THE LAST SCENES

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20918, 25 September 1939, Page 8

THE LAST SCENES

THE MURDERED PREMIER RUMANIA IN MOURNING ROYALTY AT FUNERAL (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 25, 3.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 24 The Bucharest correspondent of the American Press states that the nation is still mourning the late Premier, M. Calinescu, whose funeral King Carol, Prince Michael and high officials attended. Thousands .witnessed the procession to the station after the funeral service at the Athenaeum. The body was entrained for the family home at Curtea de Arges, thence to the grave on a farm cart drawn by six oxen 23 BULLETS IN BODY BRAVADO OF THE ASSASSINS CRIME DIRECTED BY LAWYER (United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 23 The body of M. Calinescu, Rumanian prime Minister, who was murdered by Nazi Iron Guards on Thursday is lying in state in a military hospital. All the members of the Government attended a memorial service. A post mortem examination revealed 23 bullets. All forms of public entertainment have been suspended for three days as a sign of the nation’s mourning. The country is quiet, although armed troops are patrolling Bucharest. According to the Bucharest correspondent of the New York Times, M. Calinescu’s assassins, before they were executed, admitted their guilt with bravado. They gave details, but did not name their superiors, who are believed to be Germans, who are understood to have fled the country. Direction of the Murder It is learned that the leader, the lawyer Dumitrescu, on Monday met a student named Cesare Popescu, who revealed that he and four other students from Ploesti had organised a plot to kill the Premier. Dumitrescu took over the direction of the plot. He examined the place where the murder was to be carried out, paid all expenses and bought the car to be used in the assassination. Although an unemployed refugee, he spent over 40,000 lei, a large sum for Rumania. In spite of severe measures against the Iron Guard, it is clear that many members are still active and are obtaining money from a secret source.