RUMANIA: Nasty Duel

Young Rumania, who is only as old as a middle-aged woman,* remembers Ion Bratianu as the Father of His Country. The land was profoundly stirred last week when Father Ion's able grandson George Bratianu, leader of the Liberal Party, had to fight a nasty duel.

Not nasty are most European duels, the duelists firing (by agreement) into the air, thus "satisfying their honor" and whetting their appetites for the customary champagne luncheon. But last week Socialite George Bratianu had on his hands Rumania's budding Hitler,...