Evening star., 1939-09-22
Staying Of Calinescu
Linked 10 Killers
Expansion Program
Russio Might Gladly
Assist in Division
Of Rumuniu
BY PERTINAX.

PARIS, Sept. 20 (N.A.NA).-Ru-
manian Premier Cainescu's assassi-
nation by an Iron Guardist yesterday
must not be dissociated, to be clearly
understood in all its implications,
from several incidents in German
Rumanian relations, of which 1t is,
or may be, the logical outcome.
Those incidents include the mur-
der of Premier Duca in December,
1888, by member of the Iron
Guard; the meeting of King Carol
and Chancellor Hitler at Berchtes-
gaden last November, when Hitler
told his royal visitor that Corneliu
Codreanu, leader of the Iron Guard,
was the true leader of the Ru-
manian people; the putting to death
OF Codreanu on the 28th of the
same month by the police, of which,
as minister of the interior, Calinescu
was the official head. Hitler must
have regarded that deed as a direct
challenge to him.
Last March Hitler attempted to
subjugate Rumania through sad
ding her with commercial treaty
that was really totalitarian in scope,
That treaty has now been in force
for six months, and, for various rea-
sons, it has not fulfilled Hitlers
expectations.
Hitler May Use Force.
The Fuehrer is, for the present, in
violent mood. Aggression and
ultlmatum are his weekly practice.
To settle accounts with Rumania he
may turn to forcible means.
CaInescu was an able prime min
lister. He was responsible for the
organization of the royal dictator
ship. He was subtle enough to adapt
himself to the will of his kingly
master. but he knew, too, how to
rule with an iron hand.
That Hitler has been on the look
out to find an opportunity to inter-
fere with Rumanian affairs can be
judged from the fact that, three
days ago, pressure was put on
CalneScu to prevent him from au-
thorizing the refugee Polish govern
ment to 60 to Western Europe. The
repressive measures Calinescu's sue
cessor is likely to carry out so as to
assert the authority of the state and
make an end of the Iron Guard may
supply Hitler with an adequate mo-
tive to intervene in the kingdom.
OF late, many Rumanians have re-
joiced that the Red army should now
mount guard on all roads which lead
from Southern Poland into Ru-
mania. They have exclaimed, "The
Red army bars to the Reichswehr
all ways of approach to our land"
Many competent authorities Won
der whether that line of argument
will stand the test of forthcoming
days. To begin with, it would not
be so extraordinary, after all, that.
the German army should, if nec-
essary, advance toward Rumania
across Hungary. The Budapest
government rejected a request once
made by Hitler to that effect. viii
1t dare to express another refusal7
No answer can surely be returned.
Moscow May Want Provinces.
Then the possibility is to be
reckoned with that Soviet Russia
may behave in the case of Rumania
as she behaved in the case of Po-
land. She may be tempted to share
In the spoils, to appropriate as her
own part of the loot Bukovina and
Bessarabia, both provinces regarded
IN Moscow as Slavic lands.
1t does not mean, of course, that
Hltler's undertaking in Rumania
rebounds to his ultimate advantage
In truth, while he has agreed
to pay a very big price for the
German-Russian treaty of August
"a, Hitler has reversed the whole
post-Bismarchian policy which had
achieved its greatest triumph at
Brest-Litovsk on March 3. 1913
Then Won Hindenburg and Luden-
dorf1 had succeeded in pushing Rus
sla lar away from Central Europe.
IN the direction of Asia.
Today, the Russians are building
Tor themselves position in Central
europe near the Balkans that they
never enjoyed before.
Whatever Moscow may or NAV not
do, the Hitlerian empire is bound
to be in trouble in Eastern Europe
and unable to concentrate in the
west as many divisions as it would
like to. But, meanwhile, Rumanian
independence may be ruined.