PATRIARCH AS LEADER

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1938, Page 9

PATRIARCH AS LEADER

CHANGE IN RUMANIA

"HEROIC MEASURES"-

PROMISED

(United Press Association—By Electrle Telegraph—Copyright.)

LONDON, February 11

Dr. Maniu, leader of the National Peasant Party in Rumania, failed to form a Cabinet when called for by King Carol after the resignation of M. Goga. Monsignor Miron Cristea, Patriarch of Rumania and head of the Orthodox Church, agreed to form a Cabinet, including seven former Premiers, all"without portfolios.

The British United Press corre-. spondent at Bucharest says a decree signed by King Carol and the new Premier places the civil administration throughout Rumania under military control.

The new Cabinet, which is a coalition of the Centre with a slight tendency to the Right, includes six Liberals, three Rumanian Front members, two National Democrats, and one National Peasant Party, member. It is expected to show disfavour to all extremists, and is regarded by some ob-

servers as the third step in. the move of King. Carol to establish a personal dictatorship. It is expected that the elections will be postponed and that he will abolish Parliament when he is ready.

The Bucharest correspondent of the British United Press reports that King Carol, in a proclamation to the people, says: "I have formed a Government of men who are conscious of their responsibility. They will proceed to eliminate politics from the country's administration by modifying the Constitution and adapting it to the country's needs. The. new measures will correspond with the mentality of all those loving their country. They will be heroic ones."

The proclamation was issued after a Cabinet meeting at the palace which lasted until after 3 a.m. ,?

A Paris message says that M. Goga's downfall is regarded by the Press as an advantage to France and Britain and a setback to the policy of the Rome-Berlin axis.