ACUTE TENSION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 July 1940, Page 5

ACUTE TENSION

INDICATED IN RUMANIA PRECAUTIONS AGAINST INVASION. NAZI-SOVIET RELATIONS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) BUCHAREST, July 4. Police and soldiers are patrolling in armoured cars and lorries. The military commander has taken precautions against invasion, and the citizens of Bucharest have been warned to report any landing of parachutists. Mobilisation continues. Drastic anti-spy measures provide imprisonment for 20 years for not reporting statements against the Rumanian State. Cameras are banned. King Carol is interviewing pro-Ger - man leaders, several of whom formerly attacked Madame Lupescu’s influence over him. The general impression is that Rumania has failed to obtain a German promise of aid in the event of new territorial demands. A Rumanian General Staff communique says that Rumanian troops at noon occupied a line along the Suceava, Herta, and Prutu Rivers. The evacuation of civilians was continuing, having been retarded earlier by bad weather. The Bucharest correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain points out that the official evacuation period ended at noon, and therefore the line referred to above is interpreted as the new Russia-Rumanian frontier. A day of mourning was observed throughout Rumania. A correspondent of “The Times” on the German frontier says that the Wilhelmstrasse is extremely sensitive about any hint of increasing tension between Berlin and Moscow. Typical of this is the expulsion of Dr Reto Caratasch, a notable correspondent of the Swiss newspaper “Neue Buercher Zeitung.” because he said that the Russian advance in Rumania had caused a certain amount of uneasiness in Germany. The German Press is now devoting a considerable amount of space to the Balkans, and declares that Rumania has come to her senses at the last minute and that the cession of territories shows the irresistible spread of the process of reorganisation in Europe on new principles. It is emphasised that England's role throughout Europe is now finished. NEW CABINET INCLUDES TEN MEMBERS OF IRON GUARD. BRITONS ORDERED TO LEAVE. (Received This Day. 10 a.m.) BUCHAREST, July 4. M. Gigurtu has formed a national Government. The new Cabinet contains ten members of the Iron Guard, four of whom were formerly Ministers in M. Goga’s cabinet. It is reported that British oil representatives have been given twenty-four hours to leave Rumania.