MURDER OF PREMIER

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 450, 2 January 1934, Page 5

MURDER OF PREMIER

i Arrest of Assassin I CROWD ATTEMPTS LYNCH- | ING j REVOLVER FIGHT WITH POLICE I | Press Association —Copyright, i Bucharest, Dec. 31. i Constantinescu and his accomplices j were students of the Bucharest Univerj sily. After throwing the bomb and j wounding M. Costinescu and others and j causing confusion, Constantinescu fired I four shots at the Premier, who staggered ! and collapsed in a pool of blood. Ho was j carried to the stationmaster.’s office, | thence to the King’s palace. ! Constantinescu was seized by deteci tives, with whom he struggled violently, j A crowd with difficulty was prevented 1 from lynching him. i The murder horrified the community. I The authorities arc taking drastic action ! to prevent disorders, j Tiie accomplices maintained a running I revolver fight with the police till their j ammunition was exhausted, i The assassin threw a bomb, wounding j M. Costinescu. King Carol has summoned M. Angelescu, the oldest Minister, who was prob- ! ably be offered the Premiership, j While most accounts say that M. Duca | fell dead after lire shooting several j others say he was taken back to the palace in the King’s car still alive and laid upon the King’s own bed and died in King Carol’s arms, his last words being: “I am glad to die for my country.” M. Angelecu, Minister of Education, has been appointed Prime Minister. Cabinet met to decide upon a course of action. The leader of the Iron Guard, M. Cordreanu, has disappeared but the actinghead, the former General Cantanuz, has not been arrested. Some believe the Iron Guard is*anti-Semitic and is financed by German Nazis and that M. Duca was doomed because he was a supporter of the Little Entente and of friendship with France. The Government has proclaimed martial law. Newspapers are to be censored and strict discipline has been established in universities. Public service employees sympathetic with the terrorists have been dismissed.

CONSTERNATION IN POLITICAL CIRCLES Press Association. —Copyright. Received Today 1.20 p.m. Bucharest, Jan. 1. Owing to influenza King Carol did not attend the Premier’s funeral. M. Angelescu has implored King Carol to relieve him of office at the earliest. He appears unwilling to maintain a campaign against the Iron Guard, though he is not included on the Guard’s death list, ou which M. Titulescu figures-. M. Titulescu. who is holidaying in Switzerland, has reportedly telegraphed his resignation. There is consternational in political circles.