RUMANIAN UNREST

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 173, 10 April 1923, Page 7

RUMANIAN UNREST

DANGER OF REVOLUTION RACIAL DIVISIONS AND JEALOUSIES

There is great unrest in Rumania, and a coup d’etat is talked of. There are many elements of unrest, which may culminate in a revolution. The Government is said to be alive to the danger, and it is considered to be significant that the Queen of Rumania has paid a lengthy visit to her daughter in Belgrade.

BY TELEGRAPH —PRE IS ASSOCIATION. —CoPYBIOHT.

Bucharest, April 8. Political unrest is unabated. There is some talk of a coup d’etat. There is a strong probability that the King will be forced to dissolve the present Government. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. April 9, 8.10 p.m.) London, April 9. The '‘Westminster Gazette’s” diplomatic correspondent in Rumania says: Showing the discontent, it is significant that'the Queen of Rumania paid a lengthy visit to her daughter in Belgrade. The Government is evidently alive to the danger of revolution, though it denies this is due to the Government forcing a change of constitution. which the minorities regard as an attempt to centralise power in the hands of the old Rumanian oligarchy. f> Hungarians in Transylvania, Saxonians, Serbs, and Germans iu Banat are all in a state of unrest, the Hungarians regarding .an'attempt by

the Central Government to deprive them o? local civil autonomy as unjustifiable. The Saxonians are also opposed to being absorbed. Moreover, all landed proprietors fear being dispossessed in favour of Rumanian peasants. . , , . Transylvania is now obliged to import wheat, as the peasants who acquired land are unable to work it. The Government’s efforts to . restore the railways have met with little success. There has befiji a phenomenal fall in exchange, and the recent loan was a failure, so there are many elements of unrest which may culminate in a revolution. Fortunately for the. Government* racial divisions and jealousies afford a certain security, The old Rumanians are united, and as they number 50 per cent, of the population they may be able to deal with the other national elements. . Hungary is following events with great "interest, as she fears the reparations now being arranged will be crushing, and she is in no position to offer resistance. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.