RESCUE FAILURE

Grey River Argus, 2 December 1938, Page 7

RESCUE FAILURE

IRON GUARDS SHOT By Roumanian Forces [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] BUCHAREST, November 30. Fourteen former members of the Iron Guard, including General Condrenau, and the murderers of Duca and Stalescu in 1933, were shot dead in trying to escape, while being transported from Moldavian Prison to the military gaol at Bucharest. The prisoners’ cars were ambushed in the forest by Condrenau’s supporters. The prisoners jumped from the cars, and were shot by the guards as they fled. LONDON, November 30.

The British United Press correspondent in Bucharest says the shooting of Codreanu is believed to mark the reopening of a bitter fight between King Carol’s authoritarian regime and the Iron Guards. The “Telegraph’s” Bucharest correspondent says the attempted rescue is believed to be part of intensified Iron Guard activities. The imprisoned leaders have been moved from prison in recent weeks, as the result of a suspicion of a plot to free them. Three hours after the shooting, the bodies were buried without ceremony at Jilava fortress, 40 miles from the scene. The circumstances of the shootings created a painful impression. Immediate consequences are unlikely, because of police and military precautions.