Evening star., 1940-06-30
Wheat and Sugar
Taken in March
Into Bessurubiu
ny the Associated Press.

BUCHAREST, June 29.-Rus-
sian seizure of owned
materials in ceded BeSsarabia led
to mounting fears tonight of
complications between Germany
and the Soviet Union.
At Chilia Harbor, on the Dan
ube, the German grain company,
Dunarex, had a large quantity
of wheat ready for export but all
was seized by the Soviet Com
mittee headed by the mayor.
In the town of BaltZi. in North
ern Bassarabia, long strings of
freight cars loaded with sugar were
ready to leave for Germany, but after
the cession of the territory to Rus
sia the population refused to let it
60 Rumanian authorities were able
to get away only few of the cars.
Axis Aid Promise Reported.
Meanwhile Germany and Italy
promised military and air assistance
to Rumania, it was reported on high
authority, if Soviet troops attempt
to make further advances into this
patchwork kingdom beyond the areas
reluctantly ceded by King Carol.
Informants close to both palace
and cabinet said the axis powers
had given broad and fiat assurances
that any more penetrations would
be stopped.
A number of government bureaus,
however, arranged meetings tomor-
row to discuss plans for an emer-
gency seat of government in the
Carpathian Mountains.
Bucharest is in Southern Ru-
mania, near the Bulgarian border.
A move to the Carpathians would
place the government in the ap-
proximate center of the country.
Foreign correspondents were told
that military authorities had taken
over the communications system,
and military censorship becomes
effective at midnight tonight. Some
London correspondents and others
already have had their telephone
connections cut off in the past "a
u
Occupation Almost BloodIess.
BeSsarabia, which the Russians al
ways have called the land of milk
and honey, already is under the
heavy tread of Soviet military in a
comparatively bloodless occupation.
Russian sources said, too, that the
principal cities In Northern Buco-
Vina-the other area yielded by
Carol under a Moscow ultimatum
are now in control of the Red
army.
The chaotic state of affairs and
the lack of good communications
from Bucharest to the provinces
made it difficult to learn at what
point in the north the Russians had
halted, but the latest semi official
word was that they had pushed on
as far as Dorohoi, some IS miles
beyond the western boundary Of
Bessarabia and thus we'll within old
Rumania
Russian informantS declared, how
ever, that this penetration beyond
the agreed line was probably a
military error" There were, at
the same time, signs that at least
two possible sources of conflict
were quieting These involved Bull
garia and Hungary, which have
claims of their own for Rumanian
territory. It seemed clear, from
information received by diplomats
here, that their demands were being
calmed.
Carol MarshaIs 100000.
In Budapest it was learned that
Germany and Italy were urging
both Bulgaria and Hungary to stay
at peace and continue their pro-
duction, with the understanding
that their demands upon Rumania
will be adjusted lin due time"
Nevertheless, King Carol, who al
ready had appealed strongly fol-
Adolf Hitler's help lest his country
simply break apart under the Rus
sian-Bulgarian-H Hungarian demands
was forming an army of 100000 ir
last man" mobilization.
The highways of Rumania were
TANNED with refugees and with
hundreds of thousands of Ru-
manian troops answering the cal
to service, while the Russian soldiers
tramped down the winding, muddy
roads of Bessarabia, taking contro
of town after town.
The army of occupation, which
started pouring down yesterday from
Russian Poland and also over the
only bridge over the Dniester River
near Kisinev, continued streaming
today through these bottlenecks ano
then spreading into the territory.
Waves of Soviet fighting plane:
few overhead as escorts and ther
landed at Bessarabian airports ovel
which were hoisted the Red flag
The first Russian units to entel
Rumania were corps of heavy tanes
followed by light tanks, artillery sup
(See BUCHAREST, Page A-5.)