IRON GUARD PLOT
Four Thousand Arrests
(7.30 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 6. Rumanian police have arrested more than 4000 persons after the discovery of an Iron Guard plot against General Antonescu’s ♦Government. Eighty of them have already been executed, says a message from Switzerland. Nor-
lasima, the Iron. Guard leader, who is reported to be on his way to Rumania to lead the revolt, was arrested in Italy, and is being sent back to Germany, which he left last week. The 4000 arrested persons in connection with the Iron Guard plot in Rumania include Julius Maniu. former Prime Minister and Peasant leader. The arrests were carried out at Bucharest, Ploesti, Kronstadt and other towns throughout Rumania. Axis troops are guarding Bucharest’s streets with machinegun posts established at key points. Patrols arc examining pedestrian credentials. Rail and road traffic is strictly controlled.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22474, 8 January 1943, Page 5
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140IRON GUARD PLOT Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22474, 8 January 1943, Page 5
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