RUMANIAN OFFER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 178, 31 July 1940, Page 5

RUMANIAN OFFER

TRANSFER GF CITIES TO HUNGARY PART OF TRANSYLVANIA NAZIS STATE TIME LIMIT TO SETTLE CLAIMS Received July LO. 6.5 p.ir. BUCHAREST. July 29. Official quarters indicate that Rumania is willing to cede to Hungary a narrow strip of Transylvania. l-;ey state that the Government will propose that Hungary content herself wish the cities of Satu-Mare, Oradea and Arad and the surrounding areas. There would be an exchange of populations in other districts. An official announcement from Bucharest states that the principle established during the Salzburg talks v/ss that Rumania should open discussions with the countries directly concerned with the maint??iance of peace in South-Eastern Europe. The Bucharest correspondent of the Associated Press says it is reliablystated that Germany has given Rumania until September 15 to meet the Bulgarian-Hungarian claims, after which a German settlement would - be imposed. It is officially stated in Bucharest that Rumania has agreed in principle to reach an understanding with Bulgaria and Hungary on tho basis of the proposed consultations. The Berlin news agency slates that the Rumanian Minister of War has ordered mines to be laid in the estuary of the Danube. Satu-Mare is on the Hungarian border. its main industries being pottery and weaving. There is a population of 35,000. Oradea. in West Rumania, is a large railway junction and agricultural market. It also manufactures pottery. The population is about 49,000. Arad is a town of 79,000 inhabitants <»□ the bank of the River Muresul. It is a railway centre and manufactures wire and grows corn and tobacco. The new town, on the opposite bank of the river, has a population of 6000. TERRITORIAL CHANGES NONE TILL END OF WAR? Received July 30. 5.5 p.m. LONDON, July 29. The Bulgarian. Rumanian and Slovak Ministers have returned to their respective countries. The Rumanian Premier (M. Gigurtu) said: “We were received in the friendliest manner at Salzburg and Rome.’* Well-informed circles in Bucharest declare that the Council of Ministers will initiate discussions with Bulgaria and Hungary dealing with economic iind cultural relations, besides territorial disputes. They added that there is a conviction that no territorial changes will be made until the end of the war. It is generally believed the Rus-sian-German policy of mutual understanding ended with the Russian occupation of Bessarabia. Henceforth the Soviet policy will be mainly opportunist, influenced largely by the degree to which Germany commits herself in the total offensive against Britain. The Bulgarian Premier (Professor Filoff). in Sofia, described the conversations with Hitler as extremely pleasant. He adder 1 - “Now everyone knows Bulgaria’s territorial claims.” Hitler’s “Inspired Plans.” Dr. Sano Mach (Propaganda Minister of Slovakia* said: "We Slovaks

were the first people to be co-ordinat-ed -in the struggle for a realisation of the inspired plans of the Fuehrer.” In Berlin the National Zeitung refers to Slovakia’s “successful solution” of her problems. “She remains independent politically, economically, and culturally,” says the paper. “Her free co-operation with Germany can be Regarded in many aspects as a model for future co-operation between the States of Central Europe.