Evening star., 1938-01-02
COCA PREMIERSHIP
IS BLOW TO 0FRENCH
Rebirth of Rumanian Pro-
German Bloc Also Hits
Security System.
By JOHN ELLIOTT,

Security System.
BY JOHN ELLIOTT,
New York Herald Tribune Correspondent
PARIS, Jan. France and the
League of Nations are the real losers
by the Rumanian general elections
and their amazing aftermath. 1t was
Of the visit of Yvon Delbos, French
foreign minister, to Bucharest, the
ro-German parties in the Rumanian
Chamber should win about $50 OF the
total 800 seats
A far greater blow to the French
foreign policy was the appointment of
Octavian Goga to the prime minister
ship by King Carol. This action is
in direct line of descent to the dis
missal Of Nicholas Titulescu, Ru-
mania's pro-French diplomat, as for
eign minister. and, following the re-
pudiation of the League by Italy and
Germany. deals another blow to the
system Of collective security in Eu-
rope
The gains the "All for the Father
land and National Christian parties
made In the Rumanian general elec-
tions mark the rebirth of the pro-
German bloc in Rumania, which was
SO powerful in that country before
the war and which for two years sue
ceeded IN keeping the country neutral
OF the two pro-German parties in
Rumania the "All for the Fatherland"
party. successor to the notorious Iron
Guard. is by far the stronger. This
party increased its representation in
the next Chamber from a handful of
IA to a group of rs.
Party Resembles Nazis.
The party bears a close resemblance
to the German Nazis in their anti
Semitic racial doctrines and in their
general political outlook. Their chief
Cornelius Condreanu. has repeatedly
denounced Rumania's ASSOCIATION with
the Little Entente and the League
and Is warm partisan OF an alliance
with Germany and Italy. If King
Carol wanted to pursue that sort of
a policy, Condreanu was the logical
man to whom to turn. But this party
incurred the enmity of Carol by crit
icizing his exclusion of his brother,
Prince Nicholas, from the royal fam
NY. and attacked his relations with
Nine. Lupescu. These criticisms un-
doubtedly explain Why King Carol
did not ask M. Condreanu to form a
government, but turned instead to the
National Christians. who, polling less
than per cent of the total vote,
elected IS deputies.
The National Christians, too. are
anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi. They have
their own storm troops who wear
swastikas and blue shirts Indeed,
the founder of this party, Prof. Alex
andre Cuza, an octogenarian who oc-
cuples seat in the new ministry,
preached anti-Semitism and wore a
swastika even before Adolf Hitler
was born
Goga a Transylvanian.
The present leader of the party,
Octavian Goga, who has Just been
named premier, is a Transylvanian
and poet laureate of Rumania. In
the days Of Hungarian rule in Tran
sylvania. M. Goga supported the
Rumanian cause by a steady stream
OF propaganda in his verse and his
plays. A warm partisan of an entente
with Germany, the new Rumanian
premier in recent years has made fire.
quent trips to Berlin and has been
a faithful attendant at the Nazi party
congresses at Nuremberg. Returning
from his trip to Berlin in 1895. M
Goga Jubllantly told his countrymen
that Germany would never support
the territorial claims of Hungary
against Rumania and that conse-
quently Bucharest should make an
alliance with tn. Third Reich.
AS late as last June the present
Rumanian premier said in an inter-
view: I'VE should fight against anv
form OF cooperation with Soviet Rus
sla and Communism. We have set our
hearts on normaliZing our relations
WIN Germany and We want to remove
oe"lsh influence from Rumanian
social life"
with man OF such antecedents
as premier, it would seem that the
pest the French could possibly hone
Tor from the Goga cabinet is a double
track policy, with Bucharest trying
70 keep on good terms with both
Paris and Berlin Undoubtedly, how
ever a grave danger exists that Ru-
mania Will gravitate entirely into the
herman orbit and sever her ties with
tne little entente, France and the
League.
Goering to Visit Bucharest.
The visit of Col. Gen. Hermann
Goering. Nazi air minister, to Bu-
charest early in January should fur
nish conclusive evidence of what the
Humanlan foreign policy is going to
pc. Certainly the Nazi air minister
never dreamed of such a favorable
conJuncture when he first planned
MS trip to the Rumanian capital
Gen. Goering's visit to Bucharest
may well provide the occasion for
Goga to realize his ambition of bring
ing about an entente between Ru-
mania and Germany in the form of
signing a treaty Of friendship be-
tween the Two World War foes. The
essential clause in such a treaty
would certainly be the reputation
OF any Kind OF cooperation with So
Net Russia which would automati-
cally signify rupture with Czecho-
slovakia and France. both of whom
nave military alliances with Mos
COW.