CIVIL WAR POSSIBLE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12617, 30 November 1926, Page 7

CIVIL WAR POSSIBLE

IF PRINCE CAROL GOES HOME KING’S CONDITION A CLOSE SECRET FUTURE UNCERTAIN By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PARIS, November 28. Mystery continues to surround King Ferdinand’s illness. The strictest censorship is being imposed, and the Rumanian people are ignorant of the gravity ol the King's condition. Nevertheless, the country is effervescing, especially military circles, amongst which Prince Carol has many supporters. The ‘‘Midi” asserts that the Rumanian Government possesses information to the effect that Carol intends returning to Rumania and issuing a proclamation to the army and nation demanding help in defence of his hereditary rights. The Government, therefore, is sending Professor Forga to dissuade Carol from causing civil war. Carol is residing at Neuilly and refuses to make a statement. It is reported that -lie will meet Queen Marie, who is arriving from America on Tuesday. The Bucharest Government denies the possibility of civil war. DEMANDS THAT hTs WIFE GO LONDON, November 28. The “Daily Mail*’ correspondent in Vienna says that King Ferdinand supremely desires to see Prince Carol, who is at present in Paris with his lover, Madame Lupescu. Carol lias written, expressing a wish to visit King Ferdinand, but is insisting that Princess Helen, from whom he desires a divorce in order tharhe may marry Madame Lupescu, must be sent from Rumania. Princess Helen has won the respect of the Rumanians, who consider that Prince Carol’s demand is atrocious. M. Bratianu (Minister of the Interior) considers that Carol’s bid for the kingship will entail a civil war, but says that King Ferdinand, if Carol shows any indication of being a worthy successor, would rescind the latter’s renunciation of the throne. REPORTS “OFFICIALLY DENIED ALLEGED TO BE INSPIRED IS WISH FATHER TO THOUGHT? (Received November 29, 7.15 p.m .) PARIS, November 28. The Rumanian Minister states that advices from Bucharest reaffirm that

the King is improving. The reports of coups d’etat and civil war are as misleading as tho pessimistic accounts regarding Ferdinand. The Queen’s return is expected to have a steadying effect. It is pointed out that the most ala inning reports come from Berlin. Vienna, and Budapest, where internal complications in Rumania would be welcomed.