Evening star., 1928-11-19
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST. Rumania. November
! 19.-Sitting beneath faded portrait
Of Abraham Lincoln. after whose life
he is endeavoring to pattern his own
political career, Juliu Manu-, Rumania S
new premier, declared yesterday that
I he intends to lift the curse OF
Balkanism from Rumania and give its
people an enlightened government
based on the principles ennunciated by
! the great Civil War President
Our regime" he said, will be truly
"a government of the people, for the
! people, by the people Lincoln freed
the slaves; our task is to emancipate
millions of our peasants who hereto
fore have been held in state OF
virtual vasSalage by rapacious political
cliques who have exploited them for
their own gain"
Abolishes Censorship.
II am confident that the Forthcoming
elections in which the legions of toilers
Of Rumania will be free for the first
time to cast their votes honestly will
usher in a new era of public honesty.
cleanliness and morality in our
national life. Heretofore morality has
bent the knee to politics: we shall re-
verse that. Morality will be enthroned
with the figures of Justice, Righteous
ness and National Honor
That the new premier backs up his
proposed reforms by vigorous acts is
shown by his abolition of censorship
and restrictions on personal liberty, He
has abrogated martial law throughout
the country except in a Emile wide
zone along the Russian frontier. He
has dismissed hundreds of office-holders.
Emphasizing his words with vigorous
gestures, Manu-, who is just past SIS but
looks 10 years younger, said, After the
approaching elections, in which we
know we shall be successful, there will
be a complete moral, political, economic
and financial metamorphosis in Ru-
mania. Our first act will be to inau-
gurate real parliamentary and con-
stitutional regime, such as the United
States has based on the will and desires
of the people.
Decentralized Regime Sought.
"Tens of thousands of Rumanians
from Pennsylvania, Banat and other
provinces, %Nho have been in the United
States, will help us to educate our un-
tutored but unspoiled peasantry in po-
litical and pseudo matters.
I'VE shall tear down the highly CEN
tralized government, erected by Vintile
Bratianu, which placed the whole
country at the mercy of a small cabal
in Bucharest, and build in its place a
modern de-centralized regime such as
that of the United States, in which all
provinces shall have an equal voice.
With 15,000,0 900 sturdy, honest. sobe;
and industrious peasants forming the
keystone of our new political structure,
we cannot fail.
"As we shall have political liberty,
so shall we achieve economic lndepend-
ence. Bratianu'S policy of economic
Chauvinism and his narrow dictum OF
Rumania for Rumanian'S brought us to
the brink of an abyss, paralyzed our
industrial development and discouraged
the entry of foreign capital. Rumanla
is one of the few countries OF Europe
which. like the United States, is self
sufficient. We require only foreign cap.
ital to help us develop our vast natural
resources which have lain idle under
Bratianu's sterile policy.
American Aid Welcomed.
"You may tell commercial America
that We welcome to Rumania not only
her bankers, but her engineers, archl-
tects and mining experts. They will be
given the same rights, opportunities and
guarantee as our own capital and our
own technicians. We shall be especially
happy to have American journalists
come to Rumania to Judge for them
selves what the National Peasant gov
ernment is accomplishing, our door IS
wide open to all Americans, for whom
Rumanians cherish the highest regard
and friendship.
Our relations with foreign countries
have doubtless suffered by the stupid
mining law of 1924, under which all
foreign companies became Rumanian.
It was compulsory for 81 per cent of