CAROL MUST GET OUT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 349, 9 May 1928, Page 9

CAROL MUST GET OUT

Not Wanted in England PRINCE ABUSES HOSPITALITY Fantastic Proceedings Assailed ENGLAND does not want Prince Carol of Rumania as a guest. He has been told to get out without delay, so the Home Secretary announced in the House of Commons. (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian Press Association)

Reed. noon. LONDON, Tuesday. In the House of Commons, the Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, said that Prince Carol of Rumania had been asked to end his visit to England without delay. Returning home at night, Prince Carol retired to his study and refused to see callers. M. Jonescu stated that a visit to the Home Office had failed to bring satisfaction. Carol is now drafting a letter to Sir William Joynson-Hicks denying that he is carrying on subversive propaganda, and saying he knows nothing of an attempt to export the manifesto, which was not printed at his orders. Carol was notified of the Home Secretary’s decision at noon. The request was unmistakably but politely phrased in order not to bring it within the meaning of a deportation order. Carol was obviously taken aback at this definite confirmation of the Government’s attitude. He said: “This is a terrible blow.’’ M. Jonescu complains bitterly that Carol’s expulsion wrecked a decade’s hard work to effect an Anglo-Ruma-nian rapprochment. He said: “How can England now say she is the friend of a little country which lost half its manhood in the war fighting on the same side?” Carol left Surrey in a motor-car soon after the ultimatum was delivered and drove to a West End hotel, where a lunch had been arranged in his honour, but it was cancelled. He lunched privately, subsequently motored,, to the Zoo, joined Madame Lupescu, and thence went back to Surrey. LIKE VAUDEVILLE A JOURNALISTIC FARCE NEWSPAPER COMMENTS Times Cable. LONDON, Tuesday. After a day spent in inquiries and conferences, the British authorities sent a Scotland Yard officer to Godstone to explain to Prince Carol that the British Government viewed his presence in England as undesirable The officer was instructed to secure Carol’s undertaking to depart voluntarily. If this step fails, an expulsion order will be presented to the exile. Carol declares he is amazed to hear that the Home Office has intervened. He says its action must be the result of Rumanian intrigue. The British Government, with its traditional courtesy, would surely not do such a thing on its own account. Policemen were still guarding all the entrances to the house at Godstone where Carol is staying early yesterday morning. In the course of an article under the caption: “Abuse of Hospitality,” “The Times” says: “The situation in Rumania is serious enough, but it concerns the Rumanian people alone. “Outside interference would not merely be illegitimate, but might be dangerous,” the paper adds. “Ours is the last country from which intervention could be expected, yet reports •are current that advantage has been taken of Britain’s hospitality to carry out a particularly fatuous intrigue to exploit the unrest in Rumania in a melodramatic manner. Airplanes were chartered, by means of which it was intended to distribute propaganda, and the British Foreign Office wisely prevented their departure. Carol is a visitor here, and his name is freely mentioned in connection with these fantastic proceedings, which suggest vaudeville or film acting. There is talk of showering down dynastic proclamations on the assembled Rumanians, with flying reporters observing the effects from the upper air. The affair has become a journalistic farce. Is it more? This meddling may go too far. If Carol has been tempted by delusive promises of support, he has mistaken the character of the British people. If he has indulged in this grotesque intrigue, he should be told plainly that he has abused the hospitality accorded to a private individual, and that his presence in England is no longer desirable. NEWSPAPER SCHEME (Australian Press Association) LONDON, Monday. The “Morning Post” says the socalled plot was organised by a newspaper combine, which chartered the two airplanes, in which papers, believed to be manifestoes, were to be carried, and members of a newspaper staff were to travel. Apparently it was hoped that Carol would accompany them. The “Daily Herald” alleges that Carol is only a pawn in the game. He has been induced, it says, to promise that if he should be made King of Rumania he would use all his influence to secure a revision of the Trianon Treaty in favour of Hungary and restoring to that country its former territory, which is now Rumanian. ARRESTS IN RUMANIA PRESS CORRESPONDENTS HELD (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Monday. A message from Vienna says several foreign newspaper correspondents at Bucharest, the capital of Rumania, including M. Cazana, Rumanian cor-

respondent of the “Daily Express/’ have been* arrested. The Rumanian Government has issued a manifesto stating that it has no intention of handing over power to anyone, and warning the peasants not to march on the capital. The newspapers show large blank spaces, indicating the censor’s activities. Troops are prepared to prevent disturbances when Dr. Maniu, leader of the National Peasant Party, arrives at Bucharest. DISCUSSION_IN HOUSE LETTER TO HOME SECRETARY (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) Reed. 12.15 p.m. LONDON, Tues. In the House of Commons the Home Secretary, Sir William Joyn-son-Hicks stated that Prince Carol was allowed to land on April 24 for a temporary visit of two months. Commander J. M. Kenworthy: Was he asked during his stay not to engage in intrigues or political activities? The Home Secretary: He was not. Mr. E. Thurtle: Is there any foundation to the Press statements that this so-called Rumanian plot is only a stunt organised by certain newspapers ? Sir Wm. Joynson-Hicks: I can only say that Prince Carol is writing to me on the whole subject. I cannot say more till I have seen his letter. Mr. F. A. MacQuisten: Isn’t It perfectly clear that Prince Carol is not doing anything that concerns Britain? Sir Wm. Joynson-Hicks: That is not the point. He is not a British subject. He came to enjoy our hospitality and must do nothing whii% he is here or that might involve us with foreign countries. PRECAUTIONS IN PARIS A message from Paris says that Prince Carol will not be prevented from returning to France, but he will be warned that he may stay subject to his good behaviour. The French authorities will maintain a close watch on him to see that there is no repetition of his English intrigues.