TROUBLE IN BUCHAREST
"SUSPICIOUS ELEMENTS" INVOLVED
BUCHAREST, November 9. The official version of the shooting yesterday in the Royal Square was given in a Government communiuqe broadcast by_ Bucharest radio.' It accuses " suspicious elements " recruited by the Peasant Party, under the leadership of Dr Maniu, of attacking State officers. The soldiers, to defend themselves, had to use firearms, and several peaceful citizens suffered. The communique declares that the Government will use the strongest measures to strengthen and defend the democratic regime against the elements which, under the cloak of monarchism, are trying to shatter the existing order. An Associated Press correspondent in Bucharest who, during the demonstration, was either in the Royal Square or a hotel room from which he could view the square, says that the facts as he viewed them did not line up with the communique. The mass demonstration for the King was for the greatest part a spontaneous gathering of people, and the violence was out of proportion to the provocation. Government troops first fired on the crowd when the demonstrators attempted to tear down posters. The demonstration wao entirely peaceful until the Communists attempted to break it up.
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Evening Star, Issue 25638, 12 November 1945, Page 5
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193TROUBLE IN BUCHAREST Evening Star, Issue 25638, 12 November 1945, Page 5
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