INTRODUCTION PREFACE CHAPTER I: THE QUESTION CHAPTER II: THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE ROUMANIANS CHAPTER III: THE FOUNDATION OF THE ROUMANIAN PRINCIPALITIES CHAPTER IV: THE EARLY HISTORY OF BESSARABIA CHAPTER V: THE EASTERN QUESTION A. Commercial Rivalry Between Turkey and Russia; Russo-Turkish Wars B. The Annexation of Bessarabia by Russia CHAPTER VI: BESSARABIA UNDER RUSSIAN SOVEREIGNTY A. The Population B. The Administration G The Church D. Education E. The Effects of the Russian Revolution of 1905-06 CHAPTER VII: THE REVOLUTION OF 1917 AND THE FORMATION OF THE AUTONOMOUS BESSARABIAN REPUBLIC CHAPTER VIII: THE INDEPENDENT BESSARABIAN REPUBLIC; ITS UNION WITH ROUMANIA CHAPTER IX: ROUMANIAN BESSARABIA CHAPTER X: DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO BESSARABIA AFTER HER UNION WITH ROUMANIA CHAPTER XI: BESSARABIA TODAY APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX