THE IRON GUARD
OUTRAGES CAUSE CONCERN ARRESTS OF BRITONS ILL-TREATMENT ADMITTED BUCHAREST, Oct. 2. Mr A. Millar, a highly-placed official of the Astra-Romano Oil Company, has been arrested. He is the sixth British oil expert to be taken into custody. Four “ Government men.” dressed in civilian clothes arrested Mr Millar at Snagove, near Bucharest, and drove him off in a car to an unknown destination.
General' Antonescu is reported to be most perturbed by the Iron Guard outrages culminating in the kidnapping of Mr Millar. General Antonescu conferred with M. Horiasima (Vice-Premier), who is stated to have agreed to the purification of the Iron Guard. General Antonescu 'permitted the British Consul to visit the arrested Britons, including Mrs Tracy. The Consul declared that the Rumanian authorities admitted that two of the arrested persons had been illtreated. All were haggard and depressed. The Consul said a good case would be submitted to the Ministry of Justice.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24420, 4 October 1940, Page 7
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155THE IRON GUARD Otago Daily Times, Issue 24420, 4 October 1940, Page 7
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