IN ROUMANIA
A NEW CABINET
UNDER HEAD OF CHURCH
(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).
BUCHAREST, February 10. The Goga Government has resigned LONDON. February 10.
The “Daily Telegraph’s” Bucharest correspondent says that King Carol after the acceptance of M. Goga’s resignation, gave an audience to Dr Ma.niu, tlie Democratic leader of the National Peasant Party, who had not seen the King since 133”, because Carol Broke his promise not to bring back Madame Lupescu. The King sa,\v many other political leaders, indicating his desire to form a Cabinet of concentration. Dr Mania, interviewed, said that when his government was formed, it would welcome the close co-operation of Britain, France and the League. BUCHAREST, February ii.
Monsignor Miron Cristoa, the Patriarch of Rouinania. and the head of ihe Orthodox Church, lias agreed to form a Cabinet. It will include seven former Premiers, all of them without portfolios.
MILITARY CONTROL
LONDON. February 11
The British United Press correspondent at Bucharest says: A decree has been signed, by King Carol and the new Premier. Monsignor C'ristca, which places the civil administration throughout Roumanin under military control.
PRESS COMMENT
LONDON. February 10,
The “Daily Telegraph’s” Bucharest eorresnoiuleiit says: “The recent decision of a juridical commission set up to report on the 'Racial Decree of January 22, requiring Jews to prove their Roumanian nationality, was that the decree was unconstitutional. This finding dealt the Goga Cabinet a severe blow.' The decree violated the constitutional guarantee for full equality for all citizens, by singling out the dews tor unfavourable treatment, making it possible to denationalise the country’s 750.000 'Hebrews. The decree was a pretext for the immediate expulsion of Jews from many professions. NonJewisli lawyers at Bucharest., Jaisy, and other centres, prevented Jewish counsel from pleading, bv beating them nnn throwing them into the streets. The engineering, medical, and other professions took similar measures. "University students seized and severely heat male and ,female Jewish students, no Jews .daring to resume work in the medical, legal, and other faculties. All tiie Goga Cabinet’s anti-Semistic measures have been automatically invalidated by the Juridical Committee’s declaration, which is still the subject of censorship."; Jf ; was the fatal blow to an unpopular minority Fascist dictatorship. King Carol could ~not maintain a Cabinet against which nine-tenths of the people voted at the last election. Moreover, M. Goga found it hopeless to apply in this 1 backward country, where Jews control 80 per cent, of the commerce, measures which are not feasible even m Germanv. France and Czechoslovakia promptlv stopped assisting Roumanian i rearmament, and threatened to withdraw credits, while Russia, with the I prospect iif Germany obtaining Roumailia’s vast, output of oil and grain, withdrew her Minister. M. Ostrovsky, I and entered a vigorous protest- in con- j ncction with the Butenko incident.'’ SOVIET RELATIONS. A REPORTED PLOT. LONDON. February 10. 'l’he “'Daily Telegraph’s” diplomatic correspondenl says a secret political -liquify lias been held in Bucharest, re-j irarding the disappearance °l’ the Soviet Embassy Official. M. Butenko, which has been attributed by the Russians fc German Nazi action, murder being alleged. However, certain red stains firstconsidered to have been blood were aftei ' v ards ,found to be red ink. The result of the inquiry indicates a deliberate Russian plot to close down Ihe Soviet Legation in Bucharest. M. Belenko’s cliaulfeur, wlm drove him, said lie bad not discovered bis destination oil the night of his disappearance, lie was increasingly vague under cross examination.
■R mss i n n-I» oh in n n inn relations have rl oteriornted smeo the tall of M. lituioscu as Roumanian l<’or(*ifjn i\l inister. Unsecured I i'M,i .Moscow recognition of Tiounianian Sovereign! v over Bessarabia, which tcrrilory Roninania occupied ah the the time of the Fnroponn War; hot hisj successor. M. Ant incson, clumsily allowed Ihe Moscow GovertunVnl to reooen the issue.
The lie lie I at. Rm'hnresl is that Russia wants to deny Ring Carol's right to role I’ess'iralda, and Hud Russia is pm-
senling circumstances sunnorl ing its slorv Iha I Roumanian Fascists mnrder-i-d Hulenko. whereas it is believed that he was motored secret'v •<> a rendezvous on the idains outside ol the city, whence an aenmlai'" Imre him to Russia.
A Soviet, Note, protest inc against Re-lepF'-’s disa noea ranee. was presented at the Foreign Ofliee.
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