Evening star., 1940-08-25
May Resume
Magyar Talks; Nazi
Pressure Credited
Communique Announcing
Breakdown in PorIey
Is Later Withdrawn
Hy the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
TURNU SEVERN, Rumania, Aug.
from King Carols
palace. reported to have actually
originated in Berlin, appeared to-
night to have opened the possibility
for a resumption of the Hungarian.
Rumanian conference over Transyl-
vania, which had collapsed earlier
In the day.
After the delegates had an
nounced there was no possibility OF
continuing their negotiations and
were even at the railroad station
waiting to go home, a new commu-
nique was issued jointly by the
Hungarians and Rumanians express
sing hope that the negotiations
will be resumed in the shortest
time"
No decision was reached as to
when and where the arguments
would begin again over Hungary's
demand for the return of Transyl-
vania, lost to her after the World
War.
COmmunique Withdrawn.
The original communique, which
was formally withdrawn at the re-
quest of the Rumanian delegation
after it had been public for hours,
had read:
In view of the fact that no
common basis can be found for
continuing the discussion. on the
request Of the Hungarian delegation
the conversations have been de-
clared closed"
Later. while the Hungarians were
preparing to leave, the Rumanians
conferred over the telephone for
hours with their government in
Bucharest. which was represented
SIS intensely dissatisfied with the
decision to break up negotiations.
Then. after much scurrying about,
it was finally decided to issue the
new communique.
War Possibility Remains.
Although a Hungarian spokesman
in Budapest earlier indicated his
governments policy merely would be
one of watchful waiting for the pres
ent. he declared the possibility Of
war over the long g-contested territory
has not been eliminated"
Friction over the dispatch of two
Rumanian divisions to Translyvania
this week was reported to have
figured in the breakdown OF the
conference.
In Budapest the news Of the fall
ure was followed quickly not only
by the summoning of army reservists
as Rumania had done-but by
other war-like steps Additional SOL
ders were put on guard about the
national railway system; auto bus
and taXicab companies restricted
their regular service 70 have military
transport availab able.
Newspapers in Budapest proni-
nently reprinted Italian press COM
ment that Hungary's right to Tran
sylvania-which was part of the old
Austro-H Hungarian empire before the
World War was beyond debate,
above discussion"
Hungary had demanded about two
thirds of the province; the Ruman-
ians were willing only to exchange
minority populations.
MANU- Offered Cabinet Posts.
In Rumania. the government chose
a new chief of staff and vice chief.
and even offered five seats in the
cabinet to the faction of Juliu MANU-.
the peasant party leader who has
been an outspoken opponent Of ced-
ing territory TO Hungary.
But Manu- was understood to have
made known that he'd have no cab
met posts unless King Carol would
agree TO dissolve his new totalitarian
and strongly pro-Fascist party.
Other territorial demands upon
Rumania were pressed at Craiova,
Rumania, where negotiations went
forward with the Bulgarians over
their claim to Southern Dobruja.
The Rumanians were reported TO
have suggested the cession of the
town of Silistra. on the Danube. with
the condition that Bulgaria create
a free zone at the port of Balcic, on
the Black Sea. with an international
highway leading from it to the Ru-
manian Black Sea port of Constanta.