey, great and good friend of Dowager Queen Marie, had several times carried letters for her to Paris...
Born luckily to place and power, Premier Jon Bratiano has held and builded upon both. He and his brother Vintila, and brother-in-law Prince Babu Stirbey (intimate of Queen Marie) control the State. They dominate Rumanian banking, oil, manufactures. Their large estates are worked by peasants in a manner all but feudal. Because they have used their power to systematically exploit Rumania, a tide of public indignation periodically rises, and before it M. Bratiano resigns the Premiership, announces that he has "retired," and proceeds to lie in wait...
...time these charges were made, Prince Babu Stirbey quietly left Rumania until the incident blew over. Politically Prince Babu is hand in glove with onetime Premier Jon Bratiano whose powerful dynasty has an almost feudal hold on large areas of Rumanian peasant land, as well as upon the principal industrial banks...
Observers watched eagerly to see whether Premier Prince Babu Stirbey would be able to assemble the National Coalition Cabinet desired by King Ferdinand...