Evening star., 1937-12-31

to permit such change. Nol0 the
Nasi government OF Run,anid is
seeking to cancel amendment and
to drive all Jews out OF the coun-
try.
BY the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Dec. 3l.-Rumania' S
10000 Jews faced the new year with
gravest anxiety today as stringent
measures imposed by the new govern
hent of Octavian Goga for 'regula-
ton of foreigners" made them fear
loss of homes and fortunes.
If utterances of the more Jealous
leaders of Goga's National Christian
party are to be accepted at face value,
Rumania is about to take measures
more stringent even than those intro
duced by Adolf Hitler in Germany.
These leaders are demanding that
all foreigners who became Rumanian
citizens after 1920 be expelled from
the country or be so strictly limited
in occupation privileges that they be
reduced to poverty.
Such restraints would hit squarely
at thousands of Jews who fed from
Russia, Poland and Germany after
the World War.
Jews, desperately contemplating
flight now to new haven, asked
Where to?"
Borders Are Closing.
Borders around them are closing
Bulgaria has indicated she would not
permit any great influx of fugitives
Little welcome was expected in Hun
gary or Yugoslavia. Even the gov
ernment of tolerant Austria-where
thousands of political refugees have
found security-paid attention to
newspaper campaign ito close the
gates against foreign Jews-we have
enough"
In Bucharest today blue-s -shirted
Lancers (the Rumania equivalent of
Nazi Brown Shirts and Fascist Black
Shirts paraded the streets maintain
ing order and recruiting a force to
carry out policies of the new nation
allst government as soon as its pro-
gram is definitely made public.
There was order in the streets, but
extreme tension in Jewish quarters.
Observers pointed out that action
to "liquidate the Jewish problem" in
Rumania would affect the state more
vitally and concern more persons than
1t did in Germany.
OF Rumania's 100000 population,
100000 are Jews, many of whom
have played important parts in recent
industrial and commercial expansion
OF the country. Thus. many leading
citizens appeared destined to be hit
by the impending regulatory measures.
Await Radio Talks Tonight.
The country anxiously waited radio
talks tonight by Goga and King Carol
for full explanation of these meas
ures, which were semi-off1cially said
to call for confiscation' of Jewish land
holdings. revocation of citizenship of
all Jews who entered the country since
1920 and dismissal of all Jews In
public service.
In addition it was disclosed the
government plans to create a COM
mission for control of foreigners. It
was expected Jewish physicians would
be obliged to produce diplomas, with
the possibility of revocation of licenses
granted since 1919. Similar regula-
ton Of engineers was expected.
Unverifled reports said theaters and
moving picture shows would be sub
ject to national control and that to
effect centralization of authority. mu-
nicipal government would be abol-
ished.
Goga said I'VE are anti-Semitic in
principle-we don't hate Jews. We
propose merely to recover Rumania
for the Rumanians"
The cabinet was considering strict
price control in the country's vast
road-building and countrywide meet
ings to make the national program
popular. Masses will be celebrated
tonight for King Carol and Goga.
Seek Sale of Properties.
Rumanian BlueShirt squadrons pa
trolled sections of three cities to keep
order.
Many Jewish storekeepers and busi-
ness men were trying to find means
of selling their enterprises and leav-
ing the country. Foreign diplomats
were being asked by their home gov
ernments as to how the expected Jew
ish emigration would affect their
countries.
The Blueshirts walked the streets
OF Bucharest, Arad and Sibiu to keep
. close watch everywhere and see that
all government measures are re-
spected."
A closer relationship between Ru-
mania and the Rome Berlin axis and
. possible break with Rumanias ira
ditional friend, France, was seen in
the reported selection of DR.. lie
Radulescu, Goga intimate and man.
ager Of an anti-Semitic paper, as Am
=. baSsador to Rome.